A Brief History
Monero was launched in April 2014. It was a fair, pre-announced launch of the CryptoNote reference code. There was no premine or instamine, and no portion of the block reward goes to development. See the original Bitcointalk thread here. The founder, thankful_for_today, proposed some controversial changes that the community disagreed with. A fallout ensued, and the Monero Core Team forked the project with the community following this new Core Team. This Core Team has provided oversight since.
Monero has made several large improvements since launch. The #blockchain was migrated to a different database structure to provide greater efficiency and flexibility, minimum ring signature sizes were set so that all transactions were private by mandate, and #RingCT was implemented to hide the transaction amounts. Nearly all improvements have provided improvements to security or privacy, or they have facilitated use. #Monero continues to develop with goals of privacy and security first, ease of use and efficiency second.
Our Values
#Monero is more than just a technology. It’s also what the technology stands for. Some of the important guiding philosophies are listed below.
Security
Users must be able to trust Monero with their transactions, without risk of error or attack. Monero gives the full block reward to the miners, who are the most critical members of the network who provide this security. Transactions are #cryptographically secure using the latest and most resilient encryption tools available.
Privacy
Monero takes privacy seriously. Monero needs to be able to protect users in a court of law and, in extreme cases, from the death penalty. This level of privacy must be completely accessible to all users, whether they are technologically competent or have no idea how Monero works. A user needs to confidently trust Monero in a way that this person does not feel pressured into changing their spending habits for risk of others finding out.
Decentralization
Monero is committed to providing the maximum amount of decentralization. With Monero, you do not have to trust anyone else on the network, and it is not run by any large group. An accessible “Proof of Work” algorithm makes it easy to mine Monero on normal computers, which makes it more difficult for someone to purchase a large amount of mining power. #Nodes connect to each other with I2P to lower the risks of revealing sensitive transaction information and censorship (tba). Development decisions are extremely clear and open to public discussion. Developer meeting logs are published online in their entirety and visible by all.
Specifications
PoW Algorithm: #RandomX
Max Supply: Infinite (see note below)
Block Reward: Smoothly varying
Block Time: 120 seconds
Difficulty: Retargets at every block
Now that we know the details about Monero (XMR), let’s get to mining some XMR
Monero (XMR): Those who have no idea about mining can easily start mining by watching this video.
Monero (XMR) Mining Pool: https://monero.herominers.com
SRBminer-Multi v0.4.7+ (Windows, Linux, CPU)
Run guided_setup.bat file and answer questions:
Configuration name: monero-herominers
Enter the algorithm name you want to use: randomx
Address and port of mining pool: monero.herominers.com:10191
Is this pool using SSL/TLS encryption? n
Is this a nicehash pool? n
Wallet Address: YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS (can be ADDRESS+PAYMENTID or ADDRESS.DIFF or ADDRESS+PAYMENTID.DIFF)
Password: YOUR_WORKER_NAME
Do you want to enable logging? n or y (optional)
XMRig v6.2.2+ (Windows, Linux, CPU, GPU)
Example start.cmd
off
xmrig.exe --donate-level 1 -o monero.herominers.com:10191 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS -p YOUR_WORKER_NAME -a rx/0 -k
pause
XMR-STAK-RX v1.0.5+ (Windows, Linux, CPU)
Run xmr-stak-rx.exe file and answer questions:
Use simple setup method? (Y/n) y
Please enter the currency that you want to mine: monero
Pool address: monero.herominers.com:10191
Username (wallet address or pool login): YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS (can be ADDRESS+PAYMENTID or ADDRESS.DIFF or ADDRESS+PAYMENTID.DIFF)
Password (mostly empty or x): YOUR_WORKER_NAME
Does this pool port support TLS/SSL? Use no if unknown. (y/N) n
Example pools.txt
"pool_list" :
[
{"pool_address" : "monero.herominers.com:10191", "wallet_address" : "YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS", "rig_id" : "", "pool_password" : "YOUR_WORKER_NAME", "use_nicehash" : false, "use_tls" : false, "tls_fingerprint" : "", "pool_weight" : 100 },
],
"currency" : "monero",