How to Mine Qwertycoin (QWC) — randomx CPU Guide (XMRig)

A step-by-step guide to mining Qwertycoin on the pool.ion.cool pool: the exact XMRig command for RandomX, autostart with systemd, the stratum port and how payouts work. No accounts and no sign-ups — your wallet address is your identity on the pool.

1%pool fee

1 hourpayout interval

1 QWCminimum payout

pool.ion.cool:33338stratum

PROPreward scheme

0accounts required

What you need

A modern CPU — randomx (RandomX) is a CPU algorithm: every core of your processor can work
XMRig — official builds for Windows, Linux and macOS, GitHub releases
Your QWC wallet address — see step 1
Nothing else: the pool has no accounts, logins or email confirmation

1. Get your QWC wallet

Official wallet: Qwertycoin wallet
Explorer (to check payments):
Wallets: qwertycoin-wallet-cli and qwertycoin-wallet-rpc from the official v2 releases
Qwertycoin v2 addresses look like QWC1… (the old chain's addresses do not work)

Use your own wallet address, not an exchange deposit address, unless the exchange explicitly says it supports pool payouts to QWC.

2. Install XMRig

Grab xmrig-*-windows.zip or xmrig-*-linux-x64.tar.gz from the GitHub releases page
Official builds exist for Windows, Linux and macOS — nothing to compile
On Linux, enabling huge pages (--huge-pages) gives a solid hashrate boost

3. Create the mining command

Windows — save as mine-QWC.bat next to the miner

xmrig.exe -o pool.ion.cool:33338 -u <YOUR_QWC_ADDRESS>.RIG1 -p x

Linux

./xmrig -o pool.ion.cool:33338 -u <YOUR_QWC_ADDRESS>.RIG1 -p x

Replace <YOUR_QWC_ADDRESS> with your real address and RIG1 with your rig name
Wallet format: ADDRESS or ADDRESS.rigname — everything after the dot is the worker name
XMRig reads the algorithm (rx/0) and the difficulty straight from the pool job — no extra flags to pass
Several rigs: same address, different rig names (ADDRESS.rig1, ADDRESS.rig2, …)

Miners: what was tested against this pool

Miner	Algorithm	Result on this pool
XMRig, official release CPU, Windows, Linux, macOS	`rx/0`	Works — tested. A two-minute run produced 29 accepted shares and the pool's counter moved by exactly 29 — miner log and pool agreed share for share, with nothing rejected

Passing nothing but the pool, the port and your address is enough: XMRig picks rx/0 and the difficulty straight out of the job, so there is no algorithm flag to get wrong
Huge pages — --huge-pages on Linux, an elevated prompt on Windows — are worth enabling: RandomX rewards them with a visible hashrate jump

4. Pool ports

Server	Port	Protocol	Difficulty
pool.ion.cool	33338	stratum	5000

Port 33338 — plain stratum, the recommended default
The address bar of this page is always the server: pool.ion.cool

5. Autostart with systemd

XMRig runs on every desktop OS, but to keep it alive across reboots on a Linux rig create /etc/systemd/system/xmrig.service:

[Unit]
Description=XMRig (QWC)
After=network-online.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/xmrig
ExecStart=/opt/xmrig/xmrig -o pool.ion.cool:33338 -u <YOUR_QWC_ADDRESS>.RIG1 -p x
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then enable it:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable --now xmrig

HiveOS users: pick Custom miner with the official XMRig archive; on Windows keep the mine-QWC.bat from step 3 in the startup folder.

6. Track your statistics

Dashboard: https://pool.ion.cool/qwc/ — paste your wallet into My Stats to see your hashrate, shares and rounds
Miners table on the dashboard shows every rig live, with per-hour hashrate and pool share
Payments tab lists every payout with its transaction ID
Public API: https://pool.ion.cool/api/pools (miningcore-compatible JSON: hashrate, connected miners, blocks, payments)

How payouts work

Scheme: PROP — your reward is proportional to your valid shares in each round
Cycle: the pool pays out every hour once your balance reaches 1 QWC
Fee: 1% — taken from the block rewards (reward recipients), never from your balance
Blocks: under PROP you are paid from the blocks the pool finds; until the first block is found, balances only accumulate
Every payment is visible in the Payments tab and in the block explorer

Why this pool

	pool.ion.cool	Solo mining (your own node)
Pool fee	1%	0% — but you only ever win what your own CPU finds
Payout schedule	every hour (PROP)	none — rewards stay in the node wallet until you move them
Minimum payout	1 QWC	—
Statistics	live per-rig hashrate, shares and blocks	whatever your node logs
Account to start	none — mine straight to your wallet	none

Heads-up: Qwertycoin v2 is a fresh chain — legacy QWC pools still serve the OLD network and will not credit v2 coins. This pool runs against the current mainnet.

One dashboard for every coin on this pool: Quantus, Pearl, Core, Qwertycoin, Epic Cash, PCoin, Block Zero & Orange — mine them in the same place (see also Quantus)
Live per-rig statistics, share charts and a public API — no login required
Hourly payouts, PROP, no registration and no minimum account balance

FAQ

Do I need an account to mine here?

No. Point your miner at pool.ion.cool:33338 with your wallet address and the dashboard will find you by that address. There is no registration, login or email confirmation.

When will I be paid?

The pool pays out every hour once your balance reaches 1 QWC. The reward scheme is PROP: payouts come from the blocks the pool finds, so if the pool has not found a block yet, balances accumulate and the payouts start right after the first one.

Which miner should I use?

XMRig is the tested choice: it is the reference RandomX miner, it detects the rx/0 job straight from this pool, and it runs on Windows, Linux and macOS.

Can I mine from several rigs with one address?

Yes. Use the same address for every rig and give each a unique suffix after the dot: ADDRESS.rig1, ADDRESS.rig2. Each rig gets its own row in the Miners table.

Is there an encrypted (TLS) connection?

The QWC pool currently exposes plain stratum on port 33338 only — that is the port to use. TLS support may be added later; watch this page.

Where do I see my hashrate and payments?

On the dashboard: My Stats for your wallet, the Miners table for each rig, and the Payments tab for payout transactions. Machines can also poll the public API.