Rent hashrate and aim for a whole block.
Point rented hashrate at a solo pool. If your round solves a block, the entire reward of ~3.125 BTC (≈ $196,875) in freshly-mined virgin coins pays straight to your wallet.
The odds are long, and we show them plainly. The hashrate is priced off the same hashprice the whole market runs on, not a house edge, so the spread is thin. Most rounds find nothing, and a found block pays the full subsidy. In either case, your hashrate adds real weight to the network.
Chance you've found at least one block by…
Reaching a 63% chance means buying roughly one expected block of hashrate. In this example that is about $178,125, against a current subsidy value near $196,875. This is not a discount on the reward. It is the chance the block is found early, with any block paid from the coinbase to your address.
How it works
There are three steps. The process is rented hashrate pointed at a pool you control.
Pick how much rented SHA-256 power to run, and for how long. More hashrate and more time raises your odds. We show you the exact number before you commit anything.
Your hashrate points at a solo pool you control, with your own BTC address as the worker. There is no node to run, no middleman, and no custody.
If your round finds a block, the network pays the entire ~3.125 BTC in freshly-mined virgin coins straight to your wallet, minus only the pool's fee. The reward is not split.
Documented solo block finds
These are real, verifiable solo block finds. They are rare, but they do occur.
$75 of rented hashrate found block 938,092 — the full 3.125 BTC (≈ $200k) went to the miner's wallet
CoinDesk →Who it's for
- • Miners who understand the odds and accept an asymmetric outcome: a small, known cost against the full block reward.
- • Bitcoiners who want a direct stake in consensus: your own hashrate, your own address, contributing to the network with every share.
- • People who would rather pay a thin, transparent spread than a large house edge.
Solo mining is speculative entertainment, not an investment. Most rounds find nothing.You pay for the attempt, not a result: the rental cost is spent regardless of outcome. Odds are real but small, outcomes are random, and there is no guaranteed or expected return. Never spend more than you're happy to lose.
Questions
What happens if I don't find a block?
You get nothing. Solo mining is all-or-nothing: you pay for the attempt (the rental), not for a result. Most rounds find no block.
Where does the reward go if I win?
Straight to the BTC address you set as the worker name. The solo pool's coinbase pays your wallet directly, and we never custody the reward.
Can you guarantee or improve my odds?
No. Odds are pure math: your hashrate ÷ the whole network, as a Poisson process. Every round is independent. Past rounds never change future odds.
Solo vs pooled mining?
A normal pool pays small, steady, shared rewards. Solo pays nothing on most rounds and the full block on the rare one that lands. The expected value is the same; the variance is not.
What pools can I use?
Well-known public solo pools like solo.ckpool.org (2% fee) or public-pool.io (fee-free), or any Stratum endpoint you control.
What are “virgin coins”?
A block reward is freshly-minted Bitcoin with no prior transaction history, paid by the network straight to your address. The provenance is clean: never spent, and yours from block zero.
Is solo mining priced fairly?
The hashrate is priced off the live hashprice the whole market uses, so there is no large house edge, only a thin spread. The real catch is variance, not pricing: the payout is winner-take-all, and most rounds return nothing.