Monero is a cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin and in this blogpost we’re going to have a look at how to mine some Monero through a command line based miner on Linux.
In contrast to Bitcoin and Ethereum a strong mining GPU is not impacting the payoffs as much since the cryptonight algorithm is CPU friendlier.
Technically you can run the miner anywhere it compiles, but Linux is probably the most likely candidate for your private mining operation since Linux servers are widely available in the shape of virtual private servers for you to quickly try it out.
Disclaimer: unless you have a lot of CPUs at your disposal it might take a while until you reach a payout.
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