Mining Pools

🧱 Recommended Solo Mining Pools for Your Miner

This guide helps you choose the best solo pool based on your location, hashrate, and mining goals.

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1. CKPool (Solo.ckpool.org)

🔗 https://solo.ckpool.org

🧠 Best For:
🟡 Low Hashrate (<1 TH/s) - Ideal for lottery-style miners
🟢 Mid & High Hashrate (1–100 TH/s) - Still valid for bigger players

✅ Pros:

• No registration, pure solo experience

• Direct block reward to your BTC address

• Good for hobbyists and experimental solo miners

❌ Cons:

• No stats unless you find a block
  

• Block wins are rare; it's all luck

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2. Public Pool IO

🔗 https://public-pool.io

🧠 Best For:
🟢 Mid Hashrate (0.5–10 TH/s) – Balanced odds
🔵 Beginner Friendly for Small Miners (300 GH/s – 1 TH/s)

✅ Pros:

• Live stats and dashboard

• Transparent and open-source

• Singapore latency around 50ms (acceptable)

❌ Cons:

• Lower total pool hashrate than bigger pools

• Newer; less proven than CKPool or ViaBTC

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3. ViaBTC (Solo Mode)

🔗 https://www.viabtc.com/pool/overview/
(Navigate to “BTC → Solo” after logging in)

🧠 Best For:
🟢 Mid to High Hashrate (2–100+ TH/s)
🔴 Not ideal for small miners (<1 TH/s)

✅ Pros:

• Real-time stats, alerts, and tracking

• Very low latency in Singapore (~8ms)

• Big infrastructure, fast and stable

❌ Cons:

• Requires account + KYC

• Small miners unlikely to win without luck

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4. Mole Pool (for Altcoins like DigiByte)

🔗 https://molepool.net

🧠 Best For:
🟢 Low to Mid Hashrate (0.5–5 TH/s)
🟡 Great for experimenting with alternative coins like DigiByte (DGB)

✅ Pros:

• Lower network difficulty than BTC

• Detailed stats for your DGB miner

• Friendly for hobbyist solo miners

❌ Cons:

• Only supports select altcoins (no BTC)

• May require coin wallet setup for DGB