How to use your laptop Graphics Card for Crypto Mining with Unmineable in 2022
Published: 2022-02-07 10:08:09

Getting into crypto is easier than ever in 2022, all you need is a laptop with a Graphics card capable of mining !!

In the guide below I’ll show you how you can start mining with your laptop using the GPU in 3 simple steps.

First let’s explain some of the basic things you need to understand, you need a GUP (Graphics Card) with at least 4gb of Vram memory.

**Usually laptops with Nvidia or AMD cards can mine if the GPU has more than 4gb of memory**, some examples might be Nvidia GTX 1050 up or AMD RX 470 up.

If you have one of those cards then you are closer to becoming a miner, the next thing you need to become a miner is a “mining program” and a Pool, in this case I’ll explain all the details and provide some links to the mining programs I’m using. I customized the progams to be able to connect to unmineable without any hassle.

I’m using unmineable.com as the mining pool since they have a lower mining fee in comparison to other Pools and also they cover all the transaction fees, so the balance you see is the balance you get on your wallet, other Pools will not cover mining fees specially in the case of Ethereum mining.

The strategy I follow with unmineable is a long term strategy, it is an “Uprofitable strategy” if you are thinking about making money daily with your laptop or you have words in mind such as “Profitability” then you can stop reading now.

**In fact , please close the browser and forget you ever read about this !!**

It is true you can make money crypto mining, but for that you need an investment and a rig with at least 5 GPUs working together, **this strategy is for those gamers or ocassional miners who will take advantage of the GPU capabilities while they are not using it.**

I focus on mining low value or low priced coins available in unmineable.com, I can get more coins in this way and then I stake the coins so they produce more coins for me via crypto staking.

Also, **I mine coins which I think are under valued and have some future**, it is true you can mine more expensive coins like Solana but you would only receive some cents, it will take more time for you to produce coins in comparison to TRX or even Safemoon where you can easily get 20k coins in 2 weeks (Depending on GPU and hashrate).

As an example, **mining 10000 TRX and staking it for 3 years**, will result in you getting at least 1500 additional coins for a total of 11500, if you consider this coin might easily get to the 0.8 price point, it means **in 3 years you would have made 9,200$.**

> You have a list of more than 20 coins available at unmineable.com and as the name of the pool suggest these are coins which are proof of stake and usually can not be mined, Unmineable.com uses the power of your GPU and then pay you in one of the unmineable coins you select.

To estimate how many coins you would produce you need to take the hashrate of your card and enter it into the calculator in unmineable, you need to click the coin and then enter the hashrate on the calculator to the right.

**STEP 1:** Get a Wallet and a public address so you can receive funds in the crypto wallet for the coin you want to mine.

Use your Binance account, Crypto.com or Guarda Wallet. Create the accounts on the links below if you don’t have one.

[Binance Account](https://accounts.binance.com/en/register?ref=K5XIYGD8)  
[Crypto.com](https://crypto.com/app/az7qh3qye4)  
[Guarda](https://grd.to/ref/GcgX)

Other options might include _Atomic Wallet_, _Exodus_, _Trustwallet_.

**STEP 2:** Download the minin programs.

To mine with both Nvidia Cards or AMD cards you can use either Phoenix miner or Gminer.

I preconfigured these programs so is easier for you to run and connect directly with unmineable.com, simply follow the instructions below:

Download any of the files attched below, extract the folder, then inside the folder right click the file named "Start\_Mining" , click Run as Administrator.Follow the instructions on the screen, operation is as described below:1\. Use uppercase and enter the coin you want to mine, check unmineable.com under each coin you will find the letters that correspond to each coin.  
2\. Enter your wallet address, just the wallet address.  
3\. Type in lower case the letters that correspond to the server location closer to you.  
4\. Type etchash on 4gb cards, more than 4gb cards type ethash  
5\. Type a name for your worker (The Pc running the software, Use No Space or characters).  
6\. Press Enter.Example:If you want to mine DGB and you are in the US with an 8gb card then you would enter the following:1\. DGB (Press enter)  
2\. DMtT9GxjtPiyYEPUGwYP1VCTeVdxQmDZm3 (Press enter)  
3\. us (Press Enter)  
4\. ethash (Press Enter)  
5\. Worker1 (Press Enter)At this point the program will start and you should see no errors on the screen, it will start building the DAG file and after that mining will begin.Use these version of the software at your own risk, they were directly downloaded from Github  If detected as virus place the appropriate exclusions and whitelists in your antivirus _all mining software is detected as a false positive for malware._

[Phoenix Miner 5.9d](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/915606859937898596/920038146463375450/PhoenixMiner_5.9d_Windows.zip)

[Gminer 2.74](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OJqbrM6EIuveYW9eMgwl6cND6egfsJIw/view?usp=sharing)

**STEP 3 :** Check your balance in unmineable.com

Visit the site, then click the coin you are mining from the list.

Click on the menu top left where it say Address, then enter your public wallet address.

After running the miner for 15 minutes if there are not errors or connection issues you should see your worker registering there

![Unmineable](https://miro.medium.com/max/700/1*qxsT4lvqBr8kQ2IPmMtHNw.png)

## _Additional advise for those starting to mine with GPUs_

-   Clean your laptop inside, change the thermal paste.
-   Monitor Temperatures with hardware info.
-   Place an Overclocking profile for the specific card to get better hashrate.
-   Don’t exceed temps GPU 70C and Memory 90C.

If you also have a powerful CPU you can also mine with your CPU using the below program:

[BrosMrig](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/914134365649403924/920037852400726037/BrosMrig_6.16.0.zip)

You can check the hasrate of your CPU in the below link:

[https://xmrig.com/benchmark](https://xmrig.com/benchmark)

This with the unmineable calculator under RandomX will give you the estimation for the CPU, usually you need at CPU capable of delivering at least 2000 H/s, or you can use several laptops / desktops as workers to have a higher hashrate.

Hope this has been useful for someone thinking about starting to crypto mine with a GPU on a laptop or even a desktop !!