README.md

monero-miner

1. Fork or Clone this Repository

2. Run "npm start"

3. Create a (free) account on https://coin-hive.com/ and get your API Key under Settings / Sites & API Keys (ex. OwZyZ3HVKjMeMTrodeXC2iZ7ZGY8eOdT)

4. Replace the API key in index.js (line 7) with your API Key

5. Create a (free) account on http://www.heroku.com

6. On Heroku create a new application

7. Add the following buildpacks

• heroku/nodejs
• https://github.com/jontewks/puppeteer-heroku-buildpack.git

8. Connect your Heroku app to your GitHub repo and enable the automatic deployment feature

9. Verify that the solution builds

10. The solution is basically a web server that does nothing (https://my-monero-miner.herokuapp.com/) but behind the scenes is using the heroku server to mine monero

11. Login to your coin-hive account and verify you are receiving reward

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Note: After 30 minutes the heroku instance will go to sleep so be sure to sign up for another free service (https://uptimerobot.com/) which can ping your url every 5 minutes to make sure it stays up.

HAPPY MINING!