How to Mine Vertcoin (VTC) on the MiningBoard Pool
Point any Verthash miner at stratum+tcp://stratum.miningboard.com:4445 with your VTC wallet address as the username. No account, no signup — the pool tracks your shares by wallet and pays out on-chain automatically. Fee is 0%.
Verthash needs the ~1.2 GB verthash.dat file in GPU memory, so any card with 2 GB+ VRAM works (4 GB+ recommended for headroom). Both AMD and Nvidia are supported, and because the algorithm is I/O-bound, efficient mid-range cards punch above their weight.
Mining software: VerthashMiner is the reference miner for both AMD and Nvidia. Beginners should try Vertcoin's One-Click Miner (OCM), which bundles wallet, pool selection, and miner in one app. SRBMiner-Multi also supports Verthash.
Download Vertcoin Core (full node) or Electrum-VTC (light wallet) from the official Vertcoin site and generate a receiving address. Back up your seed phrase offline — this address is where the pool pays your mined VTC.
stratum+tcp://stratum.miningboard.com:4445
Username = your VTC wallet address (append .rigname to label workers). Password = x.
VerthashMiner -u stratum+tcp://stratum.miningboard.com:4445 --user <YOUR_WALLET>.rig1 --pass x --verthash-data verthash.dat
SRBMiner-MULTI --algorithm verthash --pool stratum.miningboard.com:4445 --wallet <YOUR_WALLET>.rig1 --verthash-dat-path verthash.dat
cpuminer -a verthash --data-file verthash.dat -o stratum+tcp://stratum.miningboard.com:4445 -u <YOUR_WALLET>.rig1 -p x
Within a minute of your first accepted share, paste your wallet address on the Vertcoin pool page to open your live miner dashboard — hashrate, workers, and pending balance, auto-refreshing. Open the Vertcoin pool page →
Rewards use PPLNS — your share of each block found, proportional to your recent work. Once your balance passes 0.1 VTC, the pool sends it to your wallet automatically. The pool never holds your funds longer than the payout cycle.
Vertcoin mining FAQ
What algorithm does Vertcoin use?
Vertcoin uses Verthash, a custom I/O-bound proof-of-work algorithm introduced in January 2021. It performs random reads against a ~1.2 GB data file held in GPU memory, which keeps it ASIC-resistant and power-efficient on consumer graphics cards.
Can I mine Vertcoin with an ASIC?
No. Verthash was purpose-built to resist ASICs, and Vertcoin has a track record of hard-forking away from any algorithm where ASICs appear. Mining is done on ordinary AMD and Nvidia GPUs.
How much VRAM do I need to mine Vertcoin?
At least 2 GB of GPU memory to hold the ~1.2 GB verthash.dat file, with 4 GB+ recommended. This means even older cards like the RX 470 or GTX 1060 can mine Vertcoin.
What is the easiest way to start mining Vertcoin?
Vertcoin's One-Click Miner (OCM) is the simplest path: it bundles a wallet, pool selection, and the Verthash miner into a single app. Advanced users typically run VerthashMiner directly against their preferred pool.
Is Vertcoin mining profitable?
Verthash draws little power, so margins depend mostly on your electricity rate and VTC's market price. Vertcoin is a small-cap coin with volatile pricing — always check live profitability at your own power cost before committing hardware.
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