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How to mine Shiba Inu (SHIB) coin

02 Nov, 2023 6 min read
mine Shiba Inu (SHIB) coin

The year 2023, among other things, was the year of meme cryptocurrencies' surge. The price of Dogecoin and its many imitators has grown many times over. The most successful Dogecoin emulator at the moment is Shiba Inu, which is currently ranked 12th among cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation. It's not surprising that many people would like to know how to mine the Shiba Inu coin.

What is Shiba Inu?

Shiba Inu is a decentralised ecosystem whose key element is the ERC-20-standard SHIB token. The project started in August 2020, and its creator is a person or group of people under the pseudonym Ryoshi. The creators position the project as the "Dogecoin killer".

The community of the project's followers has more than half a million members, but no leader, and its members call themselves the ShibArmy.

We'll tell you more about the Shiba Inu ecosystem, we'll answer the question "How much Shiba Inu can you mine in a day?", and we'll talk about the SHIB token in this article.

Shiba Inu's website

Shiba Inu token's characteristics (as of 27/10/2023)

Name

Shiba Inu

Ticker

SHIB

Token standard

ERC-20

Market rank

19

Current price

$0.000007863

Market cap

$4.63B

Daily trading volume

$336.11M

Circulating supply

589,545,017,583,363 SHIB

Total supply

589.59T SHIB

All-time high

$0.00008845 (28/10/21)

All-time low

$0.000000000082 (01/09/20)

Website

https://www.shibatoken.com

It features the same dog which became a meme, and aims to replicate Dogecoin's success of turning a joke into a money-making machine. — Susannah Streeter, Senior Investment and Markets Analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown


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Key points you need to know

Before proceeding with the description of how to mine the Shiba Inu token, we'll mention a few important points.

  • The maximum possible number of tokens was issued immediately upon the project's launch. As such, creating new SHIB tokens and, hence, mining them in the usual sense of the term is impossible. However, there are ways to work around this limitation.
  • The number of SHIB tokens in circulation is almost two times lower than their maximum number. The main reason for this is that when the project was launched, the creators sent 50% of the tokens to Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin. Vitalik, in turn, donated part of these tokens to charity and sent 90% of the remaining tokens to an inaccessible address, thus burning them.
  • There are currently two main ways to obtain SHIB tokens besides purchasing them: staking and mining other coins with an automatic exchange for Shiba Inu tokens. In this article, we'll focus on the second method.

Mining the Shiba Inu coin

Can Shiba Inu be mined? Since it's impossible to mine the Shiba Inu coin itself, the most convenient and easiest way to get it through mining is to use the unMineable mining pool.

How to mine the Shiba Inu coin on a PC

One frequently asked question is, "How do I mine Shiba Inu coin?" To do that, you need to possessseveral things to start mining the Shiba Inu coin on your PC:

  1. A PC or laptop with 64-bit Windows
  2. An internet connection
  3. A Shiba Inu wallet

Mining Shiba Inu on Windows

Can Shiba be mined on a Windows PC? Yes. The unMineable pool has its own miner programme, which includes miners for both GPUs and CPUs. To start using it, follow these steps:

  1. Go to unMineable.com and click the 'Download' button on the main page.
    The 'Download' button on unMineable.com
  2. To download the ZIP archive with the app, click the green 'Download' button. If the mining files are removed or blocked by your antivirus programme, you'll probably have to download the Main version instead. In some browsers, file downloads may be blocked because miners are considered malware by default.
    The 'Download' page on unMineable.com
  3. Unzip the downloaded archive, open the resulting folder and launch the app. Before you do, you may need to add the app to the list of excluded files in your antivirus software.
  4. After starting the app, click the 'Continue' button, select which hardware you want to use for mining — CPU or GPU — and then click the 'Next' button. Please note that if you want to mine via GPU, you'll need at least 6 GB of VRAM for Ethash mining and 3 GB for Etchash or Kawpow mining.
  5. Select Shiba Inu from the dropdown list of cryptocurrencies, enter your Shiba Inu wallet address and click 'Start'.
  6. After you start mining, you can open the settings in the bottom-righthand corner and select the mining intensity.
  7. To check your statistics on unMineable, you need to enter your SHIB wallet address in the search box.
    The search box on unMineable.com

Mining Shiba Inu on macOS

It is possible to mine Shiba Inu (SHIB) on a Mac, whether an M1 or an Intel-based one. However, mining on a Mac may not be as profitable as on a PC due to the less powerful GPUs on Macs. To mine SHIB on a Mac, you should have the latest Mac operating system, download and install mining software, such as CGMiner or MacMiner, and join a mining pool, such as Slush's Pool or Eligius.

Unlike Bitcoin, it is impossible to mine SHIB on its own, so the easiest way to obtain it is through an unmineable pool. Smaller cryptocurrencies like SHIB can still be generated with a personal computer's CPU or GPU, although the potential profitability may vary.

How to mine the Shiba Inu token with a mobile device

We are often asked: "Can I mine Shiba Inu on my iOS or Android devices?" We have the answer in the following section. 

How to mine the Shiba Inu coin on Android or iPhone

Since mobile mining apps are banned from both Google Play and Apple App Store, the app developers have no plans to create a mobile version of their app. For this reason, it's not possible to mine Shiba Inu tokens on mobile devices.


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Is Shiba Inu mining profitable?

It really depends on many variables. When calculating mining profitability, the following should be considered:

  • First and foremost, the price of electricity in your region
  • The price of your mining hardware
  • The current state of the crypto market and its fluctuations
  • How long you are going to hold the mined coins before selling

The current profitability of mining can be estimated using online calculators such as those on minerstat.com and whattomine.com. This will help you understand whether it makes sense to mine Shiba Inu in your particular case.

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FAQ

How much Shiba Inu can you mine in a day?

For Shiba Inu mining with CPU or a GPU with a processing speed of 1Mh/s and a capacity of more than 4GB, you can mine approximately 1361.13436026 SHIB in a day. GPUs typically have a higher processing speed than CPUs.

How to mine Shiba Inu coin for free

To mine Shiba Inu coins for free, you can use the unMineable mining pool. Mining the Shiba Inu coin directly is not possible. Here's what you need to get started mining the Shiba Inu coin on your PC:

  • A PC or laptop running 64-bit Windows
  • An internet connection
  • A Shiba Inu wallet

Why is Shiba Inu so cheap?

Shiba Inu is priced lower compared to other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin because it was purposely designed to have a plentiful supply, unlike Bitcoin, which has a limited supply of 21 million tokens.

Why is Shiba Inu so popular?

Shiba Inu has gained immense popularity across numerous crypto exchanges because of its memes, perseverance, and adorable dog. Shiba is considered an altcoin of Dogecoin, which is, in turn, an altcoin of Bitcoin. This makes SHIB an altcoin of Bitcoin, as well.

Why is Shiba Inu's price going down?

The price of Shiba Inu is declining along with the rest of the cryptocurrency markets. The future price of Shiba Inu will likely depend on the overall performance of the crypto market, with Bitcoin and Ethereum influencing the market trends. Smaller coins, like Shiba Inu, will be affected accordingly.

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