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summary: 'a process of having a throttled miner mine when it otherwise does not cause drawbacks'
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terms: ["smart-mining"]
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---
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2020-08-16 17:11:02 +00:00
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{% include disclaimer.html translated="no" translationOutdated="no" %}
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### The Basics
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Smart mining is the process of having a throttled @miner mine when it
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otherwise does not cause drawbacks. Drawbacks include increases heat,
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slower machine, depleting battery, etc. The intent of smart mining is to
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increase network security by allowing as many people as possible to let the
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smart miner on all the time. For this to work, the miner must prove
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unobtrusive, or it will be turned off, depriving the Monero network from a
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little bit of security. As such, it is likely that a smart miner will mine
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slower than a normal miner on the same hardware.
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Smart mining is available in the official CLI and GUI wallet, which are
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available in the [downloads page]({{ site.baseurl_root }}/downloads/).
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It is hoped that the relative slowness of a smart miner (especially on
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low-power machines) will be offset by the large amount of people running a
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miner for a possible "lottery win", and thus increase the Monero network
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security by a non trivial amount. The increased hash rate from many
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different sources helps keep the Monero network decentralized.
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