How to Mine Monero - Complete XMRig Setup Guide

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Quick Start Config Generator

Get a working config, download XMRig and get started mining immediately!

📦 Latest XMRig Binaries: (v6.24.0)

🪟 Windows x64 🪟 Windows ARM64 🐧 Linux x64 🍎 macOS Intel 🍎 macOS Apple Silicon (M-chips) 📄 Config File

1

Enter your Monero wallet address above
2

Download the right miner for your OS
3

Run the miner in the same directory as config.json
4

Start earning XMR!

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Manual Setup

Use your own XMRig installation with our pool configuration

1

Download XMRig from GitHub
2

Extract the archive to your desired location
3

Replace the config.json with our configuration
4

Update your wallet address in the config
5

Run xmrig.exe (Windows) or ./xmrig (Linux/Mac)

📥 Official XMRig GitHub

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Pool Connection Details

Pool Address

xmr.tallhatdoug.com

Port (Stratum)

4242

SSL Port

4244

Algorithm

RandomX

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Configuration Preview

{
    "api": {
        "worker-id": null
    },
    "autosave": true,
    "cpu": true,
    "opencl": false,
    "cuda": false,
    "pools": [
        {
            "algo": null,
            "coin": "monero",
            "url": "xmr.tallhatdoug.com:4242",
            "user": "YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS",
            "pass": "x",
            "rig-id": null,
            "nicehash": false,
            "keepalive": true,
            "enabled": true,
            "tls": false,
            "daemon": false
        }
    ],
    "print-time": 60,
    "retries": 5,
    "retry-pause": 5,
    "syslog": false,
    "user-agent": null,
    "watch": true
}

{
    "api": {
        "worker-id": null
    },
    "autosave": true,
    "cpu": true,
    "opencl": false,
    "cuda": false,
    "pools": [
        {
            "algo": null,
            "coin": "monero",
            "url": "xmr.tallhatdoug.com:4244",
            "user": "YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS",
            "pass": "x",
            "rig-id": null,
            "nicehash": false,
            "keepalive": true,
            "enabled": true,
            "tls": true,
            "daemon": false
        }
    ],
    "print-time": 60,
    "retries": 5,
    "retry-pause": 5,
    "syslog": false,
    "user-agent": null,
    "watch": true
}

⚠️ Important Notes

Replace YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS with your actual Monero wallet address
Antivirus Software: Mining software is often flagged as a false positive. You may need to whitelist XMRig or temporarily disable real-time protection during download/setup
Official XMRig binaries include a 1% dev fee to the XMRig developers (not us). This can be removed if you compile it yourself but please consider making a one-off donation to them if you immediately recompile at 0% fee.

✅ Need Help?

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