How to mine Tari (Cuckaroo29) (XTM)
Tari (XTM) is mined with several algorithms; GPUs mine its Cuckaroo29 (c29) branch, which Kryptex runs as its own pool with 8-minute blocks. Tari's own Tari Universe app is the official wallet and mining app.
Before pool and miner fees and electricity. Work out the profit for your GPU →
| Algorithm | Cuckaroo29 |
|---|---|
| Typical unit | G/s |
| Official site | https://www.tari.com/ |
| Block explorer | https://explore.tari.com |
| GPUs | AMD and NVIDIA with at least 6 GB of VRAM (BzMiner: about 10 GB) |
1Get a wallet
You need a Tari (Cuckaroo29) address to receive what you mine. Use an official wallet:
- Tari Universe - desktop app, plus the Tari Universe Wallet for Android and iOS
Tari addresses are base58 strings whose first character is the network (1 on mainnet); they can also be shown as an emoji ID starting with a turtle.
Write the seed phrase down on paper and keep it offline. The miner and the pool only ever need the public address.
2Pick a pool
A pool combines many miners so you get paid steadily instead of waiting to find a whole block. Live fees and payouts for every pool are on the pools table.
Kryptex regions: add -eu, -us, -br, -sg, -hk, -ru or -ae after the coin in the host name (same ports). Port 7040 is plain, 8040 is TLS. Logins are wallet/worker; Kryptex's own templates also use wallet.worker for some miners. Kryptex switches rented hashrate (NiceHash, MRR) to solo mining automatically. LuckyPool's connection details are on its Tari C29 page. HeroMiners does not host Tari.
3Pick a miner
| Miner | GPUs | Dev fee | Algorithm name | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lolMiner | AMD, NVIDIA (6 GB+) | 2 % | CR29 | official page |
| BzMiner | AMD, NVIDIA, Intel Arc Battlemage | 1 % | c29 | official page |
SRBMiner-MULTI, KRig, OneZeroMiner, WildRig Multi and Rigel do not support c29 (Rigel's sha3x is Tari's other algorithm, mined mostly by ASICs).
4Set it up
Replace YOUR_WALLET with your address and YOUR_WORKER with a name for this machine. On Windows, save the line as a .bat file in the miner's folder and double-click it. On Linux, run it from the miner's folder.
lolMiner
@echo off
cd /d "%~dp0"
lolMiner.exe --algo CR29 --pool xtm-c29.kryptex.network:7040 --user YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKER
pause./lolMiner --algo CR29 --pool xtm-c29.kryptex.network:7040 --user YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKERUse 1.98a, not 1.98: 1.98a fixed a c29 crash on 6 GB Turing cards. For TLS use port 8040 and add --tls on.
Syntax from the miner's own documentation.
BzMiner
@echo off
cd /d "%~dp0"
bzminer.exe -a c29 -p stratum+tcp://xtm-c29.kryptex.network:7040 -w YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKER
pause./bzminer -a c29 -p stratum+tcp://xtm-c29.kryptex.network:7040 -w YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKERBzMiner says its c29 needs about 10 GiB of free VRAM and is tuned for the RTX 3090.
Syntax from the miner's own documentation.
5Check it works
- Within a few minutes the miner should print accepted shares. Rejected or stale shares above a few percent mean a problem with the connection, the clocks or the pool address.
- Open your pool's dashboard and search for your address. Your worker appears after its first shares; pool hashrate settles over an hour or so.
- Watch temperatures for the first hour: GPU core, hotspot and memory.
Warnings and cautions
Tari (Cuckaroo29)-specific
- VRAM: lolMiner needs at least 6 GB, BzMiner about 10 GB free.
- c29 is not interchangeable with the other Cuckoo variants (C29AE, C29D, C29Z, C29S) - pick the c29 / CR29 algorithm.
- lolMiner's latest release is from September 2025, older than the other miners on this site.
For every coin
- Download miners only from the official page. Use the GitHub release or website linked in the miner table. Fake miners that steal wallets or mine to someone else are common. Where the developer publishes SHA-256 checksums, compare them before the first start (Windows:
Get-FileHash .\file.zip -Algorithm SHA256; Linux:sha256sum file.tar.gz). - Antivirus warnings. Windows Defender and other antivirus tools flag almost every GPU miner as a "potentially unwanted" program, because malware bundles them. Add a folder exclusion only for a miner you downloaded from its official page and checked, and never turn protection off as a whole.
- Your seed phrase is never needed. A miner and a pool only need your public address. Anyone who asks for your seed (recovery) phrase or private key is trying to steal your coins.
- Power, heat and hardware. Mining runs the card at full load all day. Watch GPU, hotspot and memory temperatures, keep the room ventilated, and do not leave a rig running unattended near anything flammable. A power limit or undervolt usually costs a little hashrate and saves a lot of power. Check that your power supply and cables are rated for the load.
- Profit is an estimate. Price, network hashrate and pool luck change every hour. The calculator shows today's numbers, not a promise. Small coins can be hard to sell, and taxes on mined coins apply in many countries. Nothing here is financial advice.
Sources
Checked 18-19 October 2026. Live numbers above come from the Kryptex and HeroMiners public APIs.