This document is a WORK IN PROGRESS.
This is just a quick personal cheat sheet: treat its contents with caution!

Monero¶

Monero is a private, secure, untraceable, decentralized digital currency.

Warning

This cheat sheet will focus on the CLI Monero application, but nothing stops you from using the GUI one instead and/or to use any other alternative.

Reference(s)

install¶

emerge (with overlay)pacmanaptxbps

# emerge --ask --noreplace eselect-repository
# eselect repository enable monero
# emaint sync -r monero
# echo '*/*::monero ~amd64' >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords
# emerge -a net-p2p/monero

# pacman -S monero

# apt install monero

# xbps-install -S monero

config¶

Default logs location: $HOME/.bitmonero

run¶

help:
```
$ monerod --help
```
run:
```
$ monerod
```
run as a daemon:
```
$ monerod --detach
```

misc¶

list of Monero mining pools: http://moneropools.com/
Monero mining pools statistics: https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero
popular pools, appreciated by the community:
- https://xmrvsbeast.com/
  - payout fee: 0%
  - payout: 0.01 XMR paid automatically (miners cannot adjust this)
  - mining fee: 0%
  - matrix: #xmrvsbeast:matrix.org
  - Reddit lounge: https://www.reddit.com/r/xmrvsbeast/comments/mfqs2u/rxmrvsbeast_lounge/
  - SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/xmrvsbeast/top/?t=all
  - FAQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/xmrvsbeast/comments/ms02zp/faq_please_read_before_posting/
  - stats: https://xmrvsbeast.com/stats
  - alt: https://beast.provsalt.xyz/ (same as https://xmrvsbeast.com/provsaltui)
  - open source: based on https://github.com/jtgrassie/monero-pool
  - https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/mzojap/algorithm_switching_or_bonus_hashrate/
- https://moneroocean.stream/
  - PPLNS to determine payouts (helps combat pool hopping and ensures good payout for miners)
  - 0% pool fee
  - withdrawal fee (that became zero after 4.0 XMR)
  - 0.4% - 0.6% exchange fee
  - web mining fee: 3% (payed to web miner software developer)
  - 0.003 XMR minimum payout
  - 30 block confirmation time
  - open source:
    - https://github.com/MoneroOcean/moneroocean-gui
    - https://github.com/MoneroOcean/nodejs-pool
  - https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/mvxcqz/appreciation_for_moneroocean/
  - https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/mzojap/algorithm_switching_or_bonus_hashrate/
no pools / solo mining is also a thing:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/el8n5l/i_solo_mined_a_block/
popular mining rigs, appreciated by the community:
- XMRig: CPU and GPU (Nvidia and AMD)
  - XMRig without fee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Nfeob7NWU
- MO XMRig: MoneroOcean's fork of XMRig CPU and GPU (Nvidia and AMD)
- XMR-Stak/RX: CPU and GPU (Nvidia and AMD)

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