Bitcoin trades around $600. Mining is still mostly for enthusiasts. Kryptex launches with one-click mining on Windows.
2017
The first mining boom
Ethereum takes off, GPUs disappear from stores, and home mining goes mainstream. Kryptex grows with it.
2018–19
Crypto winter
The market crashes and mining profitability drops with it. Kryptex keeps running and paying miners through the bear market.
2020
The ETH pool
DeFi summer brings GPU mining back. Kryptex launches its own Ethereum pool and quickly grows into one of the largest ETH pools.
2021
Peak GPU
GPU mining peaks. Cards sell out again, Ethereum profitability hits record highs, and Kryptex passes 1 million users.
2022
The Merge
Ethereum switches to Proof of Stake. Kryptex launches direct-mining pools for ETC, RVN, ERG, XMR and ETHW. Ethereum’s PoW era ends with Kryptex among the leading mining pools.
2023
2,000,000 miners
GPU miners move to Kaspa, NEXA and Iron Fish. Kryptex launches its Telegram bot and reaches 2 million users.
2024
The ASIC era
The Bitcoin halving changes ASIC mining economics. Kryptex launches Bitcoin and Litecoin pools, expands into ASIC mining, and becomes the #1 Fractal Bitcoin pool.
2025
BTC ATH and Pro tools
Bitcoin hits new all-time highs. Kryptex releases Miner V5, custom ASIC firmware and ASIC Manager.
2026
10 years
GPU profitability returns. Kryptex launches Krig, its own CLI miner, supports 30+ coins across GPU, CPU and ASIC mining — and turns 10.
Ten years. Your stories.
We're collecting miner stories for the anniversary. The best get published on this page and on our socials.
My four-RX 580 rig made about €10 a day — I remember it like yesterday. After ETH mining ended, we spent three years looking for the next great coin. I hope PRL is the next ETH.
Georgemining since 2021
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I discovered mining from a hospital bed in 2017 and started with one GTX 1060. Six years and 19 GPUs later, Kryptex had helped pay off my 3-room mortgage and start a dacha.
Konstantinmining since 2017
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I worked in IT but stayed away from mining until someone asked me to build a rig from hot-running HD7970s. I got hooked. The BTC I saved later paid off my mortgage and a vacation.
Adammining since 2021
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Back in 2015, ETH arrived, then GPUs vanished from stores and even risers became scarce. It felt like a gold rush; at one point a GPU could pay for itself in a month.
Mixamining since 2015
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Started with my friend Gosha’s old AMD PC and RX 460/560D cards. Years later my 1080 Ti and 3060 still run with DeepCool fans zip-tied on. The farm survived; gen 3 is next.
Leonidmining since 2019
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In 2018 I even tried mining on a GTX 260 and thought my payouts might go to Satoshi Nakamoto. By 2020 I had an RX 5700 XT; later I bought an overpriced RTX 3080 — and it paid off.
Sergeymining since 2018
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I didn’t even know what a GPU was. Kryptex needed only an email and password, then my PC made about 7 USDT/month. Now I run 4090s, 3060s and ASICs. Worth it.
Sirriusmining since 2022
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Bought one GPU on credit, two more a week later. Lived off mining for seven years, with power debts along the way. PRL cleared my loans; now I've got 50+ GPUs and mine solo.
Mikhailmining since 2017
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I got into mining after being scammed. I started on my home PC, then added an RTX 3070, CMP 90 and GTX 1080. Just before the halving I bought a Whatsminer M21S — and paid it off.
Sergeymining since 2024
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Bitcoin was 80 USDT when I bought an HD 7970. I mined 3 BTC in six months and sold them all at 110. I quit until 2021; NiceHash didn’t click, Kryptex did. Still here.
krxYZER87Pmining since 2011
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My 8-GPU KawPow rig heated the whole apartment. Later I sold the PCs, rolled the auto-converted BTC into a Whatsminer M30+, and now my 5070 and 9070 XT mine PRL.
Vladimirmining since 2021
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In spring 2017 I mined 23 ETH on six RX 470s, then lost almost all of it after my key was stolen. Four years later the wallet scraps were worth a new GPU.
DMmining since 2017
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I spent six years on another platform, fighting unstable rigs. When it blocked my country I moved to Kryptex — same hardware, suddenly stable. My first rig had seven GTX 1070s.
Ivanmining since 2017
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ETH did well for me, so I moved on to a BTC farm. I also work in tech support and recommend Kryptex to my clients. They’re happy with it too.
Sammining since 2018
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My first 3,000-ruble miner was a useless 10 GH/s scam. Next came an L3 in a homemade box in the stairwell. By May 2021 my GPU rig was making up to 4,000 rubles a day.
Mikhailmining since 2019
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I paid 55,000 rubles for each GTX 1660 Super to mine ETH. After PoS, profits vanished and most GPUs were sold. Now it’s BTC/ETC ASICs — former miners never retire.
Vitalii Butenkomining since 2021
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First came a GTX 1070, then the legendary non-LHR RTX 3060 Ti — thank goodness. Today I'm running two RTX 4070s. Not a bad mining evolution.
Davidemining since 2021
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That old GTX 1060 PC ran almost nonstop for 9.5 years. Its earnings paid for home repairs and more rigs; along the way I learned to build PCs. Now I mine on RTX 3060s.
Nikolaymining since 2018
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I started XTM with spare CPU power, then bought one of the early Goldshell test miners as soon as it appeared. I caught the early blocks — and I’ve stayed with Kryptex.
Leonmining since 2025
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On March 17, 2021, I bought a laptop with an RTX 3070M. A YouTube video promised easy money; Kryptex took two clicks to install. No juggling wallets or coin conversions.
Farrukhmining since 2021
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At 14 I sold my laptop and borrowed from my parents for two RX 480s. Mining bought my dream iPhone 12 mini before the Merge. Now I’m 20 with a 4070 Ti Super.
Daniilmining since 2020
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Started in 2017 with an old R9 280X. Then came 1070s, RX 580s, 3070s and 6800s. I still mine on CPUs, GPUs and ASICs, but the ETH years were something else.
Superdupermining since 2017
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I started with five RX 5700 XTs and grew to 48 GPUs in a year. A storm once soaked every rig; only one motherboard died. I'm 41 now, and I'm still mining.
Georgimining since 2019
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I started in 2021 with one GTX 1060 and ETH. Kryptex won me over with easy setup, a clear interface and payouts to a bank card. I’ve stayed ever since.
Viktormining since 2021
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In 2020 everyone around me kept talking about Bitcoin going up again. I decided to stop listening and try it myself. I started mining — and little by little, it began to work.
Sergeymining since 2020
Crypto curiosity taught me to build PCs and set up miners. I later opened a hardware store and now work as an automation engineer. Mining opened a career for me.
Angel Lopezmining since 2019
I started a few months ago with one RTX 4070. My first ₹610 payout mattered more than the amount: it proved my GPU's work could become real value. That's when I got hooked.
Rishidar Dmining since 2026
I just wanted an idle GPU to earn something. Then I started tracking electricity, efficiency and profit per watt. A passive-income experiment turned into a real hobby.
Christopher Bryan Kapirigmining since 2024
I found Kryptex on a list of trusted mining platforms, tried it, then forgot. But its tray icon kept appearing. Eventually I realized it had been there all along — so I came back.
Vitalymining since 2021
In 2020 I was a schoolkid with a GTX 1650 Super making about 3,000 rubles. Now I'm a student and, in the Pearl era, trying solo mining for the first time.
Eriyamining since 2020
After my old mining service failed, I was left with five PCs and plenty of skepticism. My first Kryptex payout arrived in 30 minutes — and everything changed.
Piotrmining since 2022
I started with an AMD FX-4300. Now I run two X99 systems with Xeon 2680 v4s for XMR, an RX 580, RX 5500 and several tiny ASICs. Another Bitaxe is already on the way.
Luizmining since 2017
I'm the developer of PeakMiner. Kryptex was one of the first pools to list a week-old unknown miner because it was good. That early trust helped us pass a petahash in week one.
PeakMinermining since 2026
I started around 2014 with milk crates and wooden strips holding GPUs, then moved into ASICs. I've lived through bull and bear markets but never forgot those garage days.
Vega — SerpentXmining since 2014
I mostly mine Bitcoin and sometimes Monero. I like how easy Kryptex makes it to switch between coins, and withdrawals are straightforward.
Nilaymining since 2023
After college I bought four Antminer U3 USB miners, then sold them when local rules tightened. AI GPUs brought me back in 2025; Kryptex auto-switching was exactly what I wanted.
RenFeimining since 2016
My first rig was just my computer. NiceHash wouldn’t let me in because I’m under 18, so I found Kryptex and could finally make a little money with my PC.
Uyen Nha Tranmining since 2026
I bought a car with money from mining 😈
Artemmining since 2019
My mining login is my son’s email, and he helps me withdraw BTC. Mining paid for a ten-night seaside holiday in Turkey for my wife and me.
Levmining since 2018
I found Bitcoin by accident in 2011 while searching for a Forex top-up method. Home PCs led to a Gridseed “hedgehog”, then S7/S9. Today: Monero, Bitaxe and Z15.
Yurimining since 2011
Mining gave me enough money for my child’s formula. That’s the whole story.
Junmining since 2019
One winter I heated the house with my mining GPUs instead of turning up the thermostat. The payouts covered the power bill — and gave me more time with my son.
Paul Marshallmining since 2020
For two years my room was never quiet: GPU fans and ETH ticking into a wallet. On Merge day the hashrate stopped. I pulled the cards one by one; the ETH is still there, unsold.
Qinfengmining since 2020
Started with one 1660 Super. Then I spilled coffee into the open rig. Isopropyl, a long dry, pure panic — it booted. One fan died later, but the card kept mining.
Ibarishmining since 2020
When “Mining ETH” first lit up on my GTX 960, I got goosebumps. My PC suddenly felt like a little printing press running for me 24/7. The ETH era was something else.
Elenamining since 2017
I started with an S19j Pro in 2024. Then the halving cut the reward. Price matters, but cheap power and efficiency matter more. Some months break even; I’m still running.
Venasesmining since 2024
My first miner was literally just a CPU — no GPU. Then the machine seemed dead when the keyboard and mouse stopped working. Panic over: it was only a driver problem.
Maryam Alimining since 2025
Vasya bought a GPU and announced he’d mine until he was rich. An hour later it roared like a vacuum; two hours later the room was a sauna. Even the cat gave up and left.
Markmining since 2026
Around 2012 I went all in on used rigs. First: a first-gen i7, two Radeon 6670s, 16 GB RAM. Eventually I had about fifteen 6670s — I just upgraded the PSUs and put them to work.
Tyler Fmining since 2012
My old GTX 1060 kept crashing and overheating. I opened it up: the thermal paste was rock-hard. Fresh paste fixed it. Mining paid for the paste and some takeout.
Leiremining since 2021
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Thank you to everyone who sent in a story. The best ones are published on this page and on our socials.
To everyone who mines with us.
Kryptex turns 10.
We started in 2016 with a Windows app that made mining easier. A lot has changed since then: GPU shortages, bull markets, crypto winters, The Merge, new coins, new hardware, and ASIC mining.
Kryptex changed too. What started as a mining app now includes our own pools, miners, firmware, and tools.
Some of you have been with us since the first versions. Others joined during the Ethereum years, came for Kaspa, Bitcoin, Fractal Bitcoin or Pearl, or started mining only recently.
Over the years, you've tested releases, reported bugs, asked for features, recommended Kryptex to other miners, and told us when we got something wrong.
For the 10th anniversary, we want to hear from you. Tell us how you started mining, what you mined, what hardware you remember most, and what you want us to build next.
Thank you for mining with us for these 10 years.
The Kryptex team
FAQ
How are stories selected?
We read every submission. We're looking for real mining stories — your first rig, a memorable payout, a GPU you still refuse to sell, or anything else worth remembering.
Will my name be shown?
Only if you want it to be.
We can publish your first name or nickname. We won't publish your wallet, earnings, account details, email, or other private information.
Where will the stories be published?
Selected stories will appear on this page and Kryptex social channels.
When is the deadline?
We accept and publish stories through September 15, 2026. After that the form closes.
We will announce the results by September 21, 2026.
What should I write about?
Anything you remember from your time mining: your first GPU or ASIC, the coin you mined the most, your best or worst mining decision, a memorable payout, or what you'd like Kryptex to build next.
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