How to Mine Vertcoin (VTC) in 2026
Updated June 2026 · Beginner-friendly · GPU (AMD & Nvidia) mining guide
Vertcoin (ticker VTC) is one of the longest-running ASIC-resistant coins in crypto — a 2014 fair-launch project that calls itself "The People's Coin" because it is built to stay mineable on ordinary graphics cards. This guide walks you through mining Vertcoin step by step: what Verthash is, which GPUs work, how to set up a wallet and miner, and how to check whether it's worth it at your power price.
To mine Vertcoin (VTC), you need a GPU with at least 2 GB of VRAM (4 GB recommended), a Vertcoin wallet (Vertcoin Core or Electrum-VTC), and a Verthash miner such as VerthashMiner or the beginner-friendly One-Click Miner. The miner builds or downloads a ~1.2 GB verthash.dat file, then you point it at a pool's stratum address with your wallet address as the username. Verthash is I/O-bound, so even older mid-range cards mine efficiently at low power.
What is Vertcoin and how does mining work?
Vertcoin launched in January 2014 with no premine and no ICO, and its defining mission has never changed: keep mining decentralized by staying ASIC-resistant. When ASICs or rental attacks threatened earlier algorithms, the project hard-forked — through Lyra2RE, Lyra2REv2 and Lyra2REv3 — before settling on its own purpose-built algorithm, Verthash, in early 2021.
Verthash is an I/O-bound algorithm: instead of raw compute, it hammers random reads against a ~1.2 GB data file (verthash.dat) that must sit in GPU memory. That makes the work cheap on power and unfriendly to ASICs. The practical upshot: power-efficient mid-range GPUs are competitive, electricity cost matters more than raw speed, and cards as old as the RX 470 / GTX 1060 class can still participate.
Mining software: VerthashMiner is the reference miner for both AMD and Nvidia. Beginners should try Vertcoin's One-Click Miner (OCM), which bundles wallet, pool selection, and miner in one app. SRBMiner-Multi also supports Verthash.
How to mine Vertcoin: step by step
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1. Check your GPU has enough VRAM
Verthash needs the ~1.2 GB verthash.dat file in GPU memory, so any card with 2 GB+ VRAM works (4 GB+ recommended for headroom). Both AMD and Nvidia are supported, and because the algorithm is I/O-bound, efficient mid-range cards punch above their weight.
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2. Create a Vertcoin wallet
Download Vertcoin Core (full node) or Electrum-VTC (light wallet) from the official Vertcoin site and generate a receiving address. Back up your seed phrase offline — this address is where the pool pays your mined VTC.
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3. Get a Verthash miner and pick a pool
Download VerthashMiner (or the beginner-friendly One-Click Miner, which automates the rest of these steps). On first run the miner generates or downloads verthash.dat (~1.2 GB). Pick a low-fee PPLNS pool with a payout threshold you can reach within a day or two.
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4. Configure and start mining
Point the miner at your pool's stratum URL and port, set your wallet address (plus an optional worker name) as the username, and start. Within a minute you should see accepted shares; paste your address into the pool's dashboard to track hashrate and pending balance.
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5. Tune for efficiency and watch profit
Verthash responds well to power limiting — most cards lose little hashrate at 60–70% power. Undervolt, verify share acceptance stays high, and track daily earnings against your electricity rate, because small-cap coin prices and difficulty both move.
Best hardware for mining Vertcoin, ranked
The fastest Verthash hardware we track, ranked by hashrate. Tap any row for the full spec page — and check the live VTC page for current network revenue.
| # | Hardware | Hashrate |
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| 1 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
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11.0 Gh/s |
| 2 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super
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8.7 Gh/s |
| 3 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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8.7 Gh/s |
| 4 |
Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti
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6.8 Gh/s |
| 5 |
Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
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6.8 Gh/s |
| 6 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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5.2 Gh/s |
| 7 |
Nvidia RTX 4070 SUPER
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5.2 Gh/s |
| 8 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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4.9 Gh/s |
Compare any two on price, power, and earnings with the comparison tool, or browse everything we track in the rig catalog.
Where to mine Vertcoin: pools
Other pools currently mining VTC, by tracked hashrate:
How to check your Vertcoin mining profit
Profit is revenue minus electricity, and both move daily. To get a number you can trust:
- Set your real power rate. The same hardware can be solidly green at $0.10/kWh and red at $0.25/kWh. Our electricity cost guide shows how much it swings the result.
- Use live numbers. Price, difficulty, and network hashrate all drift. Track them on the live Vertcoin mining page before and after you commit hardware.
- Compare against alternatives. The same hardware could mine another coin — or in the case of GPUs, earn from AI rental. See GPU mining vs. AI rental and the rig leaderboard.
Is mining Vertcoin worth it? The honest take
- Low power draw is the edge. Verthash is I/O-bound, so cards mine at a fraction of their gaming wattage — cheap electricity turns marginal cards profitable.
- Small-cap price risk. VTC's USD price is volatile and thinly traded compared to majors; your fiat profit swings with it.
- Old hardware gets a second life. 2–4 GB cards that can't mine anything else can still mine Verthash — but factor their lower resale value and higher J/hash.
- Community coin, community pace. Vertcoin is volunteer-driven with no premine or company behind it. That's the appeal — and the risk.
Check the live network stats, or point your rig at our 0% fee pool.