How to Solo Mine Bitcoin Cash

Solo mining Bitcoin is exciting—but for most home miners, the odds are so extreme that it’s basically a lottery ticket.

That’s where Bitcoin Cash comes in.

Because it uses the same SHA-256 mining algorithm as Bitcoin, your existing home solo miners—like a Bitaxe or Nerdaxe—can mine Bitcoin Cash instead. And the best part? The odds of actually finding a block are far more realistic.

In this guide, you’ll learn:

• Why solo mining BCH makes sense for home miners
• How to solo mine Bitcoin Cash step by step
• What hardware works best

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Why Solo Mine Bitcoin Cash Instead of Bitcoin?

The biggest difference is network difficulty.

Solo mining Bitcoin

• Extremely high global hash rate
• Dominated by industrial mining farms
• Tiny home miners have near-zero chance

Example: A 9.6 TH/s solo miner might hit a Bitcoin block once every 1,700+ years on average.

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Solo mining Bitcoin Cash

• Much lower network hash rate
• Smaller mining ecosystem
• Home miners have meaningful odds

The same 9.6 TH/s miner might hit a Bitcoin Cash block once every 13 years on average. Still rare—but no longer impossible.

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Best Hardware for Solo Mining Bitcoin Cash

These small, efficient miners are perfect for BCH solo mining.

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How to Solo Mine Bitcoin Cash (Step-by-Step)

Step 1: Get a Bitcoin Cash Wallet Address

You need a BCH address to receive your block reward.

You can use:

• Hardware wallet (recommended) – Ledger & Tangem are great choices.
• Mobile wallet (not recommended)
• Exchange wallet (temporary) – Coinbase is a great choice.

Basic process:

1. Open your wallet or exchange
2. Select Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
3. Click Receive
4. Copy your BCH address

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Step 2: Choose a Bitcoin Cash Solo Pool

Even when solo mining, you usually connect to a solo mining pool.

These pools:

• Provide work to your miner
• Do not share rewards
• Pay the full block to you if you find one

Head to https://miningpoolstats.stream/bitcoincash and look for:

• Pools labeled “solo”
• Low or zero fees
• Servers near your region

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Step 3: Configure Your Miner

Inside your Bitaxe or Nerdaxe dashboard:

1. Go to Settings
2. Change the stratum host to the BCH solo pool: 1miner.net
3. Enter the stratum port: 4801
4. Paste your Bitcoin Cash address as the username
5. Add a name for your miner after the user.
   • Example: bitcoincashaddress.workername
6. Save settings

Your miner will:

• Connect to the pool
• Start submitting shares
• Appear on the pool dashboard

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Step 4: Verify Your Miner Is Running

After a few minutes:

• Search your wallet address on the pool
• Confirm your worker appears
• Check your hashrate

Once it shows up, you’re officially solo mining Bitcoin Cash.

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Realistic Solo Mining Expectations

Solo mining is always probabilistic.

Total Hashrate	Average Time to BCH Block
10 TH/s	~13 years
70 TH/s	~2 years
140 TH/s	~1 year

These are statistical averages, not guarantees. You might:

• Hit sooner
• Wait longer
• Never hit at all

That’s the nature of solo mining.

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When Bitcoin Cash Solo Mining Makes Sense

Solo mining BCH is ideal if you:

• Already own a Bitaxe or Nerdaxe
• Want realistic solo mining odds
• Enjoy long-term mining experiments
• Run quiet, low-power home miners

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Final Thoughts

Bitcoin solo mining is exciting—but for most home miners, the odds are astronomical. Bitcoin Cash offers:

• The same hardware
• The same algorithm
• Much more realistic solo mining chances

If you already run small solo miners at home, pointing them at Bitcoin Cash might be one of the most interesting experiments you can try.