Recently I found out about cryptonight algorithms, Bytecoin in specific. I have about 20 Raspberry Pi’s here and I would like to know if cryptonight mining is possible on ARM processors.
I am also planning to join a pool, so the mining software needs to be compatible with pools.
CryptoNight mining is possible using a CPU-based mining program (such as cpuminer-multi) on a Pi, and RasPiNews was able to set it up on a Pi 3. cpuminer-multi does indeed support pools, as required, and can mine many cryptocurrencies, including Bytecoin.
You will need to build cpuminer-multi yourself, using the instructions given in their README:
- ./autogen.sh # only needed if building from git repo
- ./nomacro.pl # only needed if building on Mac OS X or with Clang
- ./configure CFLAGS="-march=native"
- # Use -march=native if building for a single machine
- make
However, it's unlikely to be terribly economical, and probably costs more in electricity, but it is possible to mine (slowly).
Surprisingly, though, one person reports that mining Monero (which also uses CryptoNight) is profitable with Raspberry Pi units running a CPU miner. Testing your hash rate and power consumption would evidently be wise in this case, as it might turn out to be modestly profitable, or might not.
You may want to try mining the Magi Coin... This coin is made so the lower the hash rate the bigger the reward. My Samsung Galaxy A 5 currently is mining at 5-10 Kilo hashes per second. With all three of my devices I have a combined hash rate of around 50(ish) Kilo hashes per second. I probably will get a coin in around 10-15 days at the rate I am going so far. Here is Magi's website. Here is its current value. And last but not least here is its Forum (Which includes a list of mining pools).
