I have been wanting to add my humble hashrate contribution to the network for a while now.
I wanted to first get a dedicated machine, with at least 200GB for the full and blockchain, running 24x7, with all the bells and whistles...
So I kept pushing it off, further and further. "I don't have the hardware", "I don't have 200GB", "I don't have a monero node for maximum privacy"...
Today I realised that I should at least try it a bit. Just a tiny bit and see how it goes.
Thank you @XMRbutterfly for your post
I went to the gupax website just to see what it looks like, there is a short video explaining the process.
Downloaded, added a monero address, clicked start. BOOM! I am already running a monero miner on p2pool mini!
It was actually surprisingly fast and easy. None of the roadblocks I imagined were actually real.
I don't have to run it on a separate dedicated machine (I can always do that later), I don't have to allocate 200GB for it (I am using a remote node for now, so 0GB for that), I don't have to run my own node first (this setup is already a good start).
Why didn't I try this earlier? I don't know, don't ask me =D
In any case, just so you know, you can try it right now in just a few minutes, and even if you stop mining after a while, that's perfectly fine too.
@ArseneSpeculoos p2pool mini floods your wallet with small transactions and also bloats the network. Also it will be hard for using the funds later. It is safe enough to mine on a pool as long as you avoid the top 5 pools.
I am using a new wallet for this, I don't actually plan on using the cents I will receive there.
Using the smaller pools is an interesting idea, I might try that later on