> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.mineglyph.xyz/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.mineglyph.xyz/getting-started/quickstart-mining.md).

# Start mining in 3 steps

> Make sure your wallet is on **Robinhood Chain** and holds a little ETH for gas plus the one-time registration fee. See [Contract addresses](/resources/contract-addresses.md) for network details.

## 1. Connect your wallet

Open [mineglyph.xyz](https://mineglyph.xyz) and connect an injected wallet (MetaMask, Rabby, etc.). Connecting is **free** — no transaction, no signature, no gas. The dashboard immediately shows your hashrate breakdown, read from your on-chain history.

> Want to preview a wallet before connecting? Use **"check a wallet"** to paste any address and see its hashrate and projected earnings, watch-only.

## 2. Start mining (one-time)

Click **Start mining**. This does three things in a single transaction:

* requests a signed hashrate attestation from the signer service,
* pays the one-time **registration fee** (about $1 in ETH — anti-sybil),
* records your hashrate on-chain and begins accruing rewards.

You approve one transaction in your wallet. From this moment, GLYPH accrues to you **every second** with no further action or fees.

## 3. Claim your GLYPH

Rewards build up continuously. When you want them in your wallet, click **Claim** — a transaction that mints your accrued GLYPH to you.

* Your **first claim** unlocks **1 hour** after you start mining.
* After each claim, the next one unlocks **1 hour** later.
* Rewards keep accruing during the wait — the cooldown never costs you anything, it just batches withdrawals. See [Registration fee & claim cooldown](/protocol/fees-and-cooldown.md).

## Updating your hashrate

Your on-chain activity grows over time. When the indexer detects your score has changed, the dashboard shows an **Update hashrate** button. Updating is a normal signed transaction (gas only, **no fee** — the fee is one-time at first registration) that re-points your share to the new value and settles what you've earned so far.

## Stopping

Submitting a hashrate of 0 deregisters you (gas only, no fee). Any rewards you already earned remain claimable; you simply stop accruing new ones. Re-registering later charges the registration fee again.


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