Can You Really Solo Mine Bitcoin With Just 300 kH/s?

• Criteria to Consider When Choosing a Solo Pool
• Comparison of Prominent Solo Pools
• Which One Should Be Preferred?
• What Is Your Experience?

When Bitcoin mining is mentioned, the first things that come to mind are ASIC machines and the electricity bills generated by gigantic ASIC devices that produce hundreds of terahashes per second (TH/s) and consume almost as much power as small power plants. Those who have read my previous articles know. Especially in my article titled I Coded It to Understand the Algorithms, Then Found 6 Blocks on a Live Network: CPU Miner Lab , regarding the BTC Jingle Miner, I had said: Later, I saw a Jingle Mining Solo Bitcoin Lottery device on the internet and bought one. Of course, it stayed on a shelf for quite a long time. I had actually forgotten that I had bought such a device. About 1 or 2 weeks ago, I found it again. When I got this device in my hands again, I have now started using this device again for 4-5 days. At first, it had started with a funny figure like 84 kH/s. Later, I made an update. After making the update, it is currently mining at 310 kH/s. Recently, with the spread of open-source hardware culture, I noticed that NerdMiner, JingleMiner Lottery Mini and similar micro devices have created a new hobby area for crypto enthusiasts. For this reason, as far as I have experienced, I want to share these experiences, observations and experiences with you. Maybe we can also find a new pool together.

I will not mention the brand of the Jingle Miner I own. It has approximately 300 kH/s of processing power, which I refer to as a Jingle Miner Lottery Mini. I started experimenting with solo mining, not with the expectation of earning a regular income, but simply to try my luck on the Bitcoin networ. Because you never know what might happen. With that in mind, I would like to share my experiences with you. In other words, it is important to state from the outset that this device is essentially functioning as a “Bitcoin lottery ticket.”

So, while doing solo mining with such low processing powers at the kilohash (kH/s) level, how should we choose the right pool? How do low difficulty (low diff), delay time (ping/latency) and stability affect performance? At first, there was the pool that the device had been using since the period when I first bought it. Let me not give its name now. I saw that its ranking was very low. Later, the pools above that I reached as a result of some of my research made more sense to me.Your opinions on this subject are also important to me. Please do not hesitate to comment related to my article.

§Criteria to Consider When Choosing a Solo Pool

When mining with micro devices, pool selection requires different parameters compared to large ASIC rigs:

1- Low Difficulty Share (Low Difficulty Vardiff / Static Diff): Normal mining pools expect shares at high difficulty. With a speed like 300 kH/s, you may not be able to send even a single share for days in a high-difficulty pool. This makes it impossible to understand whether the device is working or whether the connection has been disconnected. The pool needs to offer a special low-difficulty port for micro hardware.

2- Latency (Latency / Ping): Bitcoin block time is 10 minutes on average. If your device, by an incredible stroke of luck, finds a valid block hash, the pool that transmits this block to the network first wins. Server latency is critical so that the share does not become “stale” (old).

3- Stability and Uptime: ESP32 or similar microcontrollers can sometimes have difficulty reconnecting when the Stratum connection is disconnected. The pool’s Stratum V1/V2 stability should be high.

4- Reliability and Deduction Fee: If a block is found, it is important that the reward is directed directly to your address (Coinbase transaction) and that the pool applies a transparent commission policy (generally 0% - 1% solo fee).

§Comparison of Prominent Solo Pools

As far as I know, as a result of my research I found that there are three popular pools that are most recommended in the Jingle Miner and Nerd Miner communities that produce small hashrates doing BTC mining. I wanted to give you brief information about these 3 pools, if anyone wants to try them or if anyone has this device, please do not hesitate to comment.

1. AxeMiner Pool (pool.axeminer.com**)**

First of all, AxeMiner Pool had appeared in front of me in the first place. However, since it was located very low in the miningpoolstats ranking, my preference was another pool. We will touch on this shortly. Regarding this pool:

Prominent Feature: It is stated that it offers optimized low-difficulty ports specifically for micro devices. But I did not see it.

Experience: You can actively see other JingleMiner and NerdMiner users on its panel. Since it approves low-difficulty shares very quickly, it is quite easy to instantly verify that the device remains “alive” (live).

Commission: The commission of this pool is 0%.

2. SoloMining DE Pool (pool.solomining.de**)**

I am not looking at the fact that Solomining.de is in second place. This is the pool I chose for myself. Of course, if anyone has another suggestion, they should write without hesitation. It is among the top places in the Miningpoolstats ranking. Its European location is ideal for the country where I am located.

Prominent Feature: I preferred it because it is located in Europe and has low ping values.

Experience: It offers low latency times especially for users in Turkey and Europe. Its interface is quite simple and I personally tested that its connection stability is quite high.

Commission: The commission of this pool is 0%.

3. SethForPrivacy Solo Pool (pool.sethforprivacy.com**)**

SethForPrivacy was recommended in 3rd place. However, I do not think of using it and I think it has too much technical detail. A pool that I eliminated in my mind from the beginning.

Prominent Feature: It is stated that it has privacy-focused community infrastructure and transparency.

Experience: It is said to have a reliable infrastructure known in the Bitcoin ecosystem on the side of independent nodes and decentralization.

§Which One Should Be Preferred?

Although the main purpose in micro mining is to pursue the possibility of solving the block alone, what determines the user experience is the device regularly sending shares and being reflected on the panel.

If you are looking for instant feedback, low-difficulty support and community support, AxeMiner. I started trying it together with this article.

If you want to achieve the most stable ping times through Europe, SoloMining.de stands out. It works stably. That it is connected and the mining hashrate appear instantly in the pool. Tried and tested.

§What Is Your Experience?

I would be happy if those who have an experience with small hashrates like me, running PC, NerdMiner, Bitaxe, JingleMiner or similar USB/IoT miners, share your experiences.

In your opinion, with your device mining at such a small kH/s, in which pool did you achieve the most stable share flow and the lowest latency? Let’s meet in the comments. Don’t hesitate to leave a comment. Don’t forget to reply.  And don’t forget to follow me and check out my other articles as well.