xmrig VS veil

Compare xmrig vs veil and see what are their differences.

xmrig

Monero (rx/0, rx/wow, rx/loki, defyx, rx/arq, rx/sfx, rx/keva, cn/0, cn/1, cn/2, cn/r, cn/fast, cn/half, cn/xao, cn/rto, cn/rwz, cn/zls, cn/double, cn/gpu, cn-lite/0, cn-lite/1, cn-heavy/0, cn-heavy/tube, cn-heavy/xhv, cn-pico, cn-pico/tlo, argon2/chukwa, argon2/wrkz, astrobwt) CPU/GPU miner (by MoneroOcean)
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xmrig veil
289 8
267 119
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8.1 6.6
about 1 month ago 5 months ago
C C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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xmrig

Posts with mentions or reviews of xmrig. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-08.

veil

Posts with mentions or reviews of veil. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-27.
  • How To Mine Veil - ProgPowZ GPU/CPU ASIC Mineable Coin
    3 projects | /r/TheFarringtonChannel | 27 Oct 2022
    Also veil is reducing the dag size to 2GB progpow, with a raise of 750MB per year, as of block 2,000,000 that will be released. https://github.com/Veil-Project/veil/commit/4107c99a2029a07f89ad0b1e0f68c03ec55b7350 that will allow pretty much every graphics card to mine it.
  • Veil Core mandatory wallet update v1.3.0 is now available
    1 project | /r/Veil | 23 Aug 2022
    The Veil Core wallet can be downloaded from Github at https://github.com/Veil-Project/veil/releases
  • Mining veil project on my phone. Profiting 0.023267933$ a day.
    2 projects | /r/cpumining | 9 May 2022
    AUTOXMRIG ON STARTUP vi /etc/cron.d/autostart_xmrig rm /etc/cron.d/autostart_xmrig if needbe Type i for insert mode Paste @reboot root /home/user/xmrig-veil/build/xmrig -B --log-file=/var/log/xmrig.log -o 192.168.1.157:5555 -u x -p x Esc :x sreboot XMRIG INSTALL FOR HIVEOS apt install cmake sudo apt-get install git build-essential cmake automake libtool autoconf git clone https://github.com/us77ipis/xmrig-veil.git mkdir xmrig-veil/build && cd xmrig-veil/scripts ./build_deps.sh && cd ../build cmake .. -DXMRIG_DEPS=scripts/deps here make -j$(nproc) ./xmrig -o 192.168.1.157:5555 -u x -p x XMRIG LAUNCH IN BACKGROUND LINUX screen cd xmrig-veil/build ./xmrig -o 192.168.1.157:5555 -u x -p x control + ad keys detatch control + ad keys then exit window LAUNCHING VEIL STRATUM IN ADMIN POWER SHELL WINDOWS cd C:\Users\User_1\Documents\GitHub\veil-node-stratum-proxy python3 veilproxy.py -p 5555 -n http://chainsmoker:[email protected]:5556 -j EDITING VEIL CONFIG FILE Update: Changes are now merged into master branch of https://github.com/Veil-Project/veil and although still not officially released you can already download pre-built binaries that contain the changes at https://github.com/Veil-Project/veil/actions/runs/2199663753 (you have to be logged in at GitHub). Next update will be once the changes are officially released. An example working veil.conf file is the following: rpcuser=chainsmoker rpcpassword=1 rpcbind=127.0.0.1 rpcallowip=127.0.0.1 rpcport=5556 server=1 listen=1 miningaddress=bv1qw0gys4jxdgdygpkpq37pucxdg5htav83v05zfs BUILDING XMRIG FOR WINDOWS. pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc git make git clone https://github.com/us77ipis/xmrig-veil.git pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain close msys2 console, start msys2 mingw64 console cd xmrig-veil cd build mkdir build https://xmrig.com/docs/miner/build/windows (make sure dependencies are installed into Create folder c:\xmrig-deps Download the most recent version of prebuilt dependencies by using the green Code button and Download ZIP Extract gcc and msvc2019 folders to: c:\xmrig-deps "c:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" .. -G "Unix Makefiles" -DXMRIG_DEPS=c:/xmrig-deps/gcc/x64 in powershell make -j$(nproc) in admin powershell BUILDING VEIL STRATUM ON WINDOWS Install python dependencies (python 3 required): https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.4/python-3.10.4-amd64.exe remove matplotlib==1.3.1 from requirements.txt. sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib. pip install -r requirements.txt cd C:\msys64\home\User_1\xmrig-veil\build LAUNCHING XMRIG IN POWERSHELL WINDOWS cd cd C:\msys64\home\User_1\xmrig-veil\build .\xmrig.exe -o 127.0.0.1:5555 -u x -p x INSTALLING XMRIG ON ANDROID apt install cmake pkg install git build-essential cmake automake libtool autoconf termux-setup-storage cd /storage/emulated/0 git clone https://github.com/us77ipis/xmrig-veil.git mkdir /storage/emulated/0/xmrig-veil/build cd /storage/emulated/0/xmrig-veil/build cmake -DXMRIG_DEPS=build/deps .. -DWITH_HWLOC=off make -j$(nproc) REPEAT THESE STEPS TO LAUNCH EVERY TIME IN TERMEX cd /storage/emulated/0/xmrig-veil/build cp ./xmrig ~/ cd ~ chmod +x ./xmrig ./xmrig -o 192.168.1.117:5555 -u x -p x killall xmrig if needed
  • Look into Veil project cpu mining more profitable then bitraptoreum
    1 project | /r/cpumining | 9 May 2022
    I'm mining veil project on both my phone and 3 3900x systems. I make 0.746$ a day per 3900x cpu rig (not sure what they pull, didn't do any under locks). It's been a much longer doing project then bitraptoreum. Here is a link to the GitHub actions proving it is getting updates as well. https://github.com/Veil-Project/veil/actions
  • Old issue with minting
    1 project | /r/Veil | 18 Jan 2022
  • Next CPU Coin
    2 projects | /r/cpumining | 10 Dec 2021
    Its not dead. Here is the github actions. (Pre update updates.) https://github.com/Veil-Project/veil/actions
  • Most Profitable CPU MINABLE Coin Part 1
    1 project | /r/cpumining | 2 Dec 2021
    Here you go. https://veil.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/43000467220-mining-guide mining can be done in the wallet which is downloaded via github. https://github.com/Veil-Project/veil and you will need a snapshot to run a full in wallet node. https://veil.tools/snapshots/
  • Veil Core wallet update v1.1.2 is now available
    1 project | /r/Veil | 21 Jan 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing xmrig and veil you can also consider the following projects:

xmrig-proxy - Monero (XMR) Stratum protocol proxy

xmrig-veil - RandomX, KawPow, CryptoNight, AstroBWT and GhostRider unified CPU/GPU miner and RandomX benchmark

xmrig-cuda - NVIDIA CUDA plugin for XMRig miner

veil-node-stratum-proxy - A proxy written in python to solo mine VEIL using mining software other than TT-Miner.

termux-packages - A package build system for Termux.

veil-lightwallet-api - Veil Light Wallet API

p2pool - Decentralized pool for Monero mining

xmrig - RandomX, KawPow, CryptoNight and GhostRider unified CPU/GPU miner and RandomX benchmark

mxmrig

meta-miner - Allows to add algo switching support to *any* stratum miner. Zero fees.

lolMiner-releases

xmr-stak - Free Monero RandomX Miner and unified CryptoNight miner