This guide will help you get started mining for Marconi Coins using your CPU and Marconi Pool.

Official mining binaries have been provided, but you can also compile from source using the marconi-stak repo.

For general information about Marconi mining refer to the Mining Overview.

• Windows 7 or 10
• Dual Xeons or higher recommended
• 1GB Memory

Depending on where you are mining, follow the Mainnet setup guide or Testnet setup guide to create an account for your mined coins

Install OpenSSL if it's not already available on the machine.

1. Go to https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Binaries.
2. Click on link https://indy.fulgan.com/SSL for the pre-compiled binary without external dependencies.
3. Download the OpenSSL zip for your specific environment (e.g. openssl-1.0.2r-x64_86-win64.zip).
4. Extract the zip file and copy "libeay32.dll" and "ssleay32.dll" to "C:\Windows\System32".

1. Download

   https://marconi.download/marconi-stak/1.0.1/marconi-stak-v1.0.1-windows-generic-cpu.zip
   

   If you'd like to mine on the Testnet please refer to the Mining Releases for the appropriate download URL

Open the pools.txt file with your favorite editor and:

1. Update 0x_ACCOUNT_ADDRESS with your account address from Step 1

2. Update MINER_NAME with a name for this miner (limit to 8 characters, letters, numbers and "-" only)

3. Update the 3333 port in the pool_address with the port that corresponds to your mining hardware

   Port Number	CPU Tier	Sample Hardware
   3333	Low-End CPUs	Low-end Intel i3 & lower, ARM A4 & low A8 series, Rasperry Pi, Phones, etc.
   5555	Mid-Tier CPUs	Intel i3-i7 & low-end Xeons, AMD Ryzen 3 & mid/high A8/A10 series
   7777	High-End CPUs	Intel i9 & mid/high-end dual socket Xeons, AMD Ryzen 5/7

   It's important to choose the appropriate port for your hardware. Using higher hashing power hardware on lower difficulty ports may result share submissions being throttled.

   If you are submitting shares successfully then suddenly receiving Result rejected by the pool. messages, this is a symptom of shares being backlogged. Consider using a higher difficulty.

• Double click marconi-stak.exe

When prompted you can setup a web-based mining UI if desired.

1. Check Progress

   Visit https://pool1.marconi.org and search for your account address

2. Check Payouts

   Payouts occur multiple times every day. Visit https://pool1.marconi.org or https://explorer.marconi.org and search for your account address to view payouts

If you're mining on the Testnet refer to the Testnet Resources wiki for the appropriate URLs