Mining
Mine BitcoinII
Put older SHA-256 ASICs back to work and help secure a young network. BC2 uses SHA-256, the same proof of work as Bitcoin, so you can point your miner at a BC2 pool in a few minutes.
BC2 is secured by the people who use it. Mining, even with a single small SHA-256 miner, is the most direct way to strengthen the network.
Can I mine BC2?
Yes, with a SHA-256 ASIC miner. BC2 is mined only with ASICs:
- Antminer, Whatsminer and Avalon SHA-256 ASICs, including older generations that are no longer competitive on Bitcoin.
- Bitaxe home miners. Many pools have settings for them; CapsPool.io, for example, uses port
3337.
The network has been mined with SHA-256 ASICs since its first weeks. You can check the current hashrate on the explorer.
Three steps
- 1
Get a BC2 address
Set up BitcoinII Core and create a receiving address. Your payouts go there.
- 2
Pick a pool
Choose a payout type and a pool from the list below.
- 3
Point your miner
Enter the pool’s stratum URL, your address as the worker, and the password.
Payout types
- Solo
- You are paid only when your own hardware finds a block, and then you get that block’s reward minus the fee. It’s a lottery: small miners may wait a very long time, or never find a block.
- PPS (pay per share)
- The pool pays a fixed amount for every valid share you submit, whether or not the pool finds a block. Steady, predictable payouts. The pool carries the luck.
- PPLNS (pay per last N shares)
- When the pool finds a block, the reward is split among miners by their share of the most recent work. Payouts go up and down with the pool’s luck, and reward miners who stay on the pool.
Example miner settings
Most pools use your BC2 address as the worker name and x as the password. Use the host and port from your pool’s guide:
URL: stratum+tcp://POOL_HOST:PORT
Worker: YOUR_BC2_ADDRESS
Password: xReplace POOL_HOST:PORT with your pool’s stratum address and YOUR_BC2_ADDRESS with the receiving address from your BitcoinII Core wallet. Never use a Bitcoin (BTC) address.
Mining pools
Pools are independent operators; check their terms. BitcoinII does not run, control or guarantee any pool. Spreading hashrate across smaller pools keeps the network decentralized.
Featured: CapsPool.io
Solo and PPS, both with a 1% fee. Stratum hosts: stratum.capspool.io (US) and eu.capspool.io (EU), with the same ports, so either can be your backup pool.
| Your SHA-256 hardware | Solo port | PPS port |
|---|---|---|
| Bitaxe and other small miners (Avalon Nano, NerdAxe) | 3337 | 3338 |
| ASICs: Antminer S19/S21, Whatsminer, Avalon | 3333 | 3335 |
| Very large hashrate (1 PH/s and up) | 4334 | 4336 |
- Solo: the whole block reward, minus the 1% fee, goes straight to your address in the block itself. No balance, no minimum; spendable after 100 confirmations.
- PPS: a fixed amount per share, paid hourly. Minimum payout 0.01 BC2.
No signup: the worker is your BC2 address (optionally followed by .rigname) and the password is x. Example: stratum+tcp://stratum.capspool.io:3333. CapsPool setup guide.
Compare the ten pools
Listed alphabetically, not ranked. For a neutral, current list with hashrate and fees, see miningpoolstats.stream. TODO(verify): this list changes; check each pool is active and confirm its fees, payout type and ports
| Pool | Payout types | Fee | Bitaxe-class port | Blocks found, last 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapsPool.io Featured | Solo, PPS | 1% | 3337 (Solo), 3338 (PPS) | — |
| 1Miner | Check the pool’s site | Check | Check | — |
| Kryptex | Check the pool’s site | Check | Check | — |
| Letsmine | Check the pool’s site | Check | Check | — |
| Mining-Dutch | Check the pool’s site | Check | Check | — |
| MolePool | Check the pool’s site | Check | Check | — |
| NitroPool | Check the pool’s site | Check | Check | — |
| SneakAttack TODO(verify): public URL | Check the pool’s site | Check | Check | — |
| SoloFury TODO(verify): public URL | Check the pool’s site | Check | Check | — |
| SoloHash | Check the pool’s site | Check | Check | — |
“Blocks found” fills in from the explorer when JavaScript is on. Only CapsPool.io’s fees and ports have been checked so far; for the others, read the pool’s own guide before you connect.
See live pool share on the explorer’s mining dashboard.
Solo mining with your own node
Advanced miners can mine directly against their own BitcoinII Core node using getblocktemplate (with mining software or a self-hosted stratum server). See the developers page for the setup.
Is it profitable?
That depends on your hardware, electricity price and the network difficulty, which all change. Use the calculator below, or your pool’s own, to estimate. Nobody can promise earnings, and this site doesn’t.
Mining estimate calculator
For SHA-256 ASIC miners (Antminer, Whatsminer, Avalon, Bitaxe). Uses the live network difficulty and block reward from the explorer. Results are long-run averages: real payouts depend on luck, and ShockWave changes the difficulty every block.
| Period | BC2 mined (expected) | Electricity cost | Value of BC2 mined | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | — | — | — | — |
| Week | — | — | — | — |
| 30 days | — | — | — | — |
- Your share of network hashrate
- —
- Average time to find a block solo
- —
- Block reward used
- 50 BC2
- Break-even BC2 price
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Formula: expected BC2 per day = hashrate × 86,400 × block reward ÷ (difficulty × 232), minus the pool fee. Transaction fees are not included. This site does not show market prices; enter one only if you want the value columns. Not financial advice.