Linux tutorial (but should be very close for other platforms)

summary:
Two terminals, once for the daemon and one for the wallet and mining
- terminal 1: ./bitmonerod
- terminal 2: ./simplewallet --generate-new-wallet=name_of_my_wallet.bin (first time)
./simplewallet --wallet-file=name_of_my_wallet.bin (next times)


Get the precompiled binaries
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
You can also compile from source (I was not able to do so on Manjaro Linux, but the Ubuntu precompiled work flawlessly)

Open two terminals. For each terminal be sure to go to the folder where you have you binaries (on a graphical interface, the fastest way it to drag-and-drop a file from the file manager then remove the name of the file to have only the folder)

On terminal 1, type this command
./bitmonerod
Let it sync, it will be MUCH faster than bytecoin, since it is one day old (bytecoin is two years old)
That's all. Don't close.

On terminal 2, type this command:
./simplewallet --generate-new-wallet=name_of_my_wallet.bin
(I am not sure .bin is necessary)
You will be prompted for a password. Be careful, you won't have to type a confirmation so beware of typos!
Close the wallet with the "exit" command.

Now (still on terminal 2), type this command:
./simplewallet --wallet-file=name_of_my_wallet.bin
and enter your password. If you forgot your password or mistyped it at creation time, delete every file starting with name_of_my_wallet.bin and start over. Every bitmonero would be lost forever, that's why it is important that you do it just after the creation, before any mining.

And now the good stuff: mining!
Since the wallet is also the miner, enter this:
start_mining 1
You are supposed to be able to type (one at a time)
start_mining 2
start_mining 3
...
up to you number of threads. But for me, I could not have more than one thread at a time, even if I have 4 threads on my CPU :(

By the way: if you want to know your hashrate, type show_hr in bitmonerod

How can you know that you are actually mining? Check you CPU usage :-) It should be close to 100%