How to Mine Raptoreum (RTM) in 2026
Updated June 2026 · Beginner-friendly · CPU (x86-64) mining guide
Raptoreum (ticker RTM) made its name in 2021 as the coin that turned CPUs — especially AMD Ryzen chips with big L3 caches — back into serious mining hardware. Its GhostRider algorithm randomizes between CryptoNight and x16r-family hash functions, defeating both ASICs and most GPU advantages. If you own a modern desktop CPU, you can mine Raptoreum tonight; this guide shows you how, and how to judge whether it pays.
To mine Raptoreum (RTM), download cpuminer-gr (the GhostRider-optimized miner) or an XMRig fork with GhostRider support, create an RTM wallet (Raptoreum Core or the official web/mobile wallets), and point the miner at a Raptoreum pool with your wallet address as the username. Hashrate scales with CPU L3 cache, which is why AMD Ryzen 9 chips are the reference hardware. Run the miner's built-in tune on first launch for the best per-CPU results.
What is Raptoreum and how does mining work?
Raptoreum launched in February 2021 as a fair-launched proof-of-work chain with a 21 billion RTM maximum supply, two-minute blocks, smartnodes, and an asset layer. Its headline feature for miners is GhostRider: a proof-of-work that chains randomized rounds of CryptoNight and x16r-family hashes, making the workload unpredictable and hostile to fixed-function hardware.
Because several CryptoNight variants in the rotation are cache-hungry, hashrate correlates strongly with CPU L3 cache size. That made AMD's Ryzen 9 desktop chips (with their large caches) famous in RTM mining, while typical GPUs offer little advantage per watt. The official cpuminer-gr miner ships a tuning mode that benchmarks every algorithm permutation on your specific CPU — run it once and it can lift sustained hashrate significantly.
Mining software: cpuminer-gr is the GhostRider-optimized reference miner (run its tune mode on first start). SRBMiner-Multi and some XMRig forks also support GhostRider.
How to mine Raptoreum: step by step
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1. Check your CPU and cooling
Any modern x86-64 CPU mines GhostRider, but L3 cache decides your rank — AMD Ryzen 7/9 chips are the sweet spot. GhostRider loads the CPU hard, so verify your cooler can hold sustained all-core load before mining long-term.
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2. Create a Raptoreum wallet
Download Raptoreum Core from the official site (or use the project's web/mobile wallets) and generate a receiving address. Back up the wallet file or seed offline — the pool pays mined RTM directly to this address.
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3. Get cpuminer-gr and pick a pool
Download cpuminer-gr from the official Raptoreum GitHub. Pick a pool with a fee and payout threshold that fit your hashrate; smaller PPLNS pools pay steadily once you're past the threshold.
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4. Tune, configure, and start
Run the miner's tuning pass first — it benchmarks every GhostRider permutation on your CPU and saves the results (this can take a while but meaningfully raises sustained hashrate). Then start with your pool's stratum URL and your RTM address as the username.
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5. Watch temps, power, and profit
GhostRider runs CPUs at full tilt: monitor temperatures and measure wall power. Compare your daily RTM yield (pool dashboard) against electricity cost — and remember RTM's price moves your fiat profit as much as your hashrate does.
Best hardware for mining Raptoreum, ranked
The fastest GhostRider hardware we track, ranked by hashrate. Tap any row for the full spec page — and check the live RTM page for current network revenue.
| # | Hardware | Hashrate |
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
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81.0 Mh/s |
| 2 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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81.0 Mh/s |
| 3 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 LHR
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63.0 Mh/s |
| 4 |
NVIDIA RTX 3080 12GB
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63.0 Mh/s |
| 5 |
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB
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41.0 Mh/s |
| 6 |
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB
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41.0 Mh/s |
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB
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40.0 Mh/s |
| 8 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 LHR
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39.5 Mh/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 Raptoreum: pools
Other pools currently mining RTM, by tracked hashrate:
How to check your Raptoreum 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 Raptoreum 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 Raptoreum worth it? The honest take
- Your desktop is the rig. No capital outlay if you already run a Ryzen — and CPUs hold resale value far better than mining GPUs.
- L3 cache is destiny. Rank candidate CPUs by cache size, not clock speed, before buying anything for RTM.
- Full-load duty cycle. GhostRider works the CPU hard 24/7 — budget for cooling and check wall power, not TDP on the box.
- Price risk dominates. RTM's large supply and small-cap market mean your fiat yield swings with the token, not just difficulty.
Check the live network stats, or point your rig at our 0% fee pool.