How do I start mining monero. I need advice (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by sleepybisexual@beehaw.org to c/monero@monero.town

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So I have an old laptop I want to put to work. It's dunning Debian stable and I want to use it to mine some monero. It's an old dell with 4gb ram and a celeron from windows 8 era.

Can I mine without damaging the device. Doesn't matter if it's slow or unprofitable I just want to get some without murdering my machine.

If possible I'd like to still be able to use it for normal stuff.

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[-] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Its a hard drive, not ssd, one of those spinners

[-] Saki@monero.town 1 points 1 year ago

You can try & share your experiences. I’ve never used a non-SSD for a full node, hence no experience-based knowledge about this but it should work. Just don’t expect too much, you may just get a few cents from time to time. Also if your CPU is 32-bit, your options are probably rather limited.

[-] sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Its a 64 bit but I don't see the pint. Not much monero can be made

[-] Saki@monero.town 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t think HD is easier to break than SSD; it’s just that with SSD read-write is faster and thus more convenient/efficient for a full node. You can try; HD should be okay too. If it’s a 64-bit, everything should be fine, tool-wise. For the Raffle thing, chcek https://xmrvsbeast.com/p2pool/

Happiness is not just about money (profitability): trying new things that you’re interested in is purely fun. Perhaps you can learn a lot of things via experiences. Also, this is going to be exciting and fulfilling. When you see the BLOCK FOUND! for the first time, it may be super exciting (even if the reward is just a few cents). Also, when you first send Monero successfully using your own local node, without depending on any remote nodes at all, it doesn’t feel bad. Like, “I’m independent!” “It may be a mini branch, but I am my own bank!” so to speak :) Good luck.