6 Aug 2026 [mining]

Crypto-Steer releases native Android XMR miner

Crypto-Steer1 has released the source code for their new native Android XMR miner2 with a 2% dev contribution:

This is a native Android miner built specifically for Android. It is not XMRig, an XMRig fork, a wrapper around XMRig, or something that requires Termux running in the background. [..] This project has taken a huge amount of work, and this first release gives us the foundation to build on. Test it, tell me what devices you are running, post your results, and report any problems you find.3

Features

* Native RandomX mining engine written in C and C++
* Kotlin and Java Android application layer
* ARM64 build for Android 16 and newer
* User-managed pool profiles with TLS support
* Optional account and remote-rig controls

Consult the Github repository2 for build instructions and the full feature list.

It is worth mentioning that the maintainer is also the admin of the pool.thecryptosteer.com XMR mining pool, which is temporarily4 down.

Note that the project is not endorsed by Monero Observer and it is still in development. Use with caution.


  1. https://github.com/Crypto-Steer-LLC/ 

  2. https://github.com/Crypto-Steer-LLC/CryptoSteer-XMR-Miner  2

  3. https://farside.link/libreddit/r/MoneroMining/comments/1vgoh6k/ 

  4. https://farside.link/libreddit/r/MoneroMining/comments/1vgoh6k/native_android_xmr_miner_is_here/p1zsli3/?context=3#p1zsli3