⚙️ Mining Monero (XMR) on Raspberry Pi 3 🍇

In this guide, I show how to mine Monero (XMR) using the XMRig miner on a Raspberry Pi 3.
This is mostly for fun and testing — as performance on small ARM boards is quite limited 🧩💻.

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🎥 Video Tutorial

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🧰 System Preparation

1. 🧠 Download and install Armbian on your Raspberry Pi 3.
   
2. 💾 Write the Armbian image to an SD card using Balena Etcher.
   
3. 📡 Insert the SD card into your Raspberry Pi, power it on, and complete the initial setup.
4. 🌐 Check the IP address of your Raspberry Pi for SSH access.

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🔧 Connecting and Updating

1. 🔌 Connect via SSH and update the package list:

sudo apt update

6. ⬆️ Upgrade installed packages:

sudo apt upgrade

7. ⚙️ Install required software:

sudo apt install git wget proot build-essential cmake libuv1-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libssl-dev

🧩 Building XMRig

1. 📥 Clone the XMRig repository:

git clone https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig

9. 📂 Enter the cloned folder:

cd xmrig

10. 🏗️ Create a build directory:

mkdir build

cd build

11. ⚙️ Compile XMRig (disable HWLOC for ARM):

cmake -DWITH_HWLOC=OFF ..

make

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⚙️ Configuration and Run

1. 📝 Edit the configuration file — generate one on your preferred mining pool website and upload it to the Raspberry Pi (e.g., using WinSCP).
2. 🔒 Make the miner executable:

chmod +x xmrig

14. ▶️ Run the miner:

./xmrig

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⚡ Performance Result

🚀 Average mining speed: ~12 H/s ⛏️ 🐢 Not fast enough for profitable mining, but a great experiment and learning project!

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