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GUIDES

ARM & Android mining guides

Hands-on guides to mining on the ARM hardware you already own — Android phones (via the app or Termux) and Raspberry Pi-class SBCs. Real numbers, real screenshots, and the caveats kept in.

COMPARISON

Old phone vs ESP32 NerdMiner

Is the phone in your drawer a better miner than a $30 ESP32 lottery gadget? An honest head-to-head — ~90× to 1000× the hashrate, and it mines coins an ESP32 can't.

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HOW-TO · TERMUX

Mine on Android with Termux

Skip compiling XMRig. One command installs a native ARM miner for Monero, Verus, LTC+DOGE or Bitcoin — plus the screen-off throttling fix most guides miss.

Open the guide
WALKTHROUGH · APK

Install the Android miner APK

A screenshot walkthrough of the one-tap miner APK: download, get safely past the Play Protect "app blocked" warning, configure, and mine. No root needed.

See every screen
HOW-TO · MONERO

Mine Monero on Android

RandomX was designed for CPUs — your phone qualifies. The free app or one Termux command, the fast/light RAM modes, and what a phone honestly earns.

Start mining
EXPLAINER · SOLO BTC

Solo mining Bitcoin: the honest lottery

No shared payouts — a whole block or nothing. The real odds for a phone, an ESP32 and an ASIC, and how to hold a free ticket with hardware you own.

See the odds
HOW-TO · SBC

Mine on a Raspberry Pi / ARM SBC

Running Primo on single-board computers — the one-line install, thermals, and what to realistically expect.

Coming soon