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We've added a dedicated Wallet Guide covering all six supported coins. Each section lists the recommended wallets, walks through setup step by step, shows the correct address format to use as your stratum username, and flags common mistakes to avoid.

BCH: Electron Cash · BTC: Electrum or Sparrow · XEC: Electrum ABC · DGB: DigiByte Core or DigiByte Go · PPC: Peercoin Core · NMC: Namecoin Core. If you're new to any of these coins or unsure what address format to use, the guide has you covered.

Namecoin (NMC) uses the same SHA-256 proof-of-work as Bitcoin and can be merge-mined — meaning your miner earns NMC blocks for free alongside BTC, with zero additional hashrate or power draw.

To collect NMC rewards, include your Namecoin address in your BTC stratum username using the format btcAddress.workerName.NmcAddress — for example bc1qxxx.bitaxe1.NJctztfiXxn7r7zh. The pool reads the NMC address automatically and routes any NMC block rewards there. NMC pool fee is 0%.

If you don't include an NMC address, your miner still mines BTC normally — you just won't collect the NMC side rewards. See the NMC setup page for full details.

SoloPool.eu now supports six SHA-256 coins for solo mining. In addition to BCH and DGB, you can now point your miner at:

btc.solopool.eu:3337 — Bitcoin (BTC), 1% fee, merge-mines NMC
xec.solopool.eu:3339 — eCash (XEC), 1% fee
ppc.solopool.eu:3341 — Peercoin (PPC), 0.5% fee
btc.solopool.eu:3337 — Namecoin (NMC), 0% fee, merge-mined via BTC stratum

All coins use TLS on the port above + 1 (3338, 3340, 3342). Each coin has its own full node, dedicated stratum, and public stats page. No account needed on any of them.

The Halving Countdown page now covers every coin on the pool. BCH, BTC, and XEC show a live countdown timer, estimated date, and halving history. NMC uses the same 210,000-block epoch schedule as Bitcoin. DGB uses a gradual emissions curve without a hard halving. Peercoin (PPC) is a PoW/PoS hybrid with no halving — the page explains how its emission works instead.

The API documentation has been rewritten to reflect the full multi-coin API. All endpoints follow a consistent /api/v1/{coin}/ pattern where {coin} is one of bch · btc · dgb · xec · ppc · nmc.

A new overview endpoint GET /api/v1/{coin} returns stats, network, recent blocks, and top miners in a single request — useful for dashboards. The docs also include a full coin reference table with address formats and fees.

DGB stratum is up and running. Point your miner at dgb.solopool.eu:3335 (TLS: 3336) with your DGB address as the username — same setup as BCH, just a different host and port. No account needed, 0% fee at launch.

The Bitaxe is a small open-source ASIC miner running a BM1366 chip — the same chip used in Antminer S19 hardware — in a device the size of a paperback book. It draws around 15–20 W and produces roughly 400–600 GH/s of SHA-256 hashrate. That's enough to make solo Bitcoin Cash mining genuinely practical from home.

Setup takes about two minutes. Connect to WiFi via the AxeOS web interface, set the stratum URL to bch.solopool.eu:3333 and your BCH address as the username. No account, no registration. The pool will start seeing your shares within seconds. You can check your live stats at solopool.eu/miner — enter your address to see hashrate, workers, and share history. The 0.5% fee is only charged when you actually find a block, so there's nothing to lose by running it indefinitely.

If you're running more than one Bitaxe or a NerdQaxe alongside a single device, you can give each one a unique worker name and track them independently in your miner stats.

The format is simple: set your stratum username to YOUR_ADDRESS.workername — for example bitcoincash:qxxx.bitaxe1 and bitcoincash:qxxx.bitaxe2. All workers appear under the same address and payout wallet, but each shows its own hashrate, last-share time, and online status. Works the same way on all supported coins.

Worker names can contain letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores. Keep them short and descriptive — room names like desk or garage work well. See the full guide at solopool.eu/workers.

Solo mining is a probability game. Every share you submit is a lottery ticket, and the winning ticket (a valid block) appears on average once every N shares — where N is determined by the current network difficulty. "Luck" in pool terminology is simply the ratio of shares you've submitted to the expected number needed to find a block, expressed as a percentage.

100% luck means you found a block right on schedule. 50% means you found it in half the expected time — you got lucky. 200% means it took twice as long — unlucky in this round, but completely normal. Over a large enough sample of blocks, average luck converges to 100%.

What this means in practice: a Bitaxe running at 500 GH/s might statistically expect a block once every several years on BCH. Any given block could come tomorrow or not for a long time. Solo mining is not income — it's a lottery with a meaningful prize. Our mining calculator and luck leaderboard can help you set realistic expectations.

We've shipped a full suite of tools for solo miners: look up any address at Miner Stats, compare two miners side by side, calculate your expected block time, convert hashrates, validate addresses, and track the halving countdown. A public REST API exposes all pool data. Webhook subscriptions let you get notified automatically every time a block is found — no polling required.

Encrypted stratum connections are now available on all coins. Use the TLS port (plain port + 1: BCH 4333, DGB 4335, BTC 4337, XEC 4339, PPC 4341) for an encrypted connection. Recommended for miners on shared or public networks, and required by some restrictive firewalls.

EU stratum server running, BCH node synced, payout engine ready. 0.5% fee on wins only. No account needed. Point your Bitaxe at bch.solopool.eu:3333 with your BCH address as the username and start mining.