4 How to mine Wownero
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To solo mine, follow these directions:

Windows 10

  1. Download wownero_win64_v0.X.X.X.zip archive file from release page and extract files.
  2. Open Command Prompt and change directory to location of extracted files.
  3. Run wownerod.exeand wait a few minutes until there is SYNCHRONIZED OK message.
  4. Open new tab with Ctrl + t, run wownero-wallet-cli.exe, name your new wallet, enter a password, select a language, write down and save the 25-word Mnemonic Seed somewhere safe.
  5. To enable background mining while computer is idle and not on battery, type yes.
  6. Copy your wallet's address, type exit and exit to close tab.
  7. To start mining, in wownerod.exe, type and paste start_mining YOUR_ADDRESS 2. The number "2" is for two threads and the value could be increased or decreased depending on the number of cores in your CPU.
  8. To see mining hash rate, type status. This will show you height, mining, and network information.
  9. To stop mining, enter command stop_mining.
  10. To exit Wownero, type save and exit and then exit again to close window.

Linux

  1. Download wownero_Linux_v0.X.X.X.tar.bz2 archive file from release page and untar files.
  2. Open Terminal and change directory to location of untared files.
  3. Run ./wownerodand wait a few minutes until there is SYNCHRONIZED OK message.
  4. Open new tab with Shift + Ctrl + t, run ./wownero-wallet-cli, name your new wallet, enter a password, select a language, write down and save the 25-word Mnemonic Seed somewhere safe.
  5. To enable background mining while computer is idle and not on battery, type yes.
  6. Copy your wallet's address, type exit and exit to close tab.
  7. To start mining, in wownerod, type and paste start_mining YOUR_ADDRESS 2. The number "2" is for two threads and the value could be increased or decreased depending on the number of cores in your CPU.
  8. To see mining hash rate, type status. This will show you height, mining, and network information.
  9. To stop mining, enter command stop_mining.
  10. To exit Wownero, type save and exit and then exit again to close terminal.

MacOS

TODO

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