How many blocks will a Bitaxe Gamma find?

Almost certainly none — and that's the honest answer for any single miner. At about 1.2 TH/s against a network of hundreds of EH/s, a Gamma is a cheap lottery ticket, not income. Solo mining means the rare winner takes a whole block; the odds for any one rig are tiny. Run it for that reason, not on an expectation of payout. No block has been found on SoloLuck yet.

Which SoloLuck port should I use for a Bitaxe Gamma?

Port 3333, the Lite tier. It's the right difficulty band for a single-chip ~1 TH/s miner like the Gamma. Set the stratum host to stratum.sololuck.io and the port to 3333 in AxeOS under Settings then Pool.

What do I put for the username and password?

Your own wallet's bc1 Bitcoin address is the username — that is what makes payout non-custodial, since a solved block pays straight to it on-chain. You can add a worker name after a dot, like bc1youraddress.gamma, to tell rigs apart. The password is ignored, so just use x. Never use an exchange deposit address.

Should I overclock my Gamma?

Optional. The BM1370 will usually hold 600 MHz at the stock 1150 mV for roughly a 14% free hashrate gain with almost no extra heat, which is the one easy win. Beyond that you pay real watts and temperature per step. Raise frequency 25 MHz at a time, keep HW errors under 0.5% and the chip below about 65 C, and watch the VR temperature too. It does not meaningfully change your odds.

Does the Jakarta node give my Gamma better odds than a US pool?

No. Solo odds depend only on your hashrate versus the whole network and are identical on every pool. Low latency from the ~6 ms Jakarta node only trims stale shares, which on a single Gamma is a small effect. Pick a pool on fee, trust and how close it is — not on a promise of better luck.

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Your live odds with a Bitaxe Gamma

At about 1.2 TH/s and the current network difficulty of 133.87T, the statistical mean time for a single Bitaxe Gamma to solve a block solo is:

Avg time to a block

≈ 15.2k yr

Your share of the network

1 in 856.1 million

Recommended tier

:3333

“Avg” is the statistical mean — real luck swings wildly either way, which is the whole point of solo. The numbers move with the network; run your own on the odds calculator.

What the Gamma actually is

The Bitaxe Gamma is a single-chip, open-source ASIC built around Bitmain's BM1370 — the same silicon that runs inside an Antminer S21 Pro. One chip, a chunky heatsink, a small fan, a 5 V barrel jack, WiFi. That's the whole machine.

At stock it does about 1.2 TH/s for roughly 15–25 W — near 15–18 J/TH, the most efficient Bitaxe you can buy. For context against its siblings:

Model	Chip	Hashrate	Efficiency
Gamma	`BM1370` (3 nm)	~1.2 TH/s	~15–18 J/TH
Supra	`BM1368` (5 nm)	~0.6–0.8 TH/s	~17 J/TH
Ultra	`BM1366`	~0.4–0.5 TH/s	~24 J/TH

Pointed at a true-solo pool, the Gamma mines for itself: if it finds a block, the entire reward goes to your address. The honest catch — 1.2 TH/s against a network measured in hundreds of EH/s is a lottery ticket, not income. A faster chip buys a few more tickets; it does not buy odds you'd plan a budget around. The live odds card on this page works that maths out for your exact hashrate. No block has been found on SoloLuck yet — most rigs here are still operator test gear, and we'll say so until that changes. Mine a Gamma because the ticket is cheap and entirely yours, not because you expect to win.

AxeOS settings for SoloLuck

In AxeOS, open Settings → Pool and enter the Lite tier — the right difficulty band for a ~1 TH/s single-chip miner:

Field	Value
Stratum URL	`stratum.sololuck.io`
Stratum Port	`3333` — Lite
Stratum User	`bc1youraddress.gamma`
Stratum Password	`x`

Your BTC address is your username. The bit after the dot (.gamma) is just a worker label so you can tell rigs apart — call it whatever you like. The password is ignored; x is the convention.

This is non-custodial — we never hold your coins. A solved block pays straight to that address on-chain through the coinbase. The only fee is 2%, taken as a single coinbase output from a block you actually solve; it's 0% the rest of the time, because the rest of the time there's nothing to take a cut of. Use your own wallet's bc1 address, never an exchange deposit address.

Want the full dashboard walk-through, or the rundown of every tier? See /setup and the general /guide/bitaxe-solo-mining-pool — for the Gamma you want :3333.

Tuning the BM1370

A Gamma ships at roughly 525 MHz / 1150 mV, good for ~1.07–1.2 TH/s. The BM1370 has easy headroom, but keep it in perspective: overclocking doesn't improve your odds in any way that matters — it's a few percent more tickets, not a different game. Tune for a quiet, cool, stable rig first.

Step	Freq / Voltage	Roughly
Stock	`525 MHz` / `1150 mV`	~1.2 TH/s, 15–20 W
Free win	`600 MHz` / `1150 mV`	~1.35 TH/s, same volts
Moderate	`575–625 MHz` / `1200 mV`	~1.35–1.5 TH/s

The standout trick for this chip: it'll usually hold 600 MHz at the stock 1150 mV — roughly a 14% free hashrate gain with barely any extra heat. Past that you start paying real watts and degrees for each step.

Raise frequency 25 MHz at a time, then wait ~10 minutes for thermals to settle.
Watch the HW error rate — keep it under 0.5%. Higher means the chip isn't holding the clock; nudge voltage up 10–20 mV and retest, or back off.
Stay under ~1300 mV. Above that you're trading chip lifespan for very little hashrate.

Heat is the only real limit

The BM1370 is efficient, so a stock Gamma on its standard heatsink and fan sits comfortably. Heat — not the silicon — is what caps a useful overclock:

Aim for an ASIC temp of 50–65 °C for 24/7 running. Sustained 70 °C+ is the warning zone — pull the clock back.
Watch the VR (voltage-regulator) temp too, not just the chip. It's the reading people forget, and it tends to be what fails first.
Ambient matters more than you'd expect: a 20 °C room overclocks far better than a 28 °C one. A bigger heatsink or a stronger fan buys a higher stable clock for free.

If thermals look fine but hashrate sags, give it ~10 minutes — the figure swings around at first and only settles once the chip is warm.

Confirm it's actually mining

Save the pool settings and AxeOS reconnects within a few seconds. Two quick checks:

On the miner, the pool/stratum line should read connected and accepted shares should start ticking up.
On the pool, open /status to confirm SoloLuck is live, then visit /users/ to see your Gamma listed with its hashrate and worker name.

At ~1.2 TH/s on the :3333 Lite tier the Gamma submits accepted shares steadily — every few seconds to a minute apart, not a flood. That's normal, and exactly what you want: each share is just proof the chip is trying, not progress toward anything. If /users/ shows your worker and the share count is climbing, it's mining. You can confirm a real block would pay your address — not ours — at /verify.

Does the Jakarta node help? A little.

SoloLuck runs a node in Jakarta — about 6 ms from an Indonesian connection, versus ~250 ms to a US pool. The honest version of what that buys you:

It does not change your odds. Solo odds are set by your hashrate against the whole network and are identical on every pool — fee, payout style and latency are the only things a pool actually changes.
What low latency does is trim stale shares: new work arrives, and your replies get back, fast enough to count. On a single Gamma the effect is tiny — small but real.

The full, unhyped explanation — and why latency matters far more to a big farm than to one Bitaxe — is in /guide/solo-mining-pool-latency-asia. If a US pool happens to be closer to you, the odds there are exactly the same; choose on fee and trust, and /compare lays that out plainly.

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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