Do I need to register an account to mine?

No. Registration is not required. To start mining, simply configure your miner using the connection details provided on the pool and enter your credentials in the format below:

Username: <your wallet address>.<worker name>
Password: x

Your wallet address is used to identify your account and to receive any eligible payouts. The worker name is optional, but it helps you distinguish between individual miners or rigs.

How does the pool work?

This is a solo mining pool. That means you are mining for your own block reward rather than sharing rewards with other miners through a proportional payment system such as PPLNS or PPS.

The pool provides your miner with valid work and submits completed shares and valid block candidates to the network. If your miner finds a valid block, the reward for that block is credited to you, subject to the pool fee and the coin’s normal maturity and confirmation rules.

Other miners connected to the pool do not reduce your block reward, and your shares do not earn partial payouts. On a solo pool, shares are mainly used to confirm that your miner is working correctly and to estimate hashrate.

Why is my reported hashrate zero or different from what my miner reports?

Pool and miner hashrates are not measured in exactly the same way. The pool’s displayed hashrate is an estimate based on the valid shares your miner submits over a period of time, while your miner shows its own local real-time estimate.

Because of this, it can take several minutes for your hashrate to appear or update on the pool, especially after first connecting. It is also normal for the pool-side value to fluctuate. When in doubt, your miner’s local hashrate is usually the best indication of current performance.

How will I get paid?

This is a solo mining pool. If your miner finds a valid block, you receive the full block reward and all transaction fees included in that block, minus the pool fee.

The pool fee is 1%, so the successful miner receives:

Block reward + transaction fees - 1% pool fee

Unlike a shared-reward pool, block rewards in a solo pool are not distributed across all miners. The payout goes only to the miner who solved the block.

When will I get paid?

Payment is not immediate when a block is found. First, the block must be accepted by the network and then reach mature status according to the rules of the coin you are mining. This confirmation period varies by coin.

After the block reward has matured, it is credited to your pool balance. If your balance meets the minimum payout threshold, the pool will send the full eligible balance to your wallet automatically.

Why can solo mining take a long time to find a block?

Solo mining is heavily influenced by luck and variance. Even if your miner is running correctly, there is no guaranteed timeframe for finding a block. You may find one sooner than expected, later than expected, or not at all during a given period.

Your chances improve with more hashrate and more uptime, but solo mining should always be approached with the understanding that rewards are unpredictable and can be infrequent.

Do submitted shares earn me anything?

No. Submitted shares do not earn proportional rewards on a solo pool. They are used to verify that your miner is connected, submitting valid work, and contributing hashrate.

Shares are useful for pool statistics and miner monitoring, but only a valid block found by your miner results in a block reward.

What should I consider before solo mining?

Solo mining is best suited to miners who understand variance and are comfortable with irregular results. A successful block finder keeps the full block reward, subject to pool fee and network rules, but rewards are much less predictable than on shared-reward pools.

Trustworthiness, reliability, support, uptime, and low latency are all important when choosing a solo pool.