a) Wallet setup
- Go to https://vergecurrency.com/ and download the Verge Electrum Wallet
- Unzip & open the archive
- open electrum-xvg.exe
- go through the setup & save the seed
b) What to do if the it says not connected in the bottom-left corner
- close electrum & go to lib
- open network.py with notepad / brackets / editor
- delete DEFAULT_SERVERS={...} and paste DEFAULT_SERVERS = {
'electrum-verge.xyz':{'t':'50001', 's':'50002'},
'electrum-xvg.stream':{'t':'50001', 's':'50002'},
'electrum-xvg.party':{'t':'50001', 's':'50002'},
'e1.verge-electrum.com':{'t':'50001', 's':'50002'},
'e2.verge-electrum.com':{'t':'50001', 's':'50002'},
'e3.verge-electrum.com':{'t':'50001', 's':'50002'}
} - disable auto-connect (tools --> network)
- select a server & try until it says connected
c) Mining Setup
- open https://github.com/tpruvot/cpuminer-multi/releases
- download the newest release (click cpuminer-multi-rel1.3.1-x64.zip)
- Unzip & open
- Create a new text file & open it with the editor
- paste :start
cpuminer-gw64-core2 -t2 -a x17 -o stratum+tcp://x17.mine.zpool.ca:3737 -u your_wallet_adress -p c=XVG --cpu-priority=3
goto start - replace your_wallet_adress with your wallet adress (electrum --> receive --> expires in --> never --> copy receiving adress)
- save --> save as --> name = run.bat (select all formats)
- start run.bat & start mining
- enjoy