Solo Mining Playbooks
Short operating notes for the Zcash pool: ports, workers, luck, rentals, and payouts.
A first-run checklist for pointing an Equihash miner at this solo pool.
Default Port vs the NiceHash Fixed PortPick port 3330 for normal vardiff mining, or 3331 when the rental platform needs a fixed difficulty.
Solo Mining Luck and Time HorizonZcash blocks are fast. Your chance of finding one still depends on hashrate versus the whole network.
Dashboard Metrics That Actually MatterWhich numbers on the address page tell you the miner is healthy.
Multi-Worker Solo MiningSeveral Equihash rigs on one transparent address, with a name you can read later.
Solo Pool FailoverKeep hashing if the primary stratum port stops answering.
When To Rent Extra HashrateA rental is a timed bet on variance, not a shortcut around the 3% fee.
Solo Mining Security BasicsThe pool never sees your spending keys. Keep it that way.
Monthly Profitability ReviewA short review so power cost and reject rate do not drift.
Zcash Solo Odds and Block LuckHow to read your chance of finding a 1.25 ZEC block without treating a calculator as a schedule.
Latency and Share DifficultyStale shares usually come from distance or from the wrong port, not from the algorithm.
Confirmations and Payout ExpectationsWhat happens after your address finds a Zcash block on this pool.
Solo Mining Growth RoadmapAdd rigs only after the ones you have stay online.