Project Overview
Mining Dashboard
Single-window interface. Auto-detects P-core count on your specific Apple Silicon chip and defaults the CPU slider accordingly. Live status pill turns red if your network is filtering crypto pools.
Live Coin Ranking
Coins are ranked by USD-equivalent payment threshold, not by coin price. The fastest payout depends on your hashrate — change the field and the table re-sorts in real time.
Key Features
First-Mover arm64 VerusHash 2.2
The first public Apple Silicon-native VerusHash 2.2 implementation — using ARMv8 hardware AES via sse2neon and CL hash via vmull_p64. 7.3 MH/s on M5 vs 1.0 MH/s under Rosetta 2.
Auto P-Core Detection
Reads the actual performance-core count on your specific chip (4 on M-base, 6+ on M Pro/Max) and defaults the CPU slider accordingly. E-cores are kept out — they hurt RandomX averages.
Live Payout Intelligence
Pulls real-time payment thresholds from unMineable's API and ranks coins by USD-equivalent payout — telling you which coin pays you fastest at your specific hashrate.
Zero Hidden Monetization
No telemetry, no analytics, no remote-controlled ad banners. Every line of source is auditable on GitHub. The referral code is the maintainer's by default — swap your own in any time.
Network-Block Aware
If your ISP DNS-filters crypto pools, a red dot lights up with a fix-it tooltip pointing at Cloudflare WARP or encrypted DNS. No more "why won't this connect?" guesswork.
Kills Miner on Close
The original macmineable left xmrig as a 100%-CPU orphan when you closed the window. We fixed it: the entire process group is killed cleanly on quit. No surprise battery drain.
How We Built It
Algorithm Research
Audited every public VerusHash 2.2 implementation for x86-only intrinsics. Mapped each one to an ARMv8 equivalent (AES-NI → ARM AES, pclmulqdq → vmull_p64).
arm64 Port
Re-implemented hardware AES and CL hash on native arm64 using sse2neon shim. Measured 7.3 MH/s on M5 vs the Rosetta-2 baseline of ~1 MH/s — a 7× speedup.
Native macOS UI
Single-window UI in WebView with macOS-native glass backdrop, SF Pro typography, and a coin-ranking table that sorts by your specific hashrate — no multi-window, no modal overload.
xmrig 6.26 Upgrade
Replaced the 2021 xmrig binary that no longer connects to the pool with the current March-2026 release. Ad-hoc codesigned. Routed via CPU detection so future Intel builds drop in cleanly.
Trust Audit
Stripped every analytics call, telemetry beacon, and remote ad-banner fetch from the upstream codebase. Replaced the hardcoded referral with an editable input. Re-licensed under ELv2.
Launch Surface
Designed and built the marketing site — GitHub Pages, live-API coin ranking, research write-up, install ritual, FAQ. All static HTML/CSS/JS, all auditable, all open-source.
Run It on Your Mac
Free, open source, arm64-native. macOS 11+ on Apple Silicon, drag-to-Applications install, 12 MB.