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Comparison of the three best solo mining pools in 2026 showing CKPool at 2% fee with 4 servers and no TLS, Public Pool at 0% fee with 1 server and TLS on port 4333, and AtlasPool at 1.5% fee with 8 servers and TLS on port 4333

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Best Solo Mining Pool in 2026: CKPool vs Public Pool vs AtlasPool

/ by Matt Howard

What Is a Solo Mining Pool? A solo mining pool is not a pool in the traditional sense. It does not split rewards among participants. Instead, it provides stratum infrastructure so individual miners can compete for the full block reward (currently 3.125 BTC plus transaction fees) without running their own Bitcoin node. This process is […]

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Bitcoin shield with checkmark versus cracked red warning shield representing scam mining pool detection in AxeOS v2.13.0

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What Are Scam Mining Pools and Why Are They Targeting Home Miners?

/ by Matt Howard

A scam mining pool is a pool that advertises itself as a Bitcoin (BTC) mining service but secretly redirects your hashrate to mine a different blockchain, typically Bitcoin Cash (BCH), while keeping 100% of the rewards. Your miner does real work. The pool operator pockets all the profit. You get nothing. This is not a […]

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What Is the NerdOctaxe?

by Matt Howard

The NerdOctaxe is a fully open-source Bitcoin ASIC miner that packs eight Bitmain BM1370 chips into a single compact desktop unit. It is the most powerful device in the Nerd*axe product family, delivering approximately 9.6 TH/s at stock settings with a power consumption of around 160W and an efficiency of roughly 16.7 J/TH, according to […]

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Mini Bitcoin Miner: Compare Every Model and Choose the Right One

/ by Matt Howard

A mini bitcoin miner is a compact, low-power Bitcoin ASIC device designed for home use. These small miners let anyone participate in Bitcoin’s proof-of-work network for under $100 to $400, drawing as little as 18 watts. They are not trying to compete with industrial mining farms. They are built for learning, experimenting, supporting network decentralization, […]

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NerdQaxe++ Rev6 miner with “BLOCK FOUND” display pointing to an Umbrel mini PC running Public Pool, headline reads “NerdQaxe++ Rev6 Solo Mines Block 920440,” Solo Satoshi logo.

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NerdQaxe++ Revision 6 Block Found on Public Pool!

/ by Matt Howard

A home miner running a NerdQaxe++ Revision 6 from Solo Satoshi has reported a solo Bitcoin block at height 920440 while pointing at a self-hosted Public Pool instance on an Umbrel home server. Multiple community posts on Reddit and X point to this block as another proof that open-source desktop mining can win big! Confirmation: […]

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