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<p>Monero is a cryptocurrency that relies on proof-of-work mining to achieve distributed consensus. Below you'll find some information and resources on how to begin mining.</p>

<p><strong>The Monero Project does not endorse any particular pool, software, or hardware, and the content below is provided for informational purposes only.</strong></p>
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                            <h2>Support</h2>
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                    <p>See <a href="{{site.baseurl}}/community/hangouts/"> Hangouts</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">/r/moneromining</a> and <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-pools" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">#monero-pools</a>.</p>
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                            <h2>Pools</h2>
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                       <p>A listing of trusted Monero pools is found <a href="http://moneropools.com/"> here</a>.</p>
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                            <h2>Hardware Benchmarking</h2>
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                       <p>See <a href="http://monerobenchmarks.info/">here</a> for a listing of GPUs/CPUs and their respective hashrates.</p>
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                            <h2>Mining Software</h2>
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                       <p>Note that some miners may have developer fees.</p>
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                        <p><a href="https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">XMR Stak</a></p>
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                        <p><a href="https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">XMRig</a></p>
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                        <p><a href="https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-amd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">XMRig AMD</a></p>
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                        <p><a href="https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-nvidia" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">XMRig NVIDIA</a></p>
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