Do I pay a fee if my Bitaxe never finds a block?

No. SoloLuck only takes its 2% fee from a block you actually solve, as a single on-chain output in that block's coinbase. An idle or unlucky Bitaxe costs you nothing at the pool.

What do I put as the Stratum User on a Bitaxe?

Your own Bitcoin address, optionally followed by a dot and a worker label, e.g. bc1qexample.bitaxe. The block reward is paid directly to that address; the pool never holds it.

Is solo mining a single Bitaxe worth it?

As an investment, no - the odds of one Bitaxe solving a block are very long. As a cheap, low-power lottery ticket that pays the full block reward if it hits, that's the whole appeal of solo mining.

Which port should a Bitaxe use on SoloLuck?

Port 3333 (the Lite tier) suits most Bitaxe units. If yours has very low hashrate or you also run an ESP32 nerdminer, use 3335 (Nano, difficulty 1) so shares register quickly.

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How to set up a Bitaxe for solo mining

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Solo mining a Bitaxe, in plain terms

A Bitaxe (Gamma, Supra, Ultra) is a tiny open-source Bitcoin ASIC. Pointed at a true-solo pool it mines for itself: every share is a lottery ticket on the whole block reward, and if your Bitaxe is the one that solves a block, the Bitcoin network pays the full reward straight to your address. No pooled payouts, no shared splits. The catch is honest: a single Bitaxe (~1–3 TH/s) has very long odds, so think of it as a cheap, power-light lottery ticket — which is exactly the point of solo mining.

The four AxeOS fields

In the AxeOS web UI go to Settings and set these, then save and restart:

Field	Value
Stratum URL	`stratum.sololuck.io`
Stratum Port	`3333` (Bitaxe) or `3335` for very low hashrate
Stratum User	`your-bc1-address.bitaxe`
Stratum Password	`x` (anything works)

The three things people get wrong: (1) put your own Bitcoin address in Stratum User — that is who gets paid; a plain worker name is rejected in true-solo mode. (2) Add .bitaxe (or any label) after a dot to track multiple rigs separately. (3) Do not put stratum+tcp:// in the URL field — AxeOS wants just the host.

Which port for which device

SoloLuck runs fixed-difficulty tiers so your hardware submits shares at a sane rate (no vardiff-floor surprises that make a Bitaxe boot-loop):

:3335 Nano — difficulty 1, for CPUs and ESP32 nerdminers.
:3333 Lite — the default for a Bitaxe and other small ASICs.
:8081 Standard — for an S9-class or stacked setup.
:4334 Pro — high-hashrate S19/S21 or rented hashrate.
:3334 TLS — encrypted, same as Lite but over a valid Let's Encrypt cert.

bc1q vs bc1p, and confirming it works

Use a native segwit bc1q… or taproot bc1p… address you control (a hardware wallet receive address is ideal). After you save the settings, AxeOS should show Connected and a rising share count within a minute. To confirm from our side, open https://sololuck.io/users/your-address — your worker and its hashrate appear there once the first share lands. The live pool view is at /status.

Does it matter that the pool is in Asia?

For block odds, no — those are identical on every solo pool on Earth. What a nearby node helps with is stale shares: when a new block appears, a far-away pool sends you fresh work later, so a few of your shares are wasted on the old block. SoloLuck's Jakarta node is single-digit milliseconds from much of SE-Asia (~6 ms from Indonesia vs ~250 ms to a US pool), which trims that waste. See the data on latency and the honest comparison.

Ready to take a ticket?

Paste your address and copy the config from /setup, watch the pool on /status, and check every claim on /verify. Mine to your own address — that is what makes it truly solo.

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Not ready to point a miner yet? Run your gear through the odds calculator, or join Telegram for block & record alerts — no rig required.

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