I started mining Electroneum very early this morning. I used 3 different rigs, and the only rig that can run without a problem for me is my trusty old Intel I-3 that sits in the corner. I am using Direct Mining, meaning that I have the blockchain downloaded and running on this machine locally. That also makes me a node in the total blockchain, even though my hashrate is low, its still helping out the blockchain more than If I was mining in a pool I believe.
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I have also been running for just over 5 hours now, and this machine will be on most of the time anyways. I could have a higher hashrate with a dedicated GPU, but I want to prove the portable mining feature (CPU) they tout so much with this project, so lets see over the course of the weekend and the next week how I do, And if I do not even get 1 token then I will be for sure certain that you need to mine in a pool, or at least have a GPU.....we shall see, but so far nothing for me but that is ok im glad the blockchain is running.