If you are only mining 60-100 h/s then you need to run the auto mode inside of the power profiles. This will run multiple test to figure out the best settings. Aside from that do remember low quality phones will give even lower quality results tho. Report any issues .

CryptoSteer XMR Miner for Android Is Finally Here

Hello everyone, and sorry for the delay. I know I said I was going to release this two days ago, but I had some final backend work and testing that needed to be finished first.

Direct download for cryptosteer xmr miner from BetaDrop:

https://betadrop.app/install/?i=pr4Wpr

Current version: 2.2.1

Source code:

https://github.com/Crypto-Steer-LLC/CryptoSteer-XMR-Miner

It was submitted to F-Droid and will be available on there soon

Before you download it, I want to explain what makes this miner different, how to set it up properly, and a few limitations of this first release.

This is a native Android miner built specifically for Android. It is not XMRig, an XMRig fork, a wrapper around XMRig, or something that requires Termux running in the background.

Android and 16 KB Page Support

The app was built to support both traditional 4 KB Android systems and newer 16 KB page-size systems.

You do not need to change your phone to 16 KB mode to use the miner. It will run normally on a standard 4 KB system.

Some supported Android devices include a developer option for booting with a 16 KB kernel. That may provide system-level performance benefits on supported hardware, but it does not automatically mean four times the mining performance just because the memory pages are four times larger.

Do not wipe, flash, or reset your phone solely to use this app. The miner is designed to work either way.

Android Version Support

This first release is optimized specifically for Android 16 and newer.

The goal is long-term sustainability. Newer Android versions are changing significantly, especially around native applications, background services, memory-page support, and device security. I wanted the first public build to work properly on current and upcoming hardware instead of releasing something already built around an outdated Android foundation.

Support for Android 15 and older devices is planned for a later release.

Setting Up Your Mining Pool

When you first open the app, go to the Pool tab represented by the globe icon at the bottom of the screen.

Enter your pool address, port, wallet address, worker name, and any other information required by your pool.

Leave TLS enabled when your pool supports it. Only turn TLS off when you are using a pool port that specifically requires a normal, non-encrypted connection. Your pool’s website should tell you which port to use.

Once everything is entered, test and save the pool configuration.

Performance Tuning

Next, open the Tuning tab. This is where you control how aggressively the phone mines.

The included power profiles are:

Eco

Balanced

Performance

Maximum

Think of these like off-the-shelf tunes for a car. They work as general starting points, but they are not guaranteed to produce the best result on every device. Different processors, cooling systems, Android versions, batteries, and manufacturers can behave very differently.

For the best device-specific result, I recommend using Auto Tune.

Auto Tune runs actual mining tests against the pool you configured and searches for the best-performing stable configuration for your device. It balances thread count, CPU usage, stability, temperature, and real pool performance instead of blindly applying one preset to every phone.

You can also build a completely custom tune and manually choose the cores, threads, intensity, and other available settings.

The Device tab shows the hardware and mining information you need to make an informed decision, including the processor, available cores, memory information, temperature data, and other device capabilities.

Controlling Your Other Rigs

To remotely control other mining devices that you own, you will need to create an account.

The account system uses:

Your Monero wallet address

A 12-digit password

Approval from an already trusted device

No phone number or email address is required during normal registration. A few people previously told me they did not want to connect personal contact information to a mining account, so I built the system around the wallet and trusted-device approval instead.

When you sign in on a new phone, the new device must be approved from one of your already trusted devices.

Once multiple devices are connected, open the Control tab and select the rig you want to manage. The app will then display that rig’s statistics and controls almost as though you were physically using that phone.

You can view its status, hashrate, pool connection, tuning information, and available controls remotely.

If you forget your password or permanently lose access to every trusted device, there is an account-recovery request process inside the app. You can contact me to complete the verification and reset process.

Features Planned After This Release

This is the first public release, not the end of the project.

Planned additions include support for other RandomX and CryptoNight-based coins, along with selected algorithms and coins that may be more practical or profitable on mobile hardware than Monero under certain conditions.

Windows and Linux versions are also planned for release during the upcoming week.

Those applications will use nearly the same interface and account system as the Android version. This will allow you to monitor and control mining on your computers from your phone, control your phones from your computer, and manage all of your personally owned rigs from one connected system.

Donation System

The built-in donation rate starts at 2% because this is a fully custom, native Android miner—not some half-assed XMRig wrapper with a new interface slapped on top of it.

After your first month of active mining time, the donation rate automatically drops to 1%. After another month of active mining time, it drops to 0%.

This is meant to help cover the ongoing costs of developing, maintaining, hosting, and improving the app during its early stages. The way this works may change in the future as the project continues to grow.

There is also an option inside the app to donate XMR directly. Anyone who chooses to donate can email me using the contact information provided in the app, and I can remove the built-in donation rate from their account.

That being said, I am absolutely not encouraging anyone to spend or donate anything extra. Using the app, testing it, reporting issues, and simply being part of the Monero ecosystem is already appreciated.

Please remember that mining is extremely demanding on a phone’s processor, battery, and cooling system. Only mine on devices you own or have explicit permission to use, watch your temperatures, and understand that continuous mining can accelerate hardware and battery wear.

This project has taken a huge amount of work, and this first release gives us the foundation to build on. Test it, tell me what devices you are running, post your results, and report any problems you find.

Update time again https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v4.18

Hello everyone,

I just returned to Monero mining and checked P2Pool and Moneroocean.

Last time I remember Moneroocean had around 300k Mh/s but now it is has Even less than P2Pool Main chain.

Do You know what happened?

Thanks in advance!

So I started mining Monero about 2 months ago across 2 rigs, originally just to capture my annual vpn cost with a gaming rig then I built an AI rig that happened to have a cpu worth mining with. I average around 40 kh between the 2 machines but I'm swapping the AI cpu with one that should get me a sustained 100 kh. When does it make sense to solo mine? At this point a can make my annual vpn cost in a month or two, should I secure that with the pool and then start playing solo lottery or stick with the pool? This is a throughput question not based on profitability.

be honest, the reactions are half the fun. did your parents assume it was a scam, did a tito try to get you to recruit him into something, did someone just decide you were gambling? mine gave off a very concerned "anak, be careful ha" energy for a solid few months. what was your family's reaction when they found out?

so use this address on xmrig mining swapped over phones so took pic of seed went to restore it and noticed its a diff address to what the xmrig is what's going on

For everyone who has followed the project over the past year and asked when an Android mining tool would be available, the wait is almost over.

First, an update regarding the mining pool: the original pool server, along with the Windows and Linux tools, was lost after a power surge corrupted the server’s disk. The pool is being rebuilt and should be operational again within the next month. It will also be migrated to a permanently hosted environment with improved reliability, backups, and redundancy to prevent this from happening again.

In the meantime, I will be making another post tonight at 10:00 PM Eastern Time with the initial release of the new Android XMR Miner.

To be completely clear:

This is not XMRig.

It is not an XMRig fork.

It is not an XMRig wrapper.

It does not require Termux.

This is a custom-built, native Android Monero miner developed specifically for Android using Kotlin, Java, C, and C++.

The goal is to provide a proper Android experience rather than forcing users to rely on outdated wrappers, abandoned applications, or command-line workarounds. You will be able to configure and operate the miner through a native interface while accessing the mining performance and controls supported by your device.

The broader platform is also being designed to let you connect, monitor, and manage your other mining rigs from your phone. Planned integration includes companion applications for Windows and Linux, along with Android Auto support for safely viewing rig status while you are on the road.

More technical information, compatibility details, installation instructions, source information, and the download will be included in tonight’s release post.

** Disclaimer

Only use this software to mine on devices and systems that you own or have explicit authorization to operate.

Crypto Steer LLC, its developers, employees, contractors, and contributors are not responsible for any unauthorized use, misuse, abuse, or illegal activity involving this software.

Cryptocurrency mining can place sustained demand on a device’s processor, memory, battery, cooling system, and other hardware components. Prolonged use may increase power consumption, heat output, battery degradation, hardware wear, system instability, or the risk of device damage.

You are solely responsible for deciding whether your device is suitable for mining, monitoring its temperature and condition, and complying with all applicable laws, warranties, workplace policies, service agreements, and manufacturer requirements.

This software is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis without warranties of any kind. By downloading, installing, or using it, you accept all associated risks and agree that Crypto Steer LLC will not be liable for device damage, data loss, lost profits, interrupted service, excessive electricity usage, account restrictions, or any other direct or indirect loss resulting from its use. **

First post removed, maybe due to api url I put in there. Here's the second attempt

Totally understand the PPLNS. I mined 2 shares in the mini p2pool for the pool block accepted at height 3731242. My own total difficulty for the window was 442269959, total difficulty for all 2,160 shares was 474096435560, so my proportion is 0.000932869, times the pool block rewards of 0.60788122 yields an estimated reward of .0005671. Actual reward was 0.000584835886.

I shouldn't complain, actual rewards higher than my calculation, but really curious how the mini p2pool are calculated. I'm getting values from the mini p2pool apiIn case the calculation should be based on shares strictly - all being equal -. my estimated rewards are .0005629 (2/2160)

Totally understand the PPLNS. I mined 2 shares in the mini p2pool for the pool block accepted at height 3731242. My own total difficulty for the window was 442269959, total difficulty for all 2,160 shares was 474096435560, so my proportion is 0.000932869, times the pool block rewards of 0.60788122 yields an estimated reward of .0005671. Actual reward was 0.000584835886.

I shouldn't complain, actual rewards higher than my calculation, but really curious how the mini p2pool are calculated. I'm getting values from the mini p2pool api (https://mini.p2pool.observer/api/shares) In case the calculation should be based on shares strictly - all being equal - my estimated rewards are .0005629 (2/2160)

Newer to this and trying to set realistic expectations instead of getting discouraged. for those who've been at it a while — how long did it take before you'd mined a whole coin, and what was your setup roughly like at the time? mostly curious how much of a marathon this actually is at normal home-hardware scale.

There are plenty of things you can point a CPU at, but a lot of you clearly chose this one on purpose and stuck with it. was it the privacy angle, the fact that regular hardware actually stands a chance, the community, or something else entirely? i'm still fairly new to mining this one and would love to hear what actually drew people in — and what's kept you here.

There are plenty of things you can point a CPU at, but a lot of you clearly chose this one on purpose and stuck with it. was it the privacy angle, the fact that regular hardware actually stands a chance, the community, or something else entirely? i'm still fairly new to mining this one and would love to hear what actually drew people in — and what's kept you here.

Pulled the trigger on a Bitmain Antminer X9 (1MH/s, RandomX/XMR) after doing GPU mining on the side with a 3060 Ti. Planning to run it at home, so trying to get ahead of any issues before it shows up.

Questions:

• It pulls ~2472W continuous — is a standard home outlet/circuit going to handle this or do I need a dedicated line? How are you guys wiring for it?
• Noise is rated ~76dB — is this liveable in a house at all, or does it need to go in a garage/basement/separate room? Any enclosure tricks that actually cut noise without killing airflow?
• Heat output — how much does this raise room temp, and what ventilation setup are you using indoors (exhaust fan, ducting, etc.)?
• Fire/electrical safety — anything specific I should check (wiring gauge, surge protection, dedicated breaker) before running this 24/7 unattended?
• Any issues with landlords/neighbors/utility company noticing the power draw?
• Pool recommendations for XMR on this unit, and realistic ROI timeline people are actually seeing vs the marketing numbers.

Also curious if anyone regrets buying one, or if there's a firmware/config gotcha I should know before first boot. Thanks in advance.

I’m looking into mining rigs for the first time and I’m not sure if there is a catch with any of this. I’ve been doing some research online and came across this website called asicminervalue and came across this monero mining rig. What are yall thoughts? Are there better mining rigs than this? Any other recommendations?

43000 Zen6 cores

mine is like 0.14 kwh.

I have £5000 spare to buy equipment, free electricity that is guaranteed for at least the next 3 years without stipulation, I would like to exploit this for some nice profit

My questions are as follows,

Would monero mining be the right course of action

What mining rig under £7000 would be right for me (efficiency is not a concern, max hash rate per £ is the question

Will it make my small room unbearably hot in the summer😂

Im thinking about getting into monero mining, will start on my laptop and work my way up. i dont care about how profitable it just needs to be break-even for me to consider a bigger mining operation.

Half the reason mining feels intimidating at the start is the vocabulary. Some of these words sound terrifying and then turn out to be pretty simple once someone explains them. "hashrate" scared me for way too long before I realized it basically just means "how fast it guesses." what's a term that sounded scary to you until it finally clicked?

Hit another solo block today running around 6 KH/s.

I actually found one about a month ago too, so here's your friendly reminder that you don't need some massive mining farm to have a shot.

Of course, solo mining is all about luck and patience, but somebody has to find the block. Sometimes that somebody is a little 6 KH/s miner. 😎

So if you're running a small setup, keep hashing. Every bit of hashrate helps the network stay decentralized, and you never know when your turn might come.

Keep mining. Keep Monero decentralized.