<li><strong>Start mining with the Azure-Batch-Service using the
<li><strong>Start mining with the Azure-Batch-Service using the
scripts provided here</strong></li>
scripts provided here</strong></li>
</ul>
</ul>
With the instructions provided here you will be mining Monero. <strong><a
With the instructions provided here you will be mining Monero (XMR). <strong><a
href="https://getmonero.org/">Monero</a> is one of the top-altcoins
href="https://getmonero.org/">Monero</a> is one of the top-altcoins
and better than bitcoin in virtually every aspect</strong> (i guess
and better than bitcoin in virtually every aspect</strong> (i guess
bitcoin beats Monero only in popularity). <br>
bitcoin beats Monero only in popularity). <br>
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</strong></p>
</strong></p>
<h1>Setup the Azure Batch-Service </h1>
<h1>Setup the Azure Batch-Service </h1>
<p>After signing up for your azure-account you can click on the
<p>After signing up for your azure-account you can click on the
following link to create a <strong>new batch-account</strong>: <ahref="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount">https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount</a>
following link to create a <strong>new batch-account</strong>: <ahref="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount">https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount</a><strong>
Fill the form with the following information:<br>
I recommend using Chrome to access the azure-portal.</strong> Fill
the form with the following information:<br>
</p>
</p>
<ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Account name: Just a name for your batch-account</strong></li>
<li><strong>Account name: Just a name for your batch-account</strong></li>
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scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter your wallet. </p>
scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter your wallet. </p>
<ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>The VM takes around 5 minutes to startup and compile the
<li><strong>The VM takes around 5 minutes to startup and compile the
mining-software. After that will see the number of submitted
mining-software. After that you will see the number of submitted
hashes slowly increasing.</strong> The displayed hashrate will
hashes slowly increasing.</strong> The displayed hashrate will
vary wildly - this is normal.</li>
vary wildly - this is normal.</li>
<li><strong>Your pending balance will increase once the mining-pool
<li><strong>Your pending balance will increase once the mining-pool
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may be more expensive than East US (if necessary, you'll have to
may be more expensive than East US (if necessary, you'll have to
reduce the total number of nodes to stay within your monthly free
reduce the total number of nodes to stay within your monthly free
credits)</li>
credits)</li>
<li><strong>All in all you can expect around 60-70H/s per used core.</strong></li>
<li><strong>All in all you can expect around 70H/s per used core.</strong></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<li><strong>Azure has a standard-limit of 20 low-priority-cores per
<li><strong>Azure has a standard-limit of 20 low-priority-cores per
region</strong>. If the quota in your azure-account is less than
region</strong>. If the quota in your azure-account is less than
GPU-miners out of this market (the purpose of the fork was to avoid
(SUMO) is based on this algorithm.</li>
exactly this fate for Monero). </p>
</ul>
<p>The anti-ASIC-stance means that Monero will stay decentralized, but
Other coins might also work if they are based on these algorithms (there
there are many more advantages to it. In fact, i think Monero is
is an <ahref="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3129218.0">overview</a>
better than bitcoin in virtually every aspect (i guess bitcoin beats
of possible coins at the bitcointalk-forum). The original
Monero only in popularity...).</p>
Cryptonight-algorithm is not supported: recently a ASIC for this
<p><strong>To start mining you first have to choose a <ahref="https://moneropools.com/">Monero-pool</a>.
algorithm was released which made CPU-mining totally impractical. <br>
</strong>Pay attention to the pool's rules:</p>
<p><strong>To start mining you first have to choose a <ahref="https://moneropools.com/">Monero-pool</a>
or a <ahref="http://www.sumopools.com/">Sumokoin-pool</a>. </strong>Pay
attention to the pool's rules:</p>
<ul>
<ul>
<li>What are the pool's fees? This just means that your payout is
<li>What are the pool's fees? This just means that your payout is
decreased by the given percentage.</li>
decreased by the given percentage.</li>
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only once the pool finds a block, so for small pools it might take
only once the pool finds a block, so for small pools it might take
several days until you can see a non-zero pending balance for your
several days until you can see a non-zero pending balance for your
wallet on the pool's website.</li>
wallet on the pool's website.</li>
<li>You'll need to setup a wallet first. For Monero probably the
</ul>
easiest way to get started is <ahref="https://mymonero.com/#/">mymonero.com</a>
You'll also need to setup a wallet:
<ul>
<li>For Monero probably the easiest way to get started is using a
webwallet from <ahref="https://mymonero.com/#/">mymonero.com</a>
(take care that you don't fall victim to a phishing site: always
(take care that you don't fall victim to a phishing site: always
check your browser's address bar before entering your password!).</li>
check your browser's address bar before entering your password!).</li>
<li>For Sumokoin unfortunately a webwallet is not yet available.
Either create a paper-wallet with <ahref="https://wallet.sumokoin.com/">wallet.sumokoin.com</a>
or use the official wallet-software from <ahref="https://www.sumokoin.org/">sumokoin.org</a></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<strong></strong>You have the option to setup a secondary pool, so that
<strong></strong>You have the option to setup a secondary pool, so that
your VM's can keep working even if your primary pool is offline.<br>
your VM's can keep working even if your primary pool is offline.<br>
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<h1>Setup the Azure Batch-Service </h1>
<h1>Setup the Azure Batch-Service </h1>
<p>Note: Azure calls a group of virtual machines within the
<p>Note: Azure calls a group of virtual machines within the
batch-service a 'Pool'. This has nothing to do with the term
batch-service a 'Pool'. This has nothing to do with the term
'supportXMR.com' (operated by e.g. xmrpool.eu). Don't confuse the two
'mining-pool' (operated by e.g. supportXMR.com). Don't confuse the two
terms.</p>
terms.</p>
<p>After signing up for your azure-account you can click on the
<p>After signing up for your azure-account you can click on the
following link to create a <strong>new batch-account</strong>: <ahref="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount">https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount</a>
following link to create a <strong>new batch-account</strong>: <ahref="https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount">https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BatchAccount</a>.
Fill the form with following information:<br>
<strong>I recommend using Chrome to access the azure-portal.</strong>
Fill the form with the following information:<br>
</p>
</p>
<ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Account name: Just a name for your batch-account</strong></li>
<li><strong>Account name: Just a name for your batch-account</strong></li>
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script which downloads the mining-executable and starts mining. You can
script which downloads the mining-executable and starts mining. You can
create your personalized script here by filling out the fields:
create your personalized script here by filling out the fields: