The project is to write a fully functionnal XMR miner, in pure python 3.

Why? Such a Monero CPU miner can be useful for for learning purpose.

The source-code provided is heavily inspired by: https://github.com/ricmoo/nightminer/ but I plan to use JSON RPC 2.0 and the new RandomX algorithm.

Warning 1: Initially Monero used the so-called CryptoNight PoW algorithm. The project was designed accordingly. But (as far as I know) from year 2019, November 30th monero uses the PoW algorithm: RandomX. The current miner needs to be patched in order to mine accordingly to the hard fork that occured. By now (2024, March) this is still a work-in-progress.

Warning 2: This miner is extremely slow and therefore not suited for mercantile use.

ggminer.py [-h] [-a {cryptonight}] [-o URL] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD] [-t THREAD] [-d DEBUG]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help                       show this help message and exit
  -a, --algo                       hashing algorithm to use for proof of work {cryptonight}
  -o URL, --url URL                stratum mining server url (eg: stratum+tcp://foobar.com:3333)
  -u USERNAME, --user USERNAME     username for mining server
  -p PASSWORD, --pass PASSWORD     password for mining server
  -t THREAD, --thread THREAD       number of mining threads to start
  -d, --debug                      show extra debug information

Example of possible mining pools:

• Location | Server Host | Stratum Port | SSL/TLS Port
• Europe xmr-eu1.nanopool.org 10300 10343
• Europe xmr-eu2.nanopool.org 10300 10343
• US East xmr-us-east1.nanopool.org 10300 10343
• US West xmr-us-west1.nanopool.org 10300 10343
• Asia xmr-asia1.nanopool.org 10300 10343
• Japan xmr-jp1.nanopool.org 10300 10343
• Australia xmr-au1.nanopool.org 10300 10343

Using a SSL connection is highly recommended. It's more safe and stable than stratum.

To get started easily you can, for example, use the command line:

python ggminer.py --url stratum+tcp://xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:10300 --debug 2

{
  "wallet": "YOUR_XMR_ADDRESS",
  "rigName": "YOUR_WORKER",
  "email": "YOUR_EMAIL"
}

The code is licensed under MIT + LGPLv3, see LICENSE file for more info.