mining.json

{
    "pageTitle": "Mining",
    "description": "Mine Monero with RandomX. Start fast and decentralized with Gupax + P2Pool, or use XMRig for traditional pool setups.",
    "hero": {
        "title": "Mining",
        "subtitle": "Monero is a cryptocurrency that relies on proof-of-work mining to achieve distributed consensus."
    },
    "gupax": {
        "title": "Gupax",
        "imageAlt": "Gupax window showing P2Pool and XMRig status",
        "subtitle": "The user-friendly Monero miner",
        "lead": "The fastest way to start mining Monero. Gupax bundles P2Pool and XMRig into a simple app with easy setup and clear stats.",
        "bullets": [
            "Cross-platform: Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS",
            "Simple setup: Start mining in under 3 minutes",
            "Decentralized: Runs on P2Pool"
        ],
        "cta": "Get Gupax"
    },
    "xmrig": {
        "title": "XMRig",
        "imageAlt": "XMRig terminal window showing mining status",
        "subtitle": "For advanced users",
        "lead": "Prefer full control? Use XMRig directly for pool/solo mining and performance tuning.",
        "bullets": [
            "The most popular RandomX miner",
            "Works with pools, solo, and many advanced configs"
        ],
        "cta": "XMRig on GitHub"
    },
    "solo": {
        "title": "Solo Mining",
        "imageAlt": "Monero GUI wallet mining",
        "subtitle": "Most independent, most variance",
        "lead": "Solo mining maximizes independence, but expect long gaps between payouts unless your hashrate is high.",
        "bullets": [
            "No pool fees, no operator trust",
            "\"Lottery\" payouts - higher variance"
        ],
        "cta": "Guide"
    },
    "resources": {
        "title": "Resources",
        "guides": {
            "title": "Guides",
            "mineToPool": {
                "title": "Mine to a pool with XMRig",
                "subtitle": "Step-by-step guide to XMRig"
            },
            "gupaxSetup": {
                "title": "Gupax setup guide",
                "subtitle": "Easy setup guide for Gupax miner"
            }
        },
        "pools": {
            "title": "Pools",
            "comparePools": {
                "title": "Compare pools",
                "subtitle": "Fees, hashrate, distribution"
            }
        },
        "benchmarks": {
            "title": "Benchmarks",
            "hashrateEstimates": {
                "title": "Hashrate estimates",
                "subtitle": "By CPU model"
            }
        }
    },
    "faq": {
        "title": "FAQ",
        "whatIsRandomX": {
            "title": "What is RandomX?",
            "content": "@RandomX is Monero's ASIC-resistant proof-of-work algorithm that favors consumer-grade hardware (CPUs), making mining accessible to everyone."
        },
        "soloVsPool": {
            "title": "Solo vs pool mining - what's the tradeoff?",
            "content": "Solo mining maximizes independence but payouts can take a long time. Pools pay more frequently but add trust and centralization risk.\n\n### Solo\n- No pool operator, no pool fee\n- Long waits between rewards\n- Best for decentralization\n\n[Solo mining guide](https://docs.getmonero.org/interacting/mining/guides/solo)\n\n### Pool\n- More frequent payouts\n- Pool fee + operator trust\n- Centralization risk if one pool grows too large\n- Requires third-party mining software\n\n[Browse pools](https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero)"
        },
        "whyP2Pool": {
            "title": "Why is P2Pool \"best of both\"?",
            "content": "P2Pool gives you pool-like payout frequency while keeping mining peer-to-peer and non-custodial.\n\n- No centralized pool server\n- 0% pool fee (you still pay your own node costs)\n- Permissionless: anyone can join\n- Trustless: funds never in custody\n- PPLNS payout scheme\n- Less than 0.0004 XMR minimum payout\n\n[P2Pool announcement](/blog/2021/10/05/p2pool-released/)"
        },
        "hardwareExpectations": {
            "title": "What should I expect from my hardware?",
            "content": "Monero mining is much more efficient on CPUs than GPUs. You can estimate your hashrate by comparing CPUs on XMRig's benchmark list.\n\n[XMRig benchmarks](https://xmrig.com/benchmark)"
        },
        "whatMiningSoftware": {
            "title": "What mining software should I use?",
            "content": "For solo mining: Monero GUI or CLI wallet (CPU only). For pools or GPUs: XMRig, CSminer, or Gupax (which bundles P2Pool and XMRig).\n\n- [Monero GUI](https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/#gui) (solo mining)\n- [Monero CLI](https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/#cli) (solo mining)\n- [Gupax](https://gupax.io/) (P2Pool + XMRig wrapper)\n- [XMRig](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig) (CPU/GPU miner)\n- [CSminer](https://github.com/cryptonote-social/csminer) (CPU/GPU miner)"
        },
        "whereToGetHelp": {
            "title": "Where do I get help?",
            "content": "There is an active Monero mining community on Reddit.\n\n[/r/MoneroMining](https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/)\n\nYou can join the Libera Chat IRC channel.\n\n[#monero-mining](https://web.libera.chat/#monero-mining)\n\nYou can also join the Matrix room.\n\n[#xmrmine](https://matrix.to/#/#xmrmine:matrix.org)"
        }
    },
    "disclaimer": {
        "title": "Disclaimer",
        "content": "The Monero Project does not endorse any particular pool, software, or hardware, and the content above is provided for informational purposes only."
    },
    "aria": {
        "miningOptions": "Mining options"
    }
}