How to start mining Dogecoin with Linux under 5 minutes 2021

The dogecoin price went crazy recently ($0.53 per coin), especially when Elon Mush tweets something. So I want to try mining it on my Linux machine. I tried both CPU and GPU mining. Generally hash rate for GPU mining would be much higher becuase GPU would run the mining algorithm much faster. But again I am a noob in crypocurrency mining so I experimented both for fun. Below I will show you how to mine dogecoin with T-Rex using unMineable.

Method 1 (GPU Mining)

Prerequisite

Minimum VRAM requirement: 3GB

Step to step guide

1. To mine, first you need a Dogecoin wallet. There are many options out there but I found dogechain.info easiest to set up. Go to here and click New Wallet. Follow the steps.
2. After creating a wallet, you will get a long string as your wallet address which we will use it later.
3. Go to https://trex-miner.com/ to download T-Rex miner and unzip from there
4. Open your terminal and cd into T-rex miner directory
5. Run the following command

sudo ./t-rex -a kawpow -o kp.unmineable.com:3333 -u DOGE:[WALLET ADDRESS].[WORKER NAME]#heyt-3711 -p x

where wallet address is the one you got from step 2, and worker name you can name it whatever you want. The '#heyt-3711 is my referral code which you could ignore it, but I recommend you keep it to save a .25% fee.

Below is a sample command.

sudo ./t-rex -a kawpow -o kp.unmineable.com:3333 -u DOGE:DLR3DZGucJiSdahARW1vV5B1h3WYiw454a.Kai#heyt-3711 -p x

Now you should start seeing output from your terminal which means your computer is mining now 🥳

6. To check your balance, go to here and type your wallet address.

If your computer doesn’t have 3GB VRAM, you can try CPU mining.

Method 2 (CPU Mining)

Step to step guide

1. To mine, first you need a Dogecoin wallet. There are many options out there but I found dogechain.info easiest to set up. Go to here and click New Wallet. Follow the steps.
2. After creating a wallet, you will get a long string as your wallet address which we will use it later.
3. Go to https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases to download the latest version and unzip from there (At the time of writing this article is 6.12.1)

4. Open your terminal and cd into xmirg miner directory

5. Run the following command

sudo ./xmrig -o rx.unmineable.com:3333 -a rx -k -u DOGE:YourAddress.YourWorkerName#heyt-3711

where wallet address is the one you got from step 2, and worker name you can name it whatever you want. The '#heyt-3711 is my referral code which you could ignore it, but I recommend you keep it to save a .25% fee.

Below is a sample command.

sudo ./xmrig -o rx.unmineable.com:3333 -a rx -k -u DOGE:DLR3DZGucJiSdahARW1vV5B1h3WYiw454a.Kai#heyt-3711

Now you should start seeing output from your terminal which means your computer is mining now 🥳

6. To check your balance, go to here and type your wallet address.

P.S. You can check my mining progress here 😎

Happy Mining !!!