Comparison
Kryptex alternatives: paid straight to your own wallet
Checked 23 September 2026 against kryptex.com and pool.kryptex.com · an honest comparison, from the maker of one of the alternatives
Kryptex is two different things, and the difference matters. The Kryptex app is an easy Windows miner: it mines in the background, converts what you earn to Bitcoin, and keeps it in a Kryptex balance that you withdraw from. Kryptex Pool is a mining pool: point a command-line miner at it and it can pay your own wallet directly, without an account.
Pasiv sits between the two. It's a one-button desktop app like the Kryptex app, but non-custodial like the pool. You connect or paste your own address, and the pool pays that address: in USDT, once a day from 1.5 USDT, by default since Pasiv 0.5.0, or in BTC or the coin itself if you choose. Pasiv never holds a balance, and there's no account.
At a glance
| Pasiv | Kryptex app | Kryptex Pool + CLI miner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who holds your earnings | Not Pasiv: the pool pays your wallet daily, from 1.5 USDT | Kryptex, in your account balance, until you withdraw | Nobody: direct to your wallet |
| Paid in | USDT (converted by the unMineable pool), or BTC, or the coin itself — your choice | Bitcoin (auto-converted), withdrawable to BTC, USDT and others | The coin you mine |
| Account | None | Required | Optional |
| Setup | One button, GUI | One button, GUI | Command line and config |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon), Linux | Windows | Whatever your miner supports |
| Fee on Pearl | Pasiv 4% of mining time + unMineable 0.75% (Pasiv's GPU engine takes no fee) | A pool fee inside the rewards; no separate % published | PPS+ 2%, or SOLO 1% |
| Fee on Monero | Pasiv 4% of mining time + unMineable 0.75%, disclosed and logged | A pool fee inside the rewards | Per the pool's published rate |
| Maturity | New, small | Established, large user base | Established |
The honest bit: if you want to be paid in Bitcoin, or cash out through a single service, the Kryptex app does that conversion for you, and it's a fair choice. Pasiv pays USDT by default, or BTC or the mined coin if you choose, and the conversion is done by the pool, unMineable, which pays the address you give it; Pasiv holds nothing. Pasiv's 4% applies to every coin, and unMineable pays Pasiv a 0.25% referral out of its own 0.75% fee, not out of your earnings. If you're comfortable at a command line, Kryptex Pool with a miner such as SRBMiner-Multi is non-custodial too.
Pearl (PRL) specifically
Pearl is where most people meet Kryptex, because its pool and its own miner were early to support it. With Pasiv, Pearl is what the GPU mines by default on NVIDIA cards with 3 GB of VRAM or more, on Windows or Linux. It runs Pasiv's own signed Pearl engine, mines on unMineable's pool, and pays your own address in USDT. On cards we've run, an RTX 4060 grosses ≈ $0.91/day and an RTX 4070 SUPER ≈ $2.16/day at today's price, before electricity. Every card we've measured →
Frequently asked questions
Is there a Kryptex alternative that pays straight to my own wallet?
Yes. Pasiv is a free desktop app for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon) and Linux. You connect or paste your own address and the mining pool pays it directly, in USDT: no account and no balance to withdraw. Kryptex's own pool can also pay a wallet directly if you run a command-line miner against it; it's the Kryptex app that holds a balance.
Does Kryptex work on a Mac or Linux?
The Kryptex desktop app is a Windows app. Pasiv runs on Windows, Apple Silicon Macs and Linux, and has a headless Linux daemon for servers.
What's the easiest way to mine Pearl without Kryptex?
Install Pasiv on Windows or Linux, connect a wallet or paste a USDT address, and press start. The GPU mines Pearl with Pasiv's own signed engine on unMineable's pool, which pays your address in USDT once a day from 1.5 USDT. Pasiv's fee is 4% of mining time, only while mining.
Is Kryptex a scam?
Nothing we found suggests that. It's an established service, and its pool publishes its fees. The difference that matters is custody: the Kryptex app keeps your earnings in a Kryptex balance until you withdraw them, and converts them to Bitcoin. If you'd rather be paid straight to your own wallet, a non-custodial app like Pasiv suits that better.
Non-custodial · no account · stop any time