Choosing a larger pool means that you will see more frequent (but smaller) payouts, but choosing a smaller pools helps keep the network decentralised. [Miners will not lose any revenue by mining on a smaller pool](https://redd.it/g6uh2l).
Binaries are available for multiple distributions and operative systems, but you can also build the miner by yourself. Take a loot at [XMrig's docs](https://xmrig.com/docs/miner)
Scroll down to 'Assets' until you see the correct version for your system. Download this file, extract the archive somewhere memorable, like your desktop.
With [Qubes](https://qubes-os.org) + [Whonix](https://whonix.org) you can have a Monero wallet that is without networking and running on a virtually isolated system from the Monero daemon which has all of its traffic forced over [Tor](https://torproject.org).
Below we'll show an example configuration that allows you to run a Monero @daemon (eg on a home server or VPS) that you can connect to from another computer running your wallet.We do this over the Tor anonymity network to retrieve the transaction information needed by your wallet.The benefit of this approach is that the daemon (`monerod`) can stay on all of the time sending / receiving blocks, while the wallet can connect when needed and have access to the full blockchain. [Monerujo](https://www.monerujo.io/) should also work via [Orbot](https://guardianproject.info/apps/org.torproject.android/).Because Tor hidden services provide encryption and authentication, you can be confident that your RPC credentials will not be sent in the clear.Tor also solves problems often seen on home servers related to port-forwarding, IP addresses changing, etc -- it just works.This setup will also obfuscate the fact that you are connecting to a remote Monero node. Tested with Monero `v0.15.0.1` connecting a Mac laptop wallet to a remote Linux node (Ubuntu 18.04.2).
Below we'll show an example configuration that allows you to run a Monero @daemon (eg on a home server or VPS) that you can connect to from another computer running your wallet.We do this over the Tor anonymity network to retrieve the transaction information needed by your wallet.The benefit of this approach is that the daemon (`monerod`) can stay on all of the time sending / receiving blocks, while the wallet can connect when needed and have access to the full blockchain. [Monerujo](https://www.monerujo.io/) should also work via [Orbot](https://guardianproject.info/apps/org.torproject.android/).Because Tor hidden services provide encryption and authentication, you can be confident that your RPC credentials will not be sent in the clear.Tor also solves problems often seen on home servers related to port-forwarding, IP addresses changing, etc -- it just works.This setup will also obfuscate the fact that you are connecting to a remote Monero node. Tested with Monero `v0.15.0.1` connecting a Mac laptop wallet to a remote Linux node (Ubuntu 18.04.2).
Below we'll show an example configuration that allows you to run a Monero @daemon (eg on a home server or VPS) that you can connect to from another computer running your wallet.We do this over the Tor anonymity network to retrieve the transaction information needed by your wallet.The benefit of this approach is that the daemon (`monerod`) can stay on all of the time sending / receiving blocks, while the wallet can connect when needed and have access to the full blockchain. [Monerujo](https://www.monerujo.io/) should also work via [Orbot](https://guardianproject.info/apps/org.torproject.android/).Because Tor hidden services provide encryption and authentication, you can be confident that your RPC credentials will not be sent in the clear.Tor also solves problems often seen on home servers related to port-forwarding, IP addresses changing, etc -- it just works.This setup will also obfuscate the fact that you are connecting to a remote Monero node. Tested with Monero `v0.15.0.1` connecting a Mac laptop wallet to a remote Linux node (Ubuntu 18.04.2).
Below we'll show an example configuration that allows you to run a Monero @daemon (eg on a home server or VPS) that you can connect to from another computer running your wallet.We do this over the Tor anonymity network to retrieve the transaction information needed by your wallet.The benefit of this approach is that the daemon (`monerod`) can stay on all of the time sending / receiving blocks, while the wallet can connect when needed and have access to the full blockchain. [Monerujo](https://www.monerujo.io/) should also work via [Orbot](https://guardianproject.info/apps/org.torproject.android/).Because Tor hidden services provide encryption and authentication, you can be confident that your RPC credentials will not be sent in the clear.Tor also solves problems often seen on home servers related to port-forwarding, IP addresses changing, etc -- it just works.This setup will also obfuscate the fact that you are connecting to a remote Monero node. Tested with Monero `v0.15.0.1` connecting a Mac laptop wallet to a remote Linux node (Ubuntu 18.04.2).
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