As the price of Ethereum has been risen significantly recently (Jan 2021) more people are becoming interested in Ethereum mining. There are other crypto currencies that can be mined, but at the time of this writing, Ethereum is by far the most profitable. The only real requirement is a modern, AMD or Nvidia video card with more then 4GB of video ram. Here are the steps to start mining Ethereum. 1. Create a Ethereum Wallet. The first step is to setup a Ethereum wallet to store your Ethereum coins. There are a number of choices available. You can setup a software or hardware wallet you would save locally. Alternatively you can store your crypto on a cryptocurrency exchange or mining pool. There have been a few cryptocurrency exchanges and mining pools that have shut down (usually because of fraud or theft) so there is always some risk in storing coins on exchanges and pools. One of the safest method is to use a hardware wallet which reduces the risk of theft and hacking because your w