Follow this tutorial if you want to mine Monero. I tried to make this tutorial short and concise so that it will be easy to follow

Requirements:

A computer or laptop (medium-range hardware)
XMRig miner. Click this link https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases to download XMrig. Download xmrig-2.4.2-gcc-win64.zip for 64-bit and xmrig-2.4.2-gcc-win32.zip if you are using a 32-bit version of Windows.
Monero address. If you don't have an address get one at My Monero
Internet connection of course (^_^)

Note: Your antivirus may flag the miner as a malware or virus. In that case, you have to add the miner in the exclusion settings of your antivirus.

For simplicity put the downloaded XMRig in your desktop then extract it. After extracting download these BATCH FILES; Batch File 1 for 1% donation to XMRig creator, Batch File 5 for 5% donation to XMRig creator then put it inside the XMRig folder that you just extracted.

I created those batch files so that there's no need for you to type anything in the command prompt and also to make this tutorial short and concise. Later in this tutorial we will just going to edit something on those batch files to make it work.

If you want to donate 1% to the creator use Batch File 1. If you are not greedy and be thankful that you are using a free miner use Batch File 5.

After choosing a batch file right click it then choose edit. You should see something like this if you chose batch file 1.

cd\

C:\Users\Your_Windows_Username\xmrig-2.4.2-gcc-win64

xmrig.exe -o pool.monero.hashvault.pro:5555 -u Your_Monero_Address -p x -k --donate-level=1

Change "Your_Windows_Username" with your own Windows username and "Your_Monero_Address" with your own Monero address then save it.

TRY IT! by double clicking the batch file of your choice. After mining for about 30 minutes you should see something like the screenshot below. ACCEPTED means your mining job is accepted by the pool. NEW JOB means your miner is currently doing a new mining job.

XMRig uses https://monero.hashvault.pro as its mining pool. If you want to see your progress visit this link: https://monero.hashvault.pro/en/#!/dashboard then look for "Track Live Stats" if you want to see your progress. Enter your Monero address in the "Enter Payment Address" to start tracking your progress. The minimum withdrawal amount is 0.3 XMR. Withdrawal is automatically sent to your address once you reach the minimum withdrawal amount.

IMPORTANT: Do not use addresses from exchanges as I am not sure if it is going to work.

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How to Mine Monero Using your Computer (CPU) - XMRig - Tutorial

Follow this tutorial if you want to mine Monero. I tried to make this tutorial short and concise so that it will be easy to follow

Requirements:

For simplicity put the downloaded XMRig in your desktop then extract it. After extracting download these BATCH FILES; Batch File 1 for 1% donation to XMRig creator, Batch File 5 for 5% donation to XMRig creator then put it inside the XMRig folder that you just extracted.

I created those batch files so that there's no need for you to type anything in the command prompt and also to make this tutorial short and concise. Later in this tutorial we will just going to edit something on those batch files to make it work.

If you want to donate 1% to the creator use Batch File 1. If you are not greedy and be thankful that you are using a free miner use Batch File 5.

After choosing a batch file right click it then choose edit. You should see something like this if you chose batch file 1.

Change "Your_Windows_Username" with your own Windows username and "Your_Monero_Address" with your own Monero address then save it.

TRY IT! by double clicking the batch file of your choice. After mining for about 30 minutes you should see something like the screenshot below. ACCEPTED means your mining job is accepted by the pool. NEW JOB means your miner is currently doing a new mining job.

IMPORTANT: Do not use addresses from exchanges as I am not sure if it is going to work.