How to Mine

Getting Started

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How to mine Wagyucoin


There are a few ways to mine Wagyucoin. The two most common methods are direct mining with our wallet or pool mining with our mining pool.

Wallet Mining with MacOS

Download Wallet

Go to our Github and download the macos CLI file.

Unzip the file and add the contents to your desktop.

Prep

Open up your Terminal app to run the following.

Create the data directory for your coin with the following command:

mkdir "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Wagyucoin/"

Open nano.

nano "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Wagyucoin/wagyucoin.conf" -t

Paste the following into nano.

rpcuser=rpc_wagyucoin
rpcpassword=rpc_wagyucoin
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
listen=1
server=1

Save the file with the keyboard shortcut ctrl + x.

Setup Mining File


Open nano.

nano mine.sh -t

Paste the following into nano.

#!/bin/bash
SCRIPT_PATH=`pwd`;
cd $SCRIPT_PATH
echo Press [CTRL+C] to stop mining.
while :
do
./wagyucoin-cli generatetoaddress 1 $(./wagyucoin-cli getnewaddress)
done

Save the file with the keyboard shortcut ctrl + x.

Make the file executable.

chmod +x mine.sh

Start Mining


Run the wagyucoin-qt.dmg file to open your wallet.

Go back to the terminal and type the following command to create the wallet file for your desktop wallet:

./wagyucoin-cli createwallet ""

Execute the following command in the terminal app to mine:

./mine.sh
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Wallet Mining with Windows

Download Wallet


Go to our Github and download the win64 file.

Unzip the file and add the contents to your desktop.

Prep


Open "Run" with the keyboard shortcut winkey + r.

Enter the following text behind "Open": notepad

Press on the button "OK".

Paste the following into notepad.

rpcuser=rpc_wagyucoin
rpcpassword=rpc_wagyucoin
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
listen=1
server=1

Click on the menu item "File" -> "Save As...".

The open dialog box will appear, click on "Save as type" and select the option "All Files (.)".

Enter the following text behind "File name": wagyucoin.conf

Click on the menu bar, type the following text %appdata% and press on the enter key. enter

Create the folder Wagyucoin and open the folder.

Press on the button "Save".

Create a new file with the keyboard shortcut ctrl + n.

Paste the following into notepad.

@echo off
set SCRIPT_PATH=%cd%
cd %SCRIPT_PATH%
echo Press [CTRL+C] to stop mining.
:begin
 for /f %%i in ('wagyucoin-cli.exe getnewaddress') do set WALLET_ADDRESS=%%i
 wagyucoin-cli.exe generatetoaddress 1 %WALLET_ADDRESS%
goto begin

Click on the menu item "File" -> "Save As...".

The open dialog box will appear, click on "Save as type" and select the option "All Files (.)".

Enter the following text behind "File name": mine.bat

Click on the menu bar, open the location where you extracted the zip file.

Press on the button "Save".

Open your qt wallet and execute mine.bat to begin mining.