Mine BurritoCoin

Turn your computer's spare cycles into freshly-minted BRTO. The chain is brand new and difficulty is low — right now mining is realistic on a normal laptop or desktop. Pick your operating system to get started.

Before You Start

What You Should Know

Mining is the process of running a program that does math problems for the network. When your computer solves one, the network rewards you with newly-created BurritoCoin and you've also helped confirm transactions for everyone else.

BurritoCoin uses the same mining algorithm as Litecoin, called Scrypt. That means any standard Scrypt mining software (like cpuminer-opt) will work. You don't need special hardware — a regular CPU works fine, especially while the network is small.

Reality check: Right now there are essentially no other miners on the network. Difficulty is at the floor. A single laptop has a real chance of finding blocks. That also means the chain only moves when someone is mining, so by mining you're keeping it alive.
Choose Your OS

Pick Your Platform

The setup is similar on every operating system, but the specific commands differ. Choose yours below for a step-by-step guide.

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Windows

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit

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macOS

Intel or Apple Silicon

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Linux

Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, etc.
Got a GPU or ASIC? BurritoCoin uses standard Scrypt (N=1024), the same parameters as Litecoin and Dogecoin. Any Litecoin-compatible miner works — point ccminer or sgminer (GPU) or an Antminer L7 / Goldshell Mini-Doge (ASIC) at your node's RPC port the same way cpuminer-opt does in the guides above. We don't ship a dedicated GPU/ASIC walkthrough because the GPU scrypt tooling is largely abandoned (ASICs displaced it years ago) and ASIC setups vary too much per model. If you have either, you probably already know what you're doing. If you're just curious, start with CPU.
The Big Picture

What You'll Be Setting Up

Every OS guide walks you through the same five steps:

1

Install BurritoCoin Core (the node)

This is the software that connects you to the BurritoCoin network and holds your wallet. Your miner will talk to it locally.

2

Configure the node for mining

Add a few lines to a config file so your miner can connect to the node and submit found blocks.

3

Get a wallet address

This is where your mining rewards will be sent. The node generates one for you.

4

Install a mining program

We recommend cpuminer-opt — it's free, open-source, and runs on every major OS.

5

Start mining

Run a single command. Your computer starts hashing. When you find a block, 10 BRTO appears in your wallet.