A plain-English guide to mining Monero (XMR) on your CPU from scratch: what mining, a miner, a pool, and a wallet actually are, plus a working step-by-step walkthrough with xmrig. Every command verified on a real machine.
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Step-by-step guide to mining Monero (XMR) with your CPU: hardware requirements, software setup, pool selection, and realistic profitability expectations.
Bitmain's Antminer X5 and X9 brought real RandomX ASICs to Monero. We run the honest payback numbers for the X5, X9, and CPU rigs on the Ryzen 9 5950X and 9950X — then explain the risks that ROI calculators quietly ignore.
Honest comparison of CPUs for Monero mining in 2026. Real hashrates, full system costs, and net profitability — not idealized calculator numbers.