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Ok. So I’m thinking about starting to mine some Monero. It will be my first time cryptocurrency mining experience, although I have been trading BTCs for 6 months now.

I have looked over Monero’s website and found a way to mine on my own using its GUI. I have a high-end MacBook Pro (Core I7 3.3GHz) and thought, why not? In this same section, I have came accross something called “threads” and “CPU division for better performance”. I do not want to fry my computer, so given my specs and the picture above, what should I type there where it says “CPU threads”, and then a number “1”? What should be the number?

Thanks!