How do I mine Monero with MoneroOcean?

To mine with MoneroOcean, you need a Monero wallet, mining software such as XMRig, and MoneroOcean’s pool connection details. MoneroOcean pays you in XMR, but its optional profit-switching software may mine other coins when it estimates that doing so will earn you more Monero.

Get your wallet and computer ready

First, create a Monero wallet using trusted wallet software. Copy your receiving address. This tells MoneroOcean where to send your payouts and usually acts as your mining account identifier.

You do not need to give the pool your wallet password, private keys, or recovery phrase. Your recovery phrase can restore—and control—your wallet, so keep it private and offline.

Use a computer you own or have explicit permission to mine on. A desktop with a modern CPU—the computer’s main processor—is a practical starting point. Mining keeps that processor busy, increasing electricity use and heat.

MoneroOcean is a mining pool: it combines miners’ work and shares rewards. Its usual XMRig setup runs as installed software, not inside your web browser.

Choose the right XMRig version

You have two main options:

• Standard XMRig: Suitable if you want to mine Monero’s RandomX algorithm directly. An algorithm is the set of calculations your computer performs.
• MoneroOcean’s modified XMRig: Supports the pool’s algorithm switching. It can benchmark your processor—test its speed on different workloads—and use those results to help select what to mine.

That distinction matters. Receiving XMR does not necessarily mean your computer is securing the Monero network. If mining Monero itself is your priority, choose a RandomX-only setup.

Get the software through the project’s official source, and check published file checksums or signatures when available. Avoid sponsored download lookalikes and “guaranteed income” packages.

Security software sometimes flags legitimate miners because criminals also misuse them. Investigate the warning and verify your download rather than disabling protection broadly.

Configure and start your miner

Use MoneroOcean’s current setup instructions to obtain its pool hostname, port, and connection settings. Prefer a TLS connection, which encrypts traffic between your miner and the pool.

In XMRig’s configuration file, commonly named config.json, enter:

• Pool URL: The hostname and port provided by MoneroOcean.
• User: Your Monero receiving address.
• Password or worker field: A label for your computer, following the pool’s current instructions.
• TLS: Enable it when using the corresponding TLS port.

For the switching version, follow MoneroOcean’s configuration rather than forcing settings intended for standard XMRig. Allow any initial benchmarks to finish.

Start the miner and look for accepted shares. These are pieces of work the pool accepts as proof that your computer is contributing. Repeated rejected shares or connection errors mean you should check the configuration and connection.

Check payouts and running costs

Enter your receiving address on MoneroOcean’s dashboard to check your worker, accepted work, balance, and payout settings. Reporting may take a little time to appear.

Check the current minimum payout, fees, and payout conditions before leaving your computer running. A displayed balance is not necessarily ready for payment.

Compare expected rewards with your electricity cost using current pool estimates or a live mining calculator. Watch temperatures and reduce CPU usage if your computer becomes too hot, loud, or sluggish.

The bottom line

Start with one computer and verify accepted shares before expanding. Choose MoneroOcean’s switching miner for automatic workload selection, or RandomX-only mining if you specifically want to mine Monero. Neither approach guarantees a profit.