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THIS SECTION IS CURRENT AND ACCURATE AS OF DECEMBER Blockchain and mining code change often. Keep yourself and your software up to date by [https://ravencoin.org/community/ joining the community.] Subscribe to the [https://ravencoin.org/updates/ Ravencoin Updates mailing list.] Join [https://discord.gg/jn6uhur the Discord] or [https://t.me/RavencoinDev the Telegram server] and request mining help. Pass on your expertise where you can. This is your community too. The following information is current and accurate as of December 3, 2019. # Download the latest Ravencoin wallet from [https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/releases Ravencoin github]. Install it and get a receiving address. Be sure to [[FAQ#How_do_I_backup_my_wallet.dat_file.3F|backup your wallet]]. Remember to check the '''[[Mining#Best_Practises | Best Practices]]''' page to keep your coins safe. Note: do not use special characters for your passphrase when encrypting the wallet.

# Download a GPU miner. Several are available, but for the purposes of this quick start guide, one of the most popular miners, [https://github.com/trexminer/t-rex/releases T-Rex , is linked]. Please note that this software is closed source and should be used at your own risk. Best practice: do not use closed source mining software on a machine containing personal or sensitive data. [https://github.com/RitoProject/ccminer Open source code is available here], but will require compiling. This is beyond the scope of this article. Further, the open source miner performs poorly compared to T-Rex or Zenemy miners.#If necessary, create an account with your selected mining pool. Some pools require a username. Others allow you to mine to an address. Most pools will offer a brief guide of their own, or even an example .bat file. For this example, we will point our hashrate at Minermore. The T-Rex software is more or less pre-configured for this, and will require only a few inputs. Minermore does require you to register a username, so do that nowbefore continuing.# Open the "config_example" file and change the appropriate information (right click the file and select a program like notepad or notepad++). Copy and paste your mining address (generated earlier) in the quotation marks where you see the string of characters starting with "R." Wherever you see <code>"CHANGETHIS.worker"</code>, enter <code>"YOURUSERNAME.worker"</code>. Minermore does not require a password for your worker, so you may disregard this in your configuration file. Other pools # Open "RVN-minermore". After a brief delay, text should begin scrolling. If your configuration is correct, you will see your hashrate displayed in MHs. Otherwise, any errors will display and you may require a passwordneed to reconfigure appropriately. ''Additional info:'''