Solo: everything, or nothing.
Same node, same stratum, one port along. Find a block and the whole coinbase is yours minus the fee. Find nothing and you are paid nothing, for as long as that takes.
stratum+tcp://de.b2pool.io:3334
Worker and password work exactly as on the shared pool.
Work out your odds first
Solo mining is a lottery with honest odds. Enter your hashrate and the calculator gives you the average wait — not a promise, an average. Half of all finders wait longer.
Time to a block
Which one is for you
| Shared pool · PPLNS | Solo | |
|---|---|---|
| Port | 3333 | 3334 |
| You are paid | For every accepted share | Only for a block you found |
| Income | Small and steady | Nothing, then all of it |
| Fee | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Payout source | Block coinbases, split by share | The coinbase of your block |
| Sensible for | One or a few machines | A farm, or a deliberate gamble |
With a single ASIC, shared mining is almost always the better choice. Solo makes sense when your hashrate is large enough that the average wait is measured in weeks rather than lifetimes — or when you would rather take the bet than the annuity.