How to mine DERO with CPU on Windows

Created:2020-03-05    Updated:2022-09-28

With the upcoming hard fork for DERO on on block 4550555, March 7,2020. ~0200-GMT to support CPU mining we have put together a guide for the easiest way to mine DERO on your own PC.

Mining equipment and mining environment

Mining algorithm: astrobwt

Mining equipment: CPU

Operating system: Windows 32-bit, Windows 64-bit

Get the wallet address

It is not recommended to dig directly to the exchange wallet address. To mine DERO, you need to prepare a wallet address first.

Official node wallet address: https://dero.io/

Obtain mining software (DxPool version)

1.windows 32-bit

Link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1rWrbLMwPjJX4kRqHOtjGEQ

Extraction code: 2iu5

2.64-bit windows

Link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1g9Ue0NaJDDxnf0ED4VChYg

Extraction code: y4pm

Set mining parameters and start mining

1.Create a folder on your computer to store the mining software

2.Download the corresponding software through the above link and unzip the compressed package to the created folder.

3.Find the minerx file in the folder, right-click it, and edit it with Notepad or a similar file. The parameters are set as follows:

32位:

dero-miner-windows-386.exe --daemon-rpc-address=http://explorer.dero.io:20206 --wallet-address=(Insert DERO Address here)
pause

64位:

dero-miner-windows-amd64.exe --daemon-rpc-address=http://explorer.dero.io:20206 --wallet-address=(Insert DERO Address here)
pause

In the above parameters, pay attention to replacing (Insert DERO Address here) with your DERO wallet address.

Please note: http://explorer.dero.io:20206 is the official node address. If you wish to run your own node and mine locally, please refer to https://medium.com/deroproject/install-a-full-dero-node-with-stats-the-easy-way-b8997347ed9e to set up your own local node.

4.After the setting is completed, as shown in the figure below

5.Save and close the file, then double-click to run the "minerx" file. The following window appears and mining starts.