macOS Installation: CPU Miner (Crypto Miner Software)

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CPU miner is a crypto miner for multiple currencies including for Litecoin, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin.


Install CPU Miner on macOS



1. Go to CPU Miner releases and download the latest OSX 64 zip.


2. Unzip pooler-cpuminer-2.5.1-osx64.zip and you will have the minerd application on your Desktop.

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3. Join a mining pool. Go to Aika Pool and find a pool to join. In this example, we will mine Dogecoin. We joined the Dogecoin mining pool and created an account.

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4. Create a new worker. Go to My Account -> My Workers. Name your worker and create a password. You will need this in the next step.


5. Open Terminal. Change your working directory to your desktop (or where minerd is located).

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cd /Users/user/Desktop

6. Type the following command to start mining. The first part starts the minerd miner. We will mine use the scrypt algorithm. We will connect to the aikapool URL address found in our Aikapool dashboard. Finally, we specify our miner worker details including name and password. Example command is below.

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./minerd -a scrypt --url=stratum+tcp://stratum.aikapool.com:7915 --userpass=laptop.macbookpro:password

7. You will immediately begin mining. You can track your earnings in the Aikapool dashboard.

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