# Zcash CPU mining on Linux Debian: best miner and advice?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-cpu-mining-on-linux-debian-best-miner-and-advice/17451>\
**Category:** Mining\
**Created:** [June 18, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-cpu-mining-on-linux-debian-best-miner-and-advice/17451 "2017-06-18T20:00:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![gaglia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/gaglia/32/4983_2.png) [@gaglia](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/gaglia)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-cpu-mining-on-linux-debian-best-miner-and-advice/17451/1 "2017-06-18T20:00:14Z")

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Hi all, I’m pretty new to Zcash mining, but I got a multi-CPU Debian machine that I could use for some test. The machine has 48 cores E7450 @ 2.40GHz and _no_ dedicated GPU. Two simple questions:

1. Is it enough? How much would I mine roughly in pooled mining?

2. According to your experience, what is the best miner I should use given the situation?

Thanks in advance and all the best 🙂

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**Author:** ![mtve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@mtve](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/mtve)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-cpu-mining-on-linux-debian-best-miner-and-advice/17451/2 "2017-06-19T11:59:40Z")

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1. Definitely not enough if you want to be rich. Maybe 0.05 ZEC in a month now and this will decline in the future.
2. Not worth it.

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**Author:** ![gaglia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/gaglia/32/4983_2.png) [@gaglia](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/gaglia)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-cpu-mining-on-linux-debian-best-miner-and-advice/17451/3 "2017-06-19T20:48:20Z")

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@mtve OK, that suxx, thanks for the answer anyway 😃

I don’t want to get rich, just “play” a bit with zcash… and electricity is for free (otherwise I wouldn’t try). Any recommendations for the miner software?

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**Author:** ![mtve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@mtve](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/mtve)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-cpu-mining-on-linux-debian-best-miner-and-advice/17451/4 "2017-06-20T09:12:12Z")

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> **[GitHub - etherchain-org/nheqminer: Equihash miner for NiceHash](https://github.com/etherchain-org/nheqminer)**
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> Equihash miner for NiceHash. Contribute to etherchain-org/nheqminer development by creating an account on GitHub.

or my

> **[GitHub - mtve/yazecminer: yet another ZEC miner](https://github.com/mtve/yazecminer)**
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> yet another ZEC miner. Contribute to mtve/yazecminer development by creating an account on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![gaglia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/gaglia/32/4983_2.png) [@gaglia](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/gaglia)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-cpu-mining-on-linux-debian-best-miner-and-advice/17451/5 "2017-06-21T07:15:17Z")

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OK thanks, I’ll see if it makes sense or not 🙂