How to Mine Cryptocurrency with GPU — Wattcoin Guide

Before Proof-of-Energy, GPU mining was a battle of memory bandwidth and shading units. Ethereum required ~4 GB of VRAM. Ravencoin needed KawPow. Every algorithm locked out certain hardware. Wattcoin changes the game entirely — any GPU works, and every GPU pays the same energy cost per coin.

How GPU Mining Works on Wattcoin

Proof-of-Energy exercises the GPU through a native DirectX compute shader workload. The miner dispatches DirectX compute shaders (D3D11/D3D12) that run a verifiable floating-point vector math loop across the GPU's compute units at a configurable load level. GPU proof hashes are generated via a deterministic integer XOR-shift compute shader. The protocol calculates your energy contribution from your machine's calibrated power curve — actual power draw measured at 10 load levels during the initial benchmark:

A 300W RTX 4090 and a 150W desktop GPU pay the same 20 kWh per WTC in Tier 1. The RTX 4090 simply finishes the work faster. Speed scales with shader count and clock speed; cost scales only with watt-hours consumed.

GPU vs CPU on Wattcoin

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Download the Wattcoin Miner
   Get the Windows installer from wattcoin.ee. The miner detects all compatible GPUs automatically — no driver hacks, no CUDA toolkits, no configuration files.
2. GPUs Detected Automatically
   Every GPU in your system — NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel Arc — is detected automatically. Multiple GPUs are supported and their energy contributions are summed.
3. Set Load and Start
   Choose a GPU load percentage. 50–70% is recommended if you also use your display. The app caps load at ~85% maximum. Click Start Mining.
4. Earn Every Block
   Your reward is proportional to your verified energy — paid every block, every time. No pools, no luck, no winners and losers.
5. Combine with CPU
   The miner can run CPU integer hashing + GPU compute shaders simultaneously. All energy contributions are summed for a larger share of the block reward.

What GPUs Work?

Any dedicated GPU with shading units. That includes every modern graphics card from NVIDIA (GTX 900 series through RTX 50 series), AMD (RX 400 through RX 9000 series), and Intel Arc.

Tips for GPU Mining

• Watch your thermals. GPU shading loads generate heat. Keep junction temperatures below 95°C.
• Multi-GPU scaling. Every additional GPU adds its energy contribution. A 4x RTX 4090 rig at ~85% load contributes ~1530W — the highest possible energy share outside of server deployments.
• GPU Proof-of-Work probes. The miner periodically runs a hashcash-style PoW challenge on your GPU — a DirectX compute shader searches for a nonce where the XOR-shift hash meets a difficulty target. This verifies the GPU is genuinely computing and prevents cheating. Each GPU in a multi-card rig searches a unique nonce space, and the coordinator verifies results without needing a GPU itself.
• Hybrid mining. Run GPU compute shaders alongside CPU hashing for maximum verified energy per machine.

Download the Wattcoin Miner and start mining with your GPU today →