Crypto Mining on Mac's: Forum

Posted: **Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:33 pm**

You can use XMRig (macOS/Windows/Linux) to connect to NiceHash pools to mine Monero coin with your device CPU. Apple Mac users might be interested in this sine NiceHash has a cool dashboard and pays out more regularly that most pools.

1. If you're on a macOS Apple, make sure to first follow our XMRig install guide here. Then launch XMRig for the first time to get a clean configuration file for your system.

2. Open your config.json and scroll to where "pools": area begins. You will update the following values to correspond with your NiceHash account:

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"coin": "monero",
"url": "randomxmonero.eu.nicehash.com:3380",
"user": "YOUR-NICEHASH-BTC-WALLET-ADDRESS.RIGNAME",
"pass": null,
"rig-id": null,
"tls": false,

You will need to add your NiceHash BTC wallet address most importantly followed by your new rig name you want to create. To see other algorithm pools for NiceHash visit this link.

Your new XMRig NiceHash config will look like the following:

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"pools": [
        {
            "algo": null,
            "coin": "monero",
            "url": "randomxmonero.eu.nicehash.com:3380",
            "user": "YOUR-NICEHASH-BTC-WALLET-ADDRESS.RIGNAME",
            "pass": null,
            "rig-id": null,
            "nicehash": true,
            "keepalive": true,
            "enabled": true,
            "tls": false,
            "tls-fingerprint": null,
            "daemon": false,
            "socks5": null,
            "self-select": null
        }
    ],

3. Start XMRig and confirm it's working:

: Xmrig Nicehash Configuration (419.2 KiB) Viewed 10538 times

4. Finally, log into your NiceHash account and wait a minute or so. You should eventually see your new unmanaged device appear under mining rigs:

Crypto Mining on Mac's: Forum

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