The Complete Guide to Mining Dogecoin with a Raspberry Pi

 Using a Raspberry Pi to mine cryptocurrency has long piqued Raspberry Pi owners' interest: having a low-cost gadget that consumes minimal power and can run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to mine crypto while you sleep. In this post, I'll teach you how to configure your Raspberry Pi to mine Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency made famous by Elon Musk.

A miner and a mining pool are required to mine Dogecoin on a Raspberry Pi. On a Raspberry Pi, XMRig is an open-source miner that may be used to mine cryptocurrency. And unMineable is a fantastic mining pool that supports a wide range of currencies, including Dogecoin, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others.

I'll walk you through how to set up this miner on your Raspberry Pi. To be honest, this arrangement isn't going to make you rich, but it will teach you how to use it. It'll be the same if you wish to test it on a larger computer running any Linux distribution later. Consider this instruction more of a learning opportunity than a chance to generate money.

Dogecoin Mining on a Raspberry Pi Requirements

Before you start mining Dogecoin on a Raspberry Pi, you'll need to meet three requirements:

• For best results, use a current Raspberry Pi model (good CPU needed).
• The miner must be installed on a 64-bit operating system.
• To connect the miner to the Dogecoin network, the miner will need to join a mining pool.

In this first section of the lesson, I'll go through these three processes in depth.

Choose a Raspberry Pi model that best suits your needs.

To boost their performance and make more money, most miners employ powerful computers with many GPUs. We can't use the GPU on the Raspberry Pi, so we're stuck with the CPU. A Raspberry Pi 4/400 will provide you greater results than a previous model.

Also, we'll need to install a 64-bit operating system (which will be the next step), so don't forget to test this on earlier models.

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For this lesson, you may only utilize the following models:

• Raspberry Pi 2B, version 1.2 only
• Raspberry Pi Zero 2
• Raspberry Pi 3 or 3B+
• Raspberry Pi 4 or 400
• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and Pi 400 will be recommended...

Install a 64-bit OS system on your Raspberry Pi.

We'll utilize a current Raspberry Pi model since the miner we'll use in this tutorial only operates on a 64-bit operating system.

If you're new to this, the miner is the program we'll use to conduct the job on the Raspberry Pi. It will connect to the bitcoin network and use the computer's resources to complete the mining pool's tasks.

The results will be better if you use a 64-bit operating system. The first step is to install a system on your Raspberry Pi after you've chosen a model. It doesn't matter which one you choose; the simplest option is to use Ubuntu Server, which is included with Raspberry Pi Imager, or you can just download the beta version of Raspberry Pi OS 64 bits from their website:

• Install the 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS: We don't require a graphic interface, therefore the minimal version would suffice. This link will take you to a download page where you may get it. Choose the most recent version and save it as a zip file (something like DATE-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.zip). To put it on an SD card, use Raspberry Pi Imager or Balena Etcher.
• Install Ubuntu Server 64 bits: If you're familiar with Ubuntu or like to keep things simple, you may flash the server version of Ubuntu using Raspberry Pi Imager. Select "Other general-purpose OS" and then "Ubuntu" from the operating system drop-down menu. Choose the 64-bit server OS from the drop-down menu and flash it to your SD card.
• Other options: It doesn't really matter what operating system you use. For best results, you'll need a 64-bit operating system without an interface, if feasible. However, you have the option of using Manjaro, Fedora, Kali, and other distributions. You don't need to start from scratch if you already have a 64-bit operating system installed.

After you've prepared your SD card, start up your new operating system and set up the basics:

• If you need to customise the network or keyboard layout on Raspberry Pi OS, for example, you may use raspi-config: 

• sudo raspi-confi

• After that, you should upgrade all of the packages to the newest version with: 
• sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

Get yourself a Dogecoin address.

This may or may not be required, depending on the mining pool you select. However, if you're serious about doing this (particularly if you're going to attempt it on another computer after testing on your Pi), you may acquire a DOGE address by following the steps on the official page.

An address can be made in a variety of ways. I achieved it by installing Dogecoin Core on my PC, although I'm not sure that's the most convenient method. The programme is large, and with a fibre connection, synchronisation takes many hours. I believe that utilising the Android app or the lite version (Multidoge) on a PC is a better option.

Anyway, here's how to generate a Dogecoin core address:

• Install the appropriate programme for your operating system.
• To begin, open the app. It will begin the synchronisation process, but you do not need it to be completed in order to obtain an address (it is just necessary to view your current amount and send coins).
• Fill complete the form by clicking "Much Receive." Although all fields are optional, I recommend adding a label, such as "Raspberry Pi mining address."
• In the table below, a new line will be added; choose the line and click "Show" to receive your address: 

It will be used in the miner setup, so keep it safe for now.

By the way, if you don't want to deal with the programme, you can just send the tests to my address. You won't earn anything if your only purpose is to do the experiment on your Raspberry Pi, and it doesn't matter which address you use.

For this instruction, here is my address:

DAuARerBnjJE9rs7MoaM75nSpfdx5GGjK6

Look for a mining pool.

A mining pool is the last item you'll need to mine Dogecoin on a Raspberry Pi. A mining pool is a group of miners that pool their resources in order to enhance the likelihood of finding and blocking blocks, and therefore obtaining a reward for their efforts.

https://raspberrytips.com/

I'm not an expert on the subject, however, unMineable is a popular mining pool that comes highly recommended. You don't need to make an account to use it, it's compatible with Xmrig, and the costs are very typical (they keep 1 percent of your revenue).

• Go to their website and choose Dogecoin from the list of coins (Here is the direct link).
• You'll see Ethash, Etchash, Kawpow, and RandomX as choices. We'll utilise the CPU option: RandomX because we don't have a graphics card. 
• Take note of the global server's URL and port by clicking on RandomX. The URL is rx.unmineable.com at the time of writing: 3333
• The following is an explanation of how to establish your user field: 

To utilize it as your mining pool, follow these steps:

Links to tutorials to assist you set up the miner may be found on the right. You shouldn't require it because everything will be explained in the following section (and most tutorials are written for Windows users...). You may also use a form to see your results and current employees by entering your Dogecoin address. We'll return to this topic later.

If you like, you can try different mining pools; the concept remains the same. It will provide you with a URL.

What is the best way to mine Dogecoin on a Raspberry Pi?

We're now ready to start mining on the Raspberry Pi; all that's left is to install and setup the miner.

Here is the procedure to install XMRig on your Raspberry Pi:

• Install the prerequisites:
  sudo apt-get install git build-essential cmake libuv1-dev libssl-dev libhwloc-dev
• Clone the GitHub project on your device:
  git clone https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig.git
• Create a new folder and go into it:
  mkdir xmrig/build && cd xmrig/build
• Start the compilation:
  cmake ..
make -j$(nproc)

It shouldn't be excessively lengthy. If everything works properly, a file called "xmrig" will appear in your build folder.

If you wish to test on your PC after testing on your Raspberry Pi, XMRig provides versions for all major operating systems accessible for download directly from their GitHub website. Only on the Raspberry Pi is it necessary to compile it from the source code.

Set up XMRig to mine Dogecoin using unMineable settings.

You can run XMRig with all of the settings on one command line, but a configuration file is a more practical choice.

You can download the template available on their GitHub project with:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xmrig/xmrig/master/src/config.json

Before running this command, make sure you're in the build folder.

Then, to configure the server address and your DOGE address, make a little change to the file:

• Open the file with nano:
  nano config.json
• Find the “pools” section, you’ll need to change the values for the “url” and “user” configuration variables.
• Put your mining pool address in the “url” field, so if you are using unMineable it should be:
  rx.unmineable.com:3333
• Then fill the “user” field as explained on the website:
  DOGE:<address>.<worker_name>
For example:
  DOGE:DAuARerBnjJE9rs7MoaM75nSpfdx5GGjK6.rpitips

Please modify the worker name if you use my address to avoid any problems.

• Save and exit (CTRL+X). 
  

Begin the mining process.

You may now start the miner when everything has been set up and configured.

As everything is set in the configuration file, the command to start the miner is just:
./xmrig

You should see some logs suggesting that the miner is getting tasks from unMineable and working on them after a few seconds: 

You'll be informed about the mining speed on a regular basis. If you use unMineable, though, you'll find all the information you need right on the page. In the next section, I'll show you how.

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Conclusions and final thoughts

You should not anticipate much from this experiment, as I warned you at the start. Installing a miner on your Raspberry Pi is an excellent way to learn more about cryptocurrencies and how they operate. However, you will not get wealthy overnight by doing so. You're up against mining farms that use the most up-to-date CPUs and GPUs, and they'll take the majority of the prize.

Examine your outcomes.

If you're using unMineable, you may verify your results in real-time using the form on this page: 

You'll see your current DOGE currency balance. Also included is a list of your employees and the outcomes they received in the previous hours.

Without optimizing anything, I tested this on my Raspberry Pi 4, and the hash rate was between 100 and 200. The speed is decreasing, and I believe it is due to a cooling issue. I didn't use a nice enclosure with a good cooling system for my Pi. The CPU temperature has risen to roughly 75° C, which is most likely the cause of the slowdown.

If you're going to be trying this for an extended amount of time, you should probably overclock your Raspberry Pi and build a good cooling system.

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Last Thoughts

As you can see from my findings, each hour of mine yielded about 0.001 DOGE currency. At the time of writing, 1 DOGE is worth about $0.15, and getting one will take about a month of mining:-).

Even if you can acquire a Raspberry Pi for free and don't have to pay for energy, it's not worth it.

UnMineable also requires at least 30 DOGE coins for payment, so you'll have to keep your Pi running for at least two or three years before you see anything on your DOGE account! However, there are possibly mining pools with a lower barrier. At the very least, you now understand how everything works and can use the same instruction on a more powerful machine to achieve quite different results.

Source: https://raspberrytips.com/