Note: The iOS version of the app is still under review and is not available yet.
Electroneum has launched an app with which users can mine ETN. The app also provides a user-friendly interface to easily perform a number of tasks on the Electroneum blockchain.
In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of installing the app and show you how to enter into a weekly competition to win 5,000 ETN coins.
Right now, users can use the app to:
- Mine Electroneum in the background
- View their app wallet balance
- Send ETN coins to another ETN wallet
- Import ETN coins from an offline paper wallet to the app wallet
- See a live feed of the current ETN price
- Easily calculate the value of a certain number of ETN in Bitcoin or USD
- See a list of exchanges that list ETN
- Invite friends via a referral system
So how does one install the app?
Download the Electroneum App
Start by downloading the Electroneum app from the Google Play Store here.
NB: Make sure you follow the link given above. When searching for Electroneum on the Google Play Store you will find various apps with the same name, including a previous official version of the app that has been discontinued.
Register an Account
Before you can use the app, you first need to create an account on Electroneum’s website. The process might seem tedious but is there for the safety of your coins.
Here’s what you need to do:
- Visit my.electroneum.com and click on Create an Account.
- Sign up using a unique username and password (you can also signup using your Facebook account). Note that you’ll need to click a lot of “I’m not a robot” buttons in this process. This is to keep out the bad guys and protect your coins.
- You will then need to verify your email address by clicking on a link in an email sent to the address you’ve entered.
- Provide a mobile phone number to which you have access right now. Electroneum will send a confirmation code to this mobile numbers (a precaution to prevent spammers from creating multiple accounts).
- When the SMS message arrives, key in the confirmation code.
- Provide an email address that will be used to reset your PIN code in case you forget it (this email address has to be different to the one you used initially).
- Now key in a new 5-digit PIN code, and confirm it a second time. The app will later ask you for this PIN code when launching the app or before processing any transaction.
- Finally, an email will be sent to your email (the one you signed up with) confirming the PIN recovery email you’ve entered. Click on the link in the email to proceed.
You can now log in to the Electroneum app using the email address, password, and PIN number you provided above.
Once logged in, you’ll probably need to verify your device by clicking on a link sent to your email address (this is a once-off procedure to authenticate your IP address, and prevents someone else from accessing your account using a different IP).
Phew, that’s a lot of emails and confirmations!
But rest assured, it’s all for your own safety…
Get Bonus ETN by Referring Your Friends
The Electroneum has a viral referral system that incentives users to introduce their friends to the app.
The referral system works on a commission-based system. For every user you refer, you get 5.00% bonus ETN based on what they are mining. In addition, your referrals will get a 1.00% bonus on top of what they mine when entering your referral code.
So for every 10 ETN mined by one of your referrals, you will receive 0.5 ETN and they will receive 0.1 ETN as a bonus. This system benefits both the referred person and the referer, and has been designed to spur on mass adoption.
ALSO READ: How Electroneum’s Referral System Works
To refer your friends, go to the More tab at the bottom of the app and click on Earn Free Coins. Then click Show My Referral Code/QR. Once your friends have signed up, have them scan the QR code that is displayed on your phone. See this article for a complete tutorial on how to do this.
How to Get Your Own 1% Bonus
As I’ve mentioned, each referred person will also get a 1.00% bonus on top of what they mine.
Since I’ve now referred you to the Electroneum app, please feel free to use my referral code 39C64D or scan the QR code below to enable your own 1.00% bonus. This is purely optional and you are under no obligation to use my code.
Have any more questions about installing the app? Please let me know in the comments.
Will this work with Kyocera Boost Hydro?
Probably. Not 100% sure, though. But most phones running Android should work.
Sir/Madam
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A working on Android version 7.1.1
But the Play Store says that my device is not compatible with your app. What to do other than buying a new device?
Currently, the app is not available for tablets. The idea is just to have one app instance per person, so therefore they only allow mobile phones to mine.
Been mining for 3 days now. Have 16 ETN. Still no transfer to my wallet. I see you have answered people about this. Is there something I’m missing?
No, just be patient. I’ve heard the team is deliberately stress-testing the system before they start promoting it through their partners. They want to make sure everything works fine at large scale before they start promoting it. So you should still see a lot of transactions not coming through exactly on time. But just wait it out. Your coins will come eventually. And probably more on time after the fork on 30 May and after they start marketing it.
I have a concern on my Electroneum mobile mining. I have now 14 ETN pending on my mobile mining and it is not going to my wallet. I already have imported my paper wallet. What do I do?
The team experienced problems with payments earlier due to high traffic on the blockchain. They’ve started paying out again, but with a large backlog of payout transactions. They said they will keep trying until all payments have gone through. Be patient – it will come through eventually.
Hi Benjamin, I have a pending balance if 20 ETN but it is not transferring into my wallet.
Keep mining. Payments were only temporarily disabled due to high blockchain traffic, but were subsequently resumed again.
Already mined 50 ETN with my mobile mimer but my wallet is showing zero balance. Why?
Payments were paused for some time due to problems with the blockchain. You should be receiving your coins again now.
Hi,
A quick question. I understand I can only use 5 mobile devices on one IP to mine electroneum. Can I use the same wallet on 5 different devices or do I have to have 5 different accounts on each device? Also, if I can use the same wallet for all devices, how is my hash rate impacted?
One wallet, one device, as per Electroneum’s terms of service.
Can I though use the same wallet on two different devices but not simultaneously? i.e I have one device for home use and one work related and would use work device during the day and home device during the night? Sorry, it might be a daft question…
You could always just open another account. Getting a second email address takes you 2 minutes, and it’s free.
But ideally I guess their main aim is to have one account per person (although many people will create multiple accounts and use multiple devices).
I’m using the Mobile app to “mine” and once it got to 10 ETN the count reset and no coins were credited to my wallet. Its been 5 hours and still the balance is 0.
It can take a few hours to reflect, often more than 5 hours if the blockchain is very busy. Give it some time. It will come.
I received a random text message from Electroneum with a code number. What is this?
These codes are sent to confirm your mobile number when registering with Electroneum. If you haven’t requested the code, don’t worry about it.
Hi, when mining with Huawei P10, I need to stop mining after 1-2 hours if I want to get more ETN. If I leave mining on overnight I get only 0.30 – 0.40 ETN. When I stop mining by my self few times a day, I could get up to 5 – 6 ETN. How to resovle this problem?
Thanks in advance
I think your phone stops the ETN app from running in the background overnight, and therefore it does not communicate with ETN’s servers overnight. But when you have it open in the foreground all day, it keeps running and you get more ETN.
Your phone might have too many running apps so that the ETN app is killed by other app processes as soon as it is no longer in the foreground. Try to clean up your phone and delete some apps. Also, make sure background data is turned on for the ETN app. Finally, search in your battery settings for a setting that will make sure the ETN app is not killed to save battery life.
How do I transfer my earned coins from the mobile app to my Paper Wallet? I keep scanning my Public Wallet code and its saying the code is too short?
There must be something wrong with the paper wallet. Are you scanning the right code on the paper wallet? If the problem persists, generate a new paper wallet and use it instead.
I have upgraded my Galaxy S8 to a new version a few days ago. From 50 H/s, I now get about 20 H/s. I don’t know what happened. Wish I never updated. Trying to figure out a way to downgrade the firmware.
I have exactly the same issue! Glad I’m not the only one experiencing this.
Hi. My P10 also update software to Oreo and now I get 30 to max 40 H/s, but before update I could get 50H/s.
How do I get my wallet address out of the android app so I can use it on other apps?
In the app, go to the Wallet tab, click on Receive. You’ll see your public wallet address and you’ll be able to copy it there.
Does not work on a lower version of Android. Rooting doesn’t work either.
Hello, I have a Tecno L8 plus which is Android 5.1 version. Yet, when I want to download the app it still says the device is incompatible. Are there some countries restricted from downloading the app or what could be the problem?
As far as I know, any country can download the app. I’m not sure why your device is not compatible since it has an Android version above 4.4.
My phone’s Android is 5.1 and it works fine…
My Samsung S3 mini in the Play Store: Electroneum. It says my device isn’t compatible with this version. How can I make it work?
You’ll need to get another device which is compatible with the app. As far as I know, it requires Android 4.4 or higher.
Hi Benjamin, I have a Samsung tab e 4.4.4, Android. Also bought a Selecline 5.1 tab, Android. I used your instructions but Google Play prompts me both times that the device is not compatible! What now?
For some reason, the team has made the miner incompatible with tablets. They mentioned this in a comment on their Facebook page recently. Not sure what the reason is, and if they plan to support tablets in future.
I have the same issue… I hope the team finds a solution for this ASAP.
Don’t think they plan on making it available on tablets at all. They want only one mining device per person. And since everyone that has a tablet probably has a phone somewhere, tablet compatibility would only be serving customers that can mine already. Tablets are luxury devices and are probably not in their target market.
What about old Android versions that cannot be updated? There are a lot of this kind of mobiles. Will you ignore them?
Good question. I think the team will need to pay attention to this. I know, however, that some of those phones can be updated to more recent versions by rooting the device (this is not recommended since it voids the warranty, but for an old device the warranty would have expired anyway).
Hello Benjamin, I tried setting up an account on the app and selected to log in with Facebook. I was then given an account without it asking me for a password. I got the SMS code which I then entered. Then when I got to the step where I had to set up my backup email / PIN it asked me to log in via the website, which I could not do because I have no password! My Facebook password doesn’t work, and I’m 99.9% sure I was never asked to enter a password at the first stage. If you can solve this issue I will happily use your referral code.
Thanks in advance,
Richard
Richard, when you go to the login page on the website there should be a button to Sign in with Facebook again. Don’t try using your Facebook password, that won’t work. Just make sure you’ve previously logged into Facebook on that specific browser/phone, and then click the Sign in with Facebook button. Let me know if it works out for you!
Turns out I must have input a password mistakenly in uppercase or something… Password reset fixed the problem. Thanks for your help, Ben, and good luck with the project – said rather reluctantly as a died-in-the-wool Bitcoin maximalist ?
I’ve had the same problem, I opened Facebook in the same browser in a different tab, but it doesn’t help. FB password doesn’t work, but it didn’t ask me for a password in step 1. Now it has already locked my phone and I can’t register a new account. Which password did Richard reset?
When is it possible to mine with your phone for Electroneum? I’m not electronic, sorry guys.
Thanks, kind regards
Brendan
They’re still in beta testing phase. Not sure when it will be released to the public.
Dear ETN team
Is mobile mining available now?
Mobile mining is still in beta testing phase. If the app on your phone appears to be mining, you’ve been included in the beta phase. However, you won’t be able to redeem any of those mined coins, since they’re only for testing purposes. Everyone’s balance will reset to 0 once the beta period has passed. A public launch of the miner will take place sometime in the first quarter of 2018.
Just a side note, this blog is a private project and is not affiliated with the official Electroneum team.
When is it possible to mine with your phone for Electroneum? Thanks.
They’re still in a beta testing phase. It should be released to the public within one or two months.
Hey, I have registered and downloaded the app but the mining function is still offline. When will it be online?
Wish we knew. The mining function is currently in beta testing mode and will become available when that is complete. In my opinion, this could take a month or more.
Hi Benjamin. I have some ETNs that I bought during the ICO using coins directly from an exchange. I later learned that I should not buy into an ICO using exchanges. Am I still able to access my ETNs and send to my paper wallet?
I don’t think that should be too much of a problem. The reason they don’t want you to pay out directly from an exchange is that exchanges sometimes wait a while before sending your crypto someplace else. This allows them to use a time that the network is less congested, and they can, therefore, get away with smaller fees.
Are you able to log into your online Electroneum wallet and see the coins there? That would be the best way to know.
I am able to log in and see the tokens on the token websites but haven’t tried to send them to exchanges or MEW. Electroneum and Bezoip ICO.
The best option would then be to try it out and see what happens.
But please DO NOT use My Ether Wallet as you mentioned above. Electroneum is not an ERC-20 Ethereum based coin, so you will lose your coins when trying to transfer to a MEW. Instead, you should download an official Electroneum wallet form the Electroneum website. Here’s a tutorial I wrote.
Thanks Benjamin . I was able to download the paper wallet and sent all my ETNs. Thanks
Can you have mining set up for the same account running on more than one device at a time? Say a phone and a tablet?
Yes, the public wallet key is just the address to which the funds will be paid after reaching a certain threshold. So you can specify the same public wallet key for as many devices, running concurrently, as you like.
I am new here and trying to transfer some Electroneum to my Electroneum wallet from Cryptopia. What is the payment ID they ask for and where do I find it so I can put it in?
You don’t need a payment ID when sending ETN to a paper wallet. A payment ID is like a payment reference that helps the receiver distinguish between payment from different people, similar to the reference code you specify when doing a bank transfer to a large institution. So since you are the only one using the paper wallet, there’s no need to use it. If Cryptopia needs one in order to submit, I’ve heard some people just type in a random word. But I haven’t tried it myself yet.
Note that if you transfer ETN from a wallet to Cryptopia you WILL NEED a payment ID, else Cryptopia has no way of knowing who sent the ETN.
Open your received ETN. The payment ID will be there.
I’m unable to download the app from the link given. It says “not compatible with device”. I’m using a Huawei tablet.
I know the app is not compatible with all devices. Try it on another device or on your phone.
I’ve tried to install this app on 4 different phones and 4G tablets (Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, LG) with Android 6 and 7 and couldn’t install it. It says “your device is not compatible with this version” every time. I don’t understand. Why you do things like this? ?
Are you using the new version of the app? Use the link in the article above. Let me know what you get.
Some people are not getting their sms code because they have DoNotDisturb enabled on their account. Please include this in the guide.
Great observation! Thanks, will do so.