Today I will show how to mine Verus Coin (VRSC) on an Android phone using a Linux environment and ccminer. 🚀

🎥 Video Tutorial

I preinstalled the UserLAnd application on my Android phone from the F-Droid market. After that, I created and started an Ubuntu machine inside UserLAnd. 🐧 scr1

🔄 Update System Packages

First steps are updating and upgrading repositories and packages.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

🛠️ Install Required Software

Install all required dependencies with this command:

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev libjansson-dev automake autotools-dev build-essential

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📥 Clone ccminer from GitHub

Clone ARM version of ccminer ARM fork on GitHub:

git clone --single-branch -b ARM https://github.com/monkins1010/ccminer.git

scr3 Enter the ccminer directory:

cd ccminer

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⚙️ Make Scripts Executable

chmod +x build.sh
chmod +x configure.sh
chmod +x autogen.sh

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🔨 Build ccminer

Run build script:

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▶️ Start Mining Verus Coin

After miner is built, run ccminer with your pool and wallet address.

Example command:

./ccminer -a verus -o stratum+tcp://pool.verus.io:9998 -u RD1drXBmm5DYkQm5MzUxmEmXD7fDw2qE1t.nokia3 -p x -t 8

scr7 📌 Replace wallet address and worker name with your own.

📊 Mining Performance

Average mining hash rate on Nokia 3 is around: 1900 kH/s scr8 ⚠️ Mining on phones can generate a lot of heat and may reduce battery lifetime, so monitor temperatures carefully. 🔥📱