I'm still new to mining and haven't gotten the whole setup process for console mining figured out yet. In lieu of that, I use the Vertcoin One Click Miner. It's fairly easy to set up, and there's a lot of Q & A content on the Vertcoin Reddit pages. Payouts have been direct to my VTC wallet. The VTC community is pretty active and generally supportive. https://www.reddit.com/r/VertcoinMining/
To use it, you definitely need a GPU that can get at least 5 Mh/s on the Lyra2REv2 algorythm. https://whattomine.com I've tried CPU mining with an i7, but was hitting only 350 Kh/s, which paid little to nothing. (For reference, 5 Mh/s is what my 750ti is pulling. My GTX960 is pulling 13.50 Mh/s.)
If you do end up using OCM, my personal suggestion is to use this pool: http://45.63.77.16:9181/static/ It is located in Chicago, but I think it might be in one of the suburbs that has a really good internet connection. The pool itself pulls anywhere between 500-1000 Mh/s.
If you're doing CPU, Minergate is still what I'm using until I figure out CPU console mining and for which coins.
The final CPU option is Javascript browser mining on Coinpot, which isn't going to yield very much, but it's there.
Hope that helps. If you've got any other questions, feel free to shout out.
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