Here is a guide for mining Ravencoin that I made in a comment in another subreddit.

Continuing the title because I was cutoff by the Character limit: Let me know If I gave bad advice to this learner. Let me know if you have any objections to the method layed out in this guide.

This guide will assume that you are using windows 10. I have not tried out windows 11 yet, but I assume the process is very similar.

• First thing you want to do is create a folder on one of your drives titles something like "crypto/mining stuff" and this is important that you put everything in this folder because you will have to

Add an exclusion to Windows Security I'll copy the text here for you.

1. Go to Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security > Virus & threat protection.
2. Under Virus & threat protection settings, select Manage settings, and then under Exclusions, select Add or remove exclusions.
3. Select Add an exclusion, and then select from files, folders, file types, or process. A folder exclusion will apply to all subfolders within the folder as well.

You will have to do this because you will have to download mining software in the next step and that software is currently labeled as a form of malware. Be sure to either also create an exclusion in your other antimalware software, or consider deleting that software.

• Second thing you want to do is use https://ravencoin.flypool.org/start to get a safe link for downloading Gminer. It should be the last thing at the bottom. I'm pretty sure Gminer works on AMD and not just Nvidia, but if it doesn't choose NBminer, it's second best. I don't use it but I've tested out all the miners.

This is not the pool that I recommend mining to, but it will definitely work if you choose it for some reason.

• Third step is to obtain a wallet. I recommend exodus or trust wallet, but you can browse all the options here https://ravencoin.org/wallet/ be sure to keep your recovery phrase safe.
• Now that you have your wallet and your mining software, go to this pool https://ravenpool.ninja/connect.html and follow the instructions there. This pool is a smaller pool, so it helps with decentralization, and it has ZERO fees. Consider joining their discord community https://discord.gg/2RuCjM8sAT to be notified when it finds a new block and to troubleshoot issues. This is a ravencoin only pool.
• Setup your mining software, to do this, unzip the zipped file into your file that you created an exclusion for in step 1. Right click on miner.exe > properties (at the bottom) > compatibility > Always run this program as administrator.

Here is an example of what my batch file looks like:

miner.exe --algo kawpow --server stratum.ravenpool.ninja:3333 --cclock 188 --fan 95 --mclock 1328 --watchdog_restart_delay 2 --user RAtNKaCAayi1zcL8J3XZHN8fsJgxydaXHg.sky8sky's3080TI
pause

This is with overclocks for a 3080TI, if you want to start without overclocking copy this

miner.exe --algo kawpow --server stratum.ravenpool.ninja:3333 --watchdog_restart_delay 2 --user RAtNKaCAayi1zcL8J3XZHN8fsJgxydaXHg.sky8sky's3080TI

pause

Obviously you would want to replace my wallet address and worker name with your own, but if you want to mine to my wallet to test it out, go ahead lol I won't complain lol. When you edit the bat file click SAVE AS to save it as a seperate file to the example one. I usually title mine: "OVERCLOCKED mine_rvnpool 3333 ninja exodus" or "omine_rvnpool ninja exodus" or "oz_TESTFILE mine_eth 2miners NANO exodus" so I know what crypto, pool, and wallet I'm mining to

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Updating your mining software:

Occasionally, the devs will update the software. I recommend checking every few days. Download the new version, unzip it, and literally select the batch files you want to keep, ctrl+c, and then ctrl+v to the newer version. Then make sure you set the new miner.exe to run as administrator by default and that's it. It's that simple. Just double click the batch (bat) file and you're good to go 🙂

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Additional tips:

https://search.brave.com/search?q=mining+on+windows+10+son+of+a+tech&source=desktop check out this guy's YouTube channel, that's where I learned most of my crypto knowledge and he inspired me to start working on my own crypto videos and a podcast coming soon.

READ the README file. Seriously. Read it. There's a lot to learn.