How to mine DogeCoin and other crypto with your laptop (CPU mining on Mac/PC/Linux)
This post is the english version of my original post written in French here.
If you are reading this, I guess that you already know DogeCoin, which is a crypto currency created for fun in 2013. But recently, this crypto is becoming more and more famous since Elon Musk started buying and supporting it in February 2021. It gains more than 3000% in 2021.
I did some research to see how I can generate some DogeCoins with my old Mac laptop (2011 version). Below the steps:
What you need to mine Crypto curencies ?
To mine crypto currencies, you need 3 things:
- A mining application or script
- A mining pool
- A wallet to store your coins
Mining any crypto with Unmineable pool
Unmineable pool allows to mine many cryptocurrencies, even those that are not mineable (“unmineable”). You can for example mine aave, yearn.finance, wink, ATOM, BAT. You can find the complete list of supported currencies here.
You can follow the steps in the next pargraph (mining DogeCoin) and just change the configuration file with the crypto name as described below:
