Wallet
A coin address whose keys you hold. Not someone else's account, not “figure it out later”.
Start here
How to start mining if you have never done it
No hardware to buy. You need a wallet, a pool, and a plan. We put power on your address — the pool counts the coins, not us.
Pool or solo
Where the hash goes. A shared pool pays more often. Solo is a lottery for the whole block.
A plan on the site
Coin, hashrate, duration. After payment we point hash at your stratum.
Three things you need before you start
How it looks
Wallet
An address you control
Get a wallet for the coin you want to mine. You keep the keys. An exchange only if you know withdrawals. Bitcoin: bitcoin.org. Litecoin: litecoin.org. Check the address twice: if it is wrong, we cannot move the reward off someone else's wallet.
Pool
An account — or solo with none
A shared pool: sign up, create a worker, then read the stats. Solo like CKPool often needs no login — the worker name is your wallet. Official links are below.
Plan
Coin, hashrate, duration
On Mine-Grid you pick the network, how much hash, and how many hours. In the form: pool host, port, worker name. Pay the crypto invoice. The price is live market.
Stats
Watch the pool, not us
When power is live the worker appears on the pool. The site shows order status and the window. Coin totals live on the pool only. We promise hashrate, not a specific block.
Two paths
A shared pool and solo are not the same
Everyday
Shared pool
Many people send hash to one network. When the network finds a block, the reward is split by share. Payouts come more often, in smaller pieces. Most people start here — that is fine.
- Payouts more often, smaller sums
- You need an account and a worker
- A good first plan
If you want to learn the flow and see regular stats — pick a pool.
Jackpot
Solo
The hash hunts a block for you alone. If you find a Bitcoin block, the whole reward is yours — more than three bitcoin plus fees right now. Other coins have their own reward. Until a block is found, there is no payout. It is a lottery with a real jackpot.
- The whole block goes to your wallet
- Often just a wallet, no account
- No payout until a block is found
More power and a longer window raise the odds. We point hash at your solo address. We do not promise a block — that is how the network works. If it is yours, you keep it.
Where to sign up
Where to sign up
Official sites. We are not a pool — you need their account or a solo address.
FVABLCK
F2Poolpool
BTC · BCH · LTC
Account and worker
ViaBTCpool
BTC · BCH · BSV · LTC
Account, wallet.worker name
AntPoolpool
BTC
Account and worker
Braiinspool
BTC
Account, clear stats
Litecoinpoolpool
LTC
Sign up, then a worker
CKPool Solosolo
BTC
Often no account — wallet address
Kryptex Solosolo
BTC · BCH · BSV
Solo stratum — see their docs
Where to get a wallet
You need a wallet for the coin you mine. You keep the keys. We do not hold coins and cannot pull them back from a wrong address.
What happens after payment
We point power at the stratum and worker you set. The worker usually shows on the pool inside the window in the Rules.
Hash can dip for a short time — that is how the power market moves. Watch the average over the plan, not one minute.
When the window ends, power stops. Coins stay on the address you set at the pool.
Words you will meet
Hashrate
How fast the search runs. PH/s and TH/s are power units, not “how many coins”.
Pool
A server that takes hash, counts your share, and pays by its own rules.
Solo
You hunt a block for yourself. Silence or the full reward — almost nothing in between.
Stratum
The pool host and port we point power at. Host + port in the form.
Worker
The name of your connection on the pool. Often a wallet, or login.worker.
Block
A batch of transactions. The finder gets the reward plus fees. In solo, that is the jackpot.