I use Arch Linux and installed monero-v0.10.3.1, started monerod and also created a wallet.
How can I start CPU mining?
Do I need additional tools?
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Open the monero daemon (monerod) and type start_mining followed by your wallet address and then the number of threads.
For example:
start_mining 44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A 4
This would start mining with 4 threads to the monero donation address. However this is solo-mining and it is unlikely unless you have high hashrates to actually find a block so I would recommend you join a pool.
A list of pools can be found here:
http://chainradar.com/xmr/pools
And a guide to mining to pools can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/wiki/index
https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/guides/how-to-mine-monero/
It should be noted that mining to a pool requires additional software:
Confusion over Monero Mining Software
https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/wiki/index/windows-pool
I am on Fedora, but things shouldn't be too different. If you want to mine for a pool, rather than solo-mining, you should install additional software.
XMR-stak-cpu - or the correspondent for AMD GPU and Nvidia GPU - is probably the best choice if you have a relatively new processor.
git clone [email protected]:fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu.git
cd xmr-stak-cpu
cmake .
make install
cd bin
You will probably need to install some libraries such as libmicrohttpd-devel and hwloc-devel before running cmake.
Then edit the config.txt file with the instructions provided by the mining pool of your choice
gedit config.txt
And finally start mining
./xmr-stak-cpu
For alternative instructions for Linux, and links to some pools, see also this page on Monero How.
Consider that for Monero eco-system it is better to prevent excessive centralization in big pools, so you may want to join a medium-sized or relatively small pool.
