{"id":1057,"date":"2018-12-17T17:56:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T17:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2021-11-09T11:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T11:45:51","slug":"how-to-mine-firo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/how-to-mine-firo\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Mine Firo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Firo hard fork occurred on October 26, 2021. The main difference of the updated network is mining algorithm. The developers switched from the Merkle Tree Proof, also known as MTP to FiroPoW.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Since the first publication of this article in December 2018, a lot has changed. FIRO got a rebranding and is now called FIRO. It is no longer mined on processors (CPU) and the algorithm has changed twice. It was previously Lyra2z then MTP.<\/p>\n<p>In fall 2021 a hard fork has occurred on the cryptocurrency network, which led to a change in the <a href=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/firo-zcoin-hard-fork-new-algorithm-firopow-how-to-prepare\/\">mining algorithm to FiroPoW<\/a>. The DAG file in the blockchain is larger than 4 GB, which means that Firo needs at least 6 GB GPUs to mine. Up-to-date bat-files are as always available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/firo.2miners.com\/help\">2Miners pool page<\/a> and further in this article.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1058\" src=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/92m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1422\" height=\"800\" data-wp-pid=\"1058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/92m.jpg 1422w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/92m-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/92m-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/92m-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/92m-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/92m-1200x675-cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with a short video guide.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Mine Zcoin - XZC Mining Pool Setup\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_m__oi6-FkM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><b>What Is Firo?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Firo (FIRO) or previously Zcoin (XZC) is an anonymous cryptocurrency. It is the first full implementation of the Zerocoin protocol that ensures user privacy. It generates a serial number R and a secret number S which are then used in the cryptographic function to create a value V.<\/p>\n<p>This value is sent to the blockchain to ensure the validity of the data. Value V is stored in the public domain, but it\u2019s impossible to identify the owner of the cryptocurrency. Moreover, FIRO coins are destroyed before use, so there is no way to check the user\u2019s balance. Make sure to read <a href=\"https:\/\/2masternodes.com\/blog\/what-is-zcoin-main-features-differences-future\/\"><span class=\"s2\">this article<\/span><\/a> if you want to learn more about Firo, how to purchase Firo, and Firo wallets.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Firo Review<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Firo is 392th ranked cryptocurrency by market cap. It costs $9.45, the market cap is over $110 million. The latest 24-hour trading volume is $17,057,596.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_coinmarketcap.png\" alt=\"firo_coinmarketcap\" width=\"1491\" height=\"849\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3136\" data-wp-pid=\"3136\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_coinmarketcap.png 1491w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_coinmarketcap-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_coinmarketcap-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_coinmarketcap-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_coinmarketcap-1200x683.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1491px) 100vw, 1491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The peak price of $139 was reached on December 26, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1060\" src=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1116\" height=\"754\" data-wp-pid=\"1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image2-1.png 1116w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image2-1-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image2-1-768x519.png 768w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image2-1-1024x692.png 1024w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image2-1-800x541.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1116px) 100vw, 1116px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Firo exchange rate is usually quite stable.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Mining\u00a0Firo With FiroPoW<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The new FiroPoW algorithm is a variation of <a href=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/ethereum-progpow-explained\/\">ProgPoW<\/a> algorithm originally designed for the Ethereum network.<\/p>\n<p>To mine Firo with FiroPoW, you need a video card with at least 6 GB of memory.<\/p>\n<p>The new algorithm is ASIC and FPGA resistant. <\/p>\n<h2><b>Firo Mining Setup For Windows<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2miners-github\">Quick Start Archive<\/a> from the FIRO mining pool <a href=\"https:\/\/firo.2miners.com\/help\">Help<\/a> page, the password is 2miners. Unpack the file, and you\u2019ll see the firo-pool.bat file in both Nvidia and AMD folders. When you run it in the NVIDIA folder the T-rex miner starts, for AMD Teamredminer is used.<\/p>\n<p>Please remember to edit this bat file and use your own Firo wallet address. The basic settings for T-rex (NVIDIA) could be found below.<\/p>\n<pre><em>t-rex.exe -a firopow -o stratum+tcp:\/\/firo.2miners.com:8181 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS.RIG_ID -p x<\/em><\/pre>\n<p>Here is the setup for Teamredminer (AMD). <\/p>\n<pre><em>teamredminer.exe -a firopow -o stratum+tcp:\/\/firo.2miners.com:8181 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS.RIG_ID -p x<\/em><\/pre>\n<p>Launch the bat file. Mining is now active.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1072\" src=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image_2018-12-17_20-39-47.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1453\" height=\"804\" data-wp-pid=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image_2018-12-17_20-39-47.png 1453w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image_2018-12-17_20-39-47-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image_2018-12-17_20-39-47-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image_2018-12-17_20-39-47-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image_2018-12-17_20-39-47-800x443.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1453px) 100vw, 1453px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Firo Mining Setup For HiveOS<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Go to Flight Sheets, choose Firo and 2Miners pool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_flight_sheet.png\" alt=\"firo_flight_sheet\" width=\"1555\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3139\" data-wp-pid=\"3139\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_flight_sheet.png 1555w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_flight_sheet-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_flight_sheet-1024x313.png 1024w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_flight_sheet-768x235.png 768w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_flight_sheet-1536x470.png 1536w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo_flight_sheet-1200x367.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1555px) 100vw, 1555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apply new settings to the rig of your choice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image_2021-11-09_16-33-01.png\" alt=\"FIRO HIVE Settings\" width=\"684\" height=\"747\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3661\" data-wp-pid=\"3661\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image_2021-11-09_16-33-01.png 684w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/image_2021-11-09_16-33-01-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><br \/>\n<b><i>Extra arguments for the miner<\/i><\/b> could always be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/2cryptocalc.com\/miner\/t-rex\">T-rex page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/t-rex_extra_settings.png\" alt=\"t-rex_extra_settings\" width=\"1544\" height=\"946\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3141\" data-wp-pid=\"3141\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/t-rex_extra_settings.png 1544w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/t-rex_extra_settings-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/t-rex_extra_settings-1024x627.png 1024w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/t-rex_extra_settings-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/t-rex_extra_settings-1536x941.png 1536w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/t-rex_extra_settings-1200x735.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1544px) 100vw, 1544px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>How To Mine Firo with CPU<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>It was possible to mine FIRO with CPU at the beginning with the so-called cpuminer. Unfortunately, now this software is no longer supported. Moreover, with the transition to the ProgPoW algorithm, you could mine Firo only with video cards.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Firo Mining Profitability<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>You could always check Firo mining profitability in <a href=\"https:\/\/2cryptocalc.com\/firo-mining-calculator\">2CryptoCalc<\/a> mining calculator. You could enter your hashrate if you already know it or just enter the type and quantity of the video cards that you use for mining on the <a href=\"https:\/\/2cryptocalc.com\/\">main page<\/a>. Check this post <a href=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/how-to-use-2cryptocalc-mining-profitability-calculator\/\">How to Use 2CryptoCalc Mining Profitability Calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a <a href=\"https:\/\/2cryptocalc.com\/what-to-mine-with-3060\">Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060<\/a> has a 22.7 Mh\/s hashing rate on FiroPoW algorithm.<br \/>\nAs of today, you could earn 0.33 FIRO (2.87 $) with that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo-mining-profit.png\" alt=\"firo-mining-profit\" width=\"1489\" height=\"605\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3663\" data-wp-pid=\"3663\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo-mining-profit.png 1489w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo-mining-profit-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo-mining-profit-1024x416.png 1024w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo-mining-profit-768x312.png 768w, https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/firo-mining-profit-1200x488.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1489px) 100vw, 1489px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>FIRO developers made all miners equal and protected their project from potential hackers by making it too expensive, as memory enlargement and processor upgrades are expensive.<\/p>\n<p>In the post <a href=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/what-to-mine-when-ethereum-goes-pos\/\">What to Mine when Ethereum Goes POS<\/a> we mentioned FIRO as one of the most promising coins to mine after Ethereum mining ends. Considering the current cryptocurrency exchange rates, the new FiroPoW algorithm offers the potential to mine profitably again, no matter where you are or how much you pay for electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Mining Firo sometimes could be more profitable than <a href=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/how-to-mine-ethereum-mining-and-profitability\/\">Ethereum mining<\/a> even now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Firo hard fork occurred on October 26, 2021. The main difference of the updated network is mining algorithm. The developers switched from the Merkle Tree Proof, also known as MTP to FiroPoW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[59,60],"class_list":["post-1057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mining","tag-firo","tag-solo-firo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Mine Firo? - Crypto Mining Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Firo hard fork occurred on October 26, 2021. The main difference of the updated network is mining algorithm. The developers switched from the Merkle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/how-to-mine-firo\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/how-to-mine-firo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How To Mine Firo?\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How To Mine Firo? - Crypto Mining Blog","description":"The Firo hard fork occurred on October 26, 2021. The main difference of the updated network is mining algorithm. The developers switched from the Merkle","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/how-to-mine-firo\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/how-to-mine-firo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How To Mine Firo?"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3665,"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057\/revisions\/3665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}