Private Key
The secret that lets you spend your coins.
A private key is the secret number that proves ownership of an address and authorizes spending from it. Whoever holds it controls the coins, so it must never be shared.
The pool never needs your private key; it only ever needs your public address. Anyone asking for your private key is trying to steal from you.
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Pick a coin on the pools overview and open its How to Mine guide for a ready-to-run command.