Though most people are either GPU mining or using specialized ASIC miners for most crypto coins, there are still some that are only CPU mineable or at least are worth CPU mining.if you have some spare CPU power available, a single CPU will most likely not earn much mining any CPU coin, but if you have multiple CPUs available along with free electricity the outcome might be better. These Crypto coins can be check for CPU mining:
Boolberry (BBR)
Coin Magi (XMG)
Cryptonite (XCN)
DigitalNote (XDN)
Monero (XMR)
Topic: Is there any cryptocurrency which can be mined with a laptop? (Read 1066 times)
November 26, 2017, 08:25:15 AM
You will just ruin and destroy your laptop. It is better and profitable to sacrifice some money to buy the techs for mining. If really want mining you should earn for it. It may not be easy but it will be worth it once you've assemble necessary parts. Dont risk you laptop. You can always participate in services tokens bounty if you really dont have money.
Like someone will always say, if you want to do it, just do it well. Although, sometimes, for learning purpose and to have an idea, picking some altcoins may not really be a bad idea but I totally agree with you that you will be overworking your system which probably may not be built for such a huge work like that.It is better to do some research and set up once and for all if someone wants to really go into mining properly.
November 24, 2017, 12:15:47 PM
Hello guys,
I'm a full time laptop guy who don't own a desktop.
Now there are over 200 crypto currencies out there...
However only 10 of them are getting media attention & spotlight and these popular ones are not possible to mine unless you have an extremely expensive mining equipment.
So my question is... how about other less popular crypto currencies like NEO, New York Coin, GameCredits?
Given that I have a powerful AMD M5100 (2013) gaming graphic card, can I try to mine those currencies with a laptop? or a USB miner?
I hope this is possible. I want to at least try to mine some crypto currency which can be expensive later on.
Thanks,
It is very hard to mine something these days with this power. However you can try to mine some unpopular coins with low hash rate in pools, but don't do it for profit, as you will hardly make any profit.I'm a full time laptop guy who don't own a desktop.
Now there are over 200 crypto currencies out there...
However only 10 of them are getting media attention & spotlight and these popular ones are not possible to mine unless you have an extremely expensive mining equipment.
So my question is... how about other less popular crypto currencies like NEO, New York Coin, GameCredits?
Given that I have a powerful AMD M5100 (2013) gaming graphic card, can I try to mine those currencies with a laptop? or a USB miner?
I hope this is possible. I want to at least try to mine some crypto currency which can be expensive later on.
Thanks,
November 24, 2017, 10:55:31 AM
There are more than eight hundred crypto currencies available in the crypto market, bitcoin is the first crypto currency in the market and this cannot be mined with computers or laptops as it requires more electrical and hash power generating machines, but still there are many other crypto currencies like monero, bytecoin, digitalnote, dashcoin and many other crypto currencies which can be mined at home using a desktop or laptop. The value of these crypto currencies will increase in the future. GPU or Graphic processing units can help to mine bitcoins and other crypto currencies.
Even mining monero with your laptop these days is not really worth it that much. Still, from your last point and the value of the cryptocurrencies increasing later in future, they are really worth a try, most especially if one has a free PC running and some free electricity.I have heard of someone who mines monero with his official PC and leaves the PC running 247 since he does not have to pay for anything anyway. Hope he does not get to lose his job doing that anyway.
November 21, 2017, 09:40:20 PM
does not seem to be a good choice of friends if you use a laptop as a mining machine .. if you really want to mine those coins you'd better buy a coin mining device. I've done mining with a laptop like your idea .. and did not get satisfactory results. some time later my laptop crashed
November 21, 2017, 09:11:14 PM
Mining with a laptop can be done but results will not be satisfactory.
My advice should not be using a laptop as it will making the laptop hot faster which resulted in the laptop being damaged.
My advice should not be using a laptop as it will making the laptop hot faster which resulted in the laptop being damaged.
Unless it's a throw away. I have two old netbooks from the early hackintosh days that I will take to the local coffee shop with me, plug in, and let mine Bytecoin for free because why not?
hide them in the ceilings
GENIUS
November 21, 2017, 09:08:13 PM
Mining with a laptop can be done but results will not be satisfactory.
My advice should not be using a laptop as it will making the laptop hot faster which resulted in the laptop being damaged.
My advice should not be using a laptop as it will making the laptop hot faster which resulted in the laptop being damaged.
Unless it's a throw away. I have two old netbooks from the early hackintosh days that I will take to the local coffee shop with me, plug in, and let mine Bytecoin for free because why not?
hide them in the ceilings
November 20, 2017, 06:10:05 PM
It is better sell laptop and buy some bitcoins 
November 20, 2017, 06:06:51 PM
i was mining magi on laptop for 6 months and get around 10$ for it! 
it doesn't make sense
it doesn't make sense
November 20, 2017, 05:29:06 PM
Mining with a laptop can be done but results will not be satisfactory.
My advice should not be using a laptop as it will making the laptop hot faster which resulted in the laptop being damaged.
My advice should not be using a laptop as it will making the laptop hot faster which resulted in the laptop being damaged.
Unless it's a throw away. I have two old netbooks from the early hackintosh days that I will take to the local coffee shop with me, plug in, and let mine Bytecoin for free because why not?
November 20, 2017, 04:59:14 AM
Mining with a laptop can be done but results will not be satisfactory.
My advice should not be using a laptop as it will making the laptop hot faster which resulted in the laptop being damaged.
My advice should not be using a laptop as it will making the laptop hot faster which resulted in the laptop being damaged.
November 20, 2017, 03:03:40 AM
good info, ive had the same question for a while. Thanks all
November 20, 2017, 03:02:10 AM
Not indeed. But if you find a new emerging coin you can cpu mine for some time .
November 20, 2017, 02:29:32 AM
No there is coin you can mined in laptop.
November 20, 2017, 01:11:23 AM
To give you an idea, I have a second gen 8-core i7, and in about 3 days I was able to mine 100 Bytecoin. Go ahead and look up what that's worth, I'll wait.
There are other SHA256 coins, for sure. Return rates aren't great, but if you solo/lottery mine, who knows? Or join a pool with them, it may take forever to get the tiniest bit but, again, it's a fun way to learn. I like Peercoin, personally, and BitcoinCash has done well for my old S3 (well, as well as 500gh/s is going to do, at any rate). Mazacoin in a pool might nab you some coin, and who knows? If it goes up in value, could make it worth your time.
The value in itself is what would really make it worth the time.There are other SHA256 coins, for sure. Return rates aren't great, but if you solo/lottery mine, who knows? Or join a pool with them, it may take forever to get the tiniest bit but, again, it's a fun way to learn. I like Peercoin, personally, and BitcoinCash has done well for my old S3 (well, as well as 500gh/s is going to do, at any rate). Mazacoin in a pool might nab you some coin, and who knows? If it goes up in value, could make it worth your time.
I remember back then when you could still mine bitcoin with PC, but one would have given up looking at the value one gets from it back then, but looking at what you would have gotten by now after seven years or thereabout, then it is something so much worth it that can set one up for life.
It was mainly for fun back then and some of the new altcoins can also be for fun now as one does not really know what comes out of them in future, but as much as one expects the best, one should still expect the worst or best bet, pick a small altcoin with prospects.
November 18, 2017, 01:42:43 PM
Useful advices 
I was asking myself the same questions.
I was asking myself the same questions. November 18, 2017, 01:30:01 PM
A quick question to you all:
If I were to build a small computer for mining with a graphic card which one would you guys recommend?
So this small computer requires at least one PCI graphic card slot to use with Nvidia or AMD card.
Ideally i7 CPU would be great too.
Is there any option for a small computer like this?
Unfortunately Raspberry doesn't have a graphic card slot.
Any PCI graphic card to USB adapter would be great too.. if it even exists!
If I were to build a small computer for mining with a graphic card which one would you guys recommend?
So this small computer requires at least one PCI graphic card slot to use with Nvidia or AMD card.
Ideally i7 CPU would be great too.
Is there any option for a small computer like this?
Unfortunately Raspberry doesn't have a graphic card slot.
Any PCI graphic card to USB adapter would be great too.. if it even exists!
November 18, 2017, 12:52:36 PM
Yes, that's what I was thinking about doing... mining obscure & brand new coins.
But is it possible to mine those with a USB bitcoin miner?
Someone on this forum told me Bitcoin miners can mine bitcoin only.
I know all these USB miners can't generate any profit at all if you mine Bitcoin or other popular currencies.
S9 has TB hash rate... these USB miners barely have one or two GB rate. If one S9 is not enough to generate good amount of money, USBs can't battle in the mining pool.
But is it possible to mine those with a USB bitcoin miner?
Someone on this forum told me Bitcoin miners can mine bitcoin only.
I know all these USB miners can't generate any profit at all if you mine Bitcoin or other popular currencies.
S9 has TB hash rate... these USB miners barely have one or two GB rate. If one S9 is not enough to generate good amount of money, USBs can't battle in the mining pool.
Yes, correct. Any ASIC is specific to the algorithm, so a "bitcoin" miner can only mine SHA256 coins, a "litecoin" miner can only mine scrypt coins, a "dash" miner can only mine x11, etc. ASIC stands for Application Specific Integrated Circuit.
You CAN use USB ASICS, but most of them have the same limitations as their louder, more expensive brethren. If you want to mine obscure coins your best bet is to make a small build computer with one or two cheap GPUs on it, it will give you the widest range of coins to choose from. You can build a single card miner for probably around $300 or so, or less if you use parts you already have/pick up at a second hand store/etc.
Cool advice!
That's where Raspberry computer comes in.
Raspberry PI computers would be great if they had at least a PCI graphic card slot.
AMD's RX560 card sells for only $110...
So, if I get an ASIC SHA256 Bitcoin miner, then I can mine other obscure coin which uses the same SHA256 algorithm.
That really clarified the confusion. Thanks.
So as long as I find an obscure coin which shares the same algorithm, I can try mine with USB miners too. USB miners now sell for barely $50.. if they can at least mine good amount of obscure coins, not a bad idea given that some coins still can get popularity later on.
My laptop runs with i7 Quadcore with metal casing.. obviously I won't mine with its CPU & GPU. I think I can use USB miners on it...
November 17, 2017, 05:33:00 PM
Don't do laptop mining... You will destroy your laptop over the time..
I am speaking from my own experiences xD
I am speaking from my own experiences xD
November 17, 2017, 04:06:10 PM
Hello guys,
I'm a full time laptop guy who don't own a desktop.
Now there are over 200 crypto currencies out there...
However only 10 of them are getting media attention & spotlight and these popular ones are not possible to mine unless you have an extremely expensive mining equipment.
So my question is... how about other less popular crypto currencies like NEO, New York Coin, GameCredits?
Given that I have a powerful AMD M5100 (2013) gaming graphic card, can I try to mine those currencies with a laptop? or a USB miner?
I hope this is possible. I want to at least try to mine some crypto currency which can be expensive later on.
Thanks,
You can mine on it, the problem is the heat and laptops not made for being used at total utilization constantly I'm a full time laptop guy who don't own a desktop.
Now there are over 200 crypto currencies out there...
However only 10 of them are getting media attention & spotlight and these popular ones are not possible to mine unless you have an extremely expensive mining equipment.
So my question is... how about other less popular crypto currencies like NEO, New York Coin, GameCredits?
Given that I have a powerful AMD M5100 (2013) gaming graphic card, can I try to mine those currencies with a laptop? or a USB miner?
I hope this is possible. I want to at least try to mine some crypto currency which can be expensive later on.
Thanks,
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