<p>I just tried with the algorithms <code>yespower</code> and <code>yescrypt</code> and they worked, although the speed in <code>yespower</code> is very less. By the way, the reason I guess that the <code>scrypt</code> algorithm did not work was, because in the pool, they were designated for either GPU/ASIC/FPGA, which I did not use.</p>

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vidyarthi
<p>I tried <code>cpuminer</code> to mine some nominal crypto. But, even after 12+hours , not even one share has been obtained. What is the problem in my command. Like, I used the command
<code>./cpuminer -a scrypt -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.mine.zergpool.com:6533 -u &lt;wallet&gt; -p c=&lt;Payoutcurrency&gt;</code>
and the terminal then shows</p>
<p><code> New Block 3457268, Tx 0, Netdiff 0.14933, Job 3a                Diff: Net 0.14933, Stratum 256, Target 0.0039062 TTF @ 24.36 kh/s: Block 7h18m, Share 11m28s Net hash rate (est) 53.45 Mh/s</code></p>
<p>But, even after a long time, no acceptance of jobs or submissions take place, and i do not get any crypto.</p>
<p>As regards the low hash rate, I was able to mine a few satoshis using cheaper algorithms like <code>ghostrider</code> and <code>randomx</code> on <code>xmrig</code> on even less hash rates. But, with <code>cpuminer</code> i do not get even a single satoshi. How to rectify this? Or, can we run <code>xmrig</code> using scrypt or <code>sha512256d</code> algorithms on some pool?
Any hints?</p>

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@StackExchangeSupportsIsrael yes. though the question is related to more general cryptocurrency, but bitcoin mining is also implied.
vidyarthi
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Does "[In the ASIC-age, is it worth starting mining Bitcoin at home?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/41276/5406)" answer your question?
Murch
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@StackExchangeSupportsIsrael i actually made a few satoshis using my CPU in aday. Well, the rate is like 40 Sat/day, very less, but I got an idea how mining works. Maybe using USB based ASIC, I could scale it to 2000 sat/day
vidyarthi
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@Murch No, that question describes the practical cons of cpu mining, I wanted to know how it actually is done, and how I could scale it. In this case, I reached a workable solution for my cpu using cpuminer / xmrig. Now, I should be able to scale it to large shares using multiple CPUs/usb based asic stick
vidyarthi
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Why CPUMiner does not mine in spite of showing good hash rate?
vidyarthi
# Why CPUMiner does not mine in spite of showing good hash rate?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-07-14)

I tried `cpuminer` to mine some nominal crypto. But, even after 12+hours , not even one share has been obtained. What is the problem in my command. Like, I used the command
`./cpuminer -a scrypt -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.mine.zergpool.com:6533 -u  -p c=`
and the terminal then shows

`New Block 3457268, Tx 0, Netdiff 0.14933, Job 3a Diff: Net 0.14933, Stratum 256, Target 0.0039062 TTF @ 24.36 kh/s: Block 7h18m, Share 11m28s Net hash rate (est) 53.45 Mh/s`

But, even after a long time, no acceptance of jobs or submissions take place, and i do not get any crypto.

As regards the low hash rate, I was able to mine a few satoshis using cheaper algorithms like `ghostrider` and `randomx` on `xmrig` on even less hash rates. But, with `cpuminer` i do not get even a single satoshi. How to rectify this? Or, can we run `xmrig` using scrypt or `sha512256d` algorithms on some pool?
Any hints?

**Tags:** sha256, cpu-mining, scrypt, cpuminer

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: @StackExchangeSupportsIsrael yes. though the question is related to more general cryptocurrency, but bitcoin mining is also implied.  
> **username_1**: Does "[In the ASIC-age, is it worth starting mining Bitcoin at home?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/41276/5406)" answer your question?  
> **username_0**: @StackExchangeSupportsIsrael i actually made a few satoshis using my CPU in aday. Well, the rate is like 40 Sat/day, very less, but I got an idea how mining works. Maybe using USB based ASIC, I could scale it to 2000 sat/day  
> **username_0**: @username_1 No, that question describes the practical cons of cpu mining, I wanted to know how it actually is done, and how I could scale it. In this case, I reached a workable solution for my cpu using cpuminer / xmrig. Now, I should be able to scale it to large shares using multiple CPUs/usb based asic stick  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2024-07-14. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

I just tried with the algorithms `yespower` and `yescrypt` and they worked, although the speed in `yespower` is very less. By the way, the reason I guess that the `scrypt` algorithm did not work was, because in the pool, they were designated for either GPU/ASIC/FPGA, which I did not use.


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