Can you actually mine crypto on your phone?

The short, undiluted answer to that question is ‘no’.

Most mining apps were removed from both the Android Play Store and the Apple Store a while ago, and even if it were possible to mine crypto on your phone, it wouldn’t be worth it because smartphones don’t really have the necessary processing power to actually make it worth your effort and the battery capacity.

There are a few exceptions but all of these apps come with big question marks attached to them.

Let's address the first elephant in the room: the most (in)famous example of a crypto you can supposedly mine on your phone is PI Network, an app that’s been available for years and people tend to either love it or hate it. PI Network simply allows you to ‘mine’ a currency named PI by tapping a button once a day.

But this is a useless project and it'll never amount to anything. PI has been around for ages and the launch of mainnet has postponed a million times. It is absolutely 100% not your worth time. But this is just my opinion.

Another app worth mentioning is called ‘XMR Miner’, which is structured like a mining platform in a traditional sense but again, I don’t think it’s worth your time. I tried using it but it took days to get to 0.00001 XMR.

Lastly, there’s an app called Ember Fund. It’s basically an exchange with a ‘mining-style’ feature. You tap the button once a day and BTC is deposited every 10,000 satoshis. I gave it a go but soon realised this was useless as well.

Do you know of any safe, reliable to mine crypto on your phone or laptop without killing it? Let me know in the comments.