Bitaxe Pool
Frequently asked questions
Block found, fee, ports, SOLO Groups, Stratum V2: the answers on one page. If something is missing, Bitaxe.de support is there.
What is the Bitaxe Pool?
The Bitaxe Pool is the solo mining pool by Bitaxe.de, built on ckpool with servers in Frankfurt. Every miner works with its own Bitcoin address; if it finds a block, the coinbase transaction pays the entire reward directly to that address. 0% fee, no account, no custody.
What happens when my miner finds a block?
The block’s coinbase transaction pays the entire block reward (subsidy plus fees) directly to the Bitcoin address your miner is connected with. The pool holds nothing and cannot hold anything. Freshly mined coins are spendable after Bitcoin’s usual maturity period of 100 blocks.
What is the pool fee?
0% for solo mining – the full block reward goes to your address. In a SOLO Group there is a 1% fee, which covers running the shared payout.
How often does a Bitaxe find a block?
Every hash is an independent chance at the full block. The average waiting time follows from your hashrate relative to network difficulty – both numbers are live at the top of this page, and the mining calculator works it out for your device. A hit can come tomorrow or take years; in a SOLO Group hits are more frequent, but shared.
Which miners run on the Bitaxe Pool?
Every SHA-256 miner speaking Stratum V1 or V2: Bitaxe (Ultra, Supra, Gamma, Touch), Nerdaxe, NerdQaxe, NerdOctaxe, Avalon Nano, Antminer, Whatsminer and more. Matching open-source hardware with support is available at Bitaxe.de.
Do I need to register?
No. Your Bitcoin address is your username, the password can be anything. There is no account, no e-mail and no payout threshold – the reward lands directly in your wallet.
How do SOLO Groups work?
You append a #tag to your worker name, for example bc1q….bitaxe01#friends. All miners using that tag automatically form a group – no registration. If the group finds a block, the coinbase transaction contains one output per member, proportional to submitted work, plus a 1% pool fee. Up to 50 wallets per group; a wallet that submits no share for six hours frees its slot and drops out of the group entirely after three days. Group names: letters, digits, - and _, up to 32 characters. Ending the tag in .hidden keeps a group out of the public list.
Which port should I use?
Bitaxe, Nerdaxe, NerdQaxe and other small open-source miners use port 3333. Industrial ASICs (Antminer, Whatsminer, Avalon) connect through the high-difficulty port 4334 – at their hashrate the standard difficulty would be far too low. The assistant picks the right port for you. Stratum V2 runs on port 3336, large ASICs use 4336.
Where do I enter the Bitaxe Pool in AxeOS?
In AxeOS 2.15 on the Pool page: Stratum Host stratum.bitaxe.de, Stratum Port 3333, User your Bitcoin address plus an optional .workername, Password x. Then Save and Restart; after one or two minutes your miner shows up in the stats above. In NerdOS the same fields are under Settings. The full first-time setup is covered in the Bitaxe setup guide.
How do I know my Bitaxe is reaching the pool?
The AxeOS home screen shows the pool status and accepted shares; one or two minutes after starting, the counter should rise. On this page, enter your Bitcoin address in the search box to see hashrate, workers, shares and best difficulty of your miner.
Does the Bitaxe Pool support Stratum V2?
Yes. Next to Stratum V1 the pool speaks Stratum V2 on port 3336 (large ASICs: 4336). The connection is encrypted end to end and the pool authenticates itself with its authority key, so nobody in between can read along or redirect your hashrate; the protocol is binary and leaner than V1, too. AxeOS 2.14.0 and later and NerdOS 1.0.37 and later support it: on the Pool page pick Stratum Protocol Stratum V2, host stratum.bitaxe.de, port 3336, SV2 Authority Pubkey 9awpfZGWfrRBH8fkf82mWvnXMSTC7i9M3mshB8M56cw9UXTGdYi, SV2 Channel Type Extended Channels, and tick Require Authentication. Username, worker name and SOLO Groups work exactly as with V1. If you stay on V1 nothing changes; both ports run side by side. Field by field with fallback and failure patterns: setting up Stratum V2 on a Bitaxe.
Can I get notified when my miner goes down?
Yes, via Telegram. Send your Bitcoin address to @bitaxepool_bot. The bot reports when a worker has delivered no share for 15, 30 or 60 minutes and when it is back online, plus new best share, rank up, block found and a weekly summary on Mondays. No account, every alert can be turned off individually, /status and /rewards show the state any time. The pool cannot see temperature, fan or power supply; how to monitor them on your home network is in monitoring a Bitaxe.
Bitaxe Pool or my own node with Public Pool?
Both are real solo mining with 0% fee. Your own node on Umbrel makes you fully independent but needs hardware, storage and maintenance. The Bitaxe Pool works immediately, keeps block templates fresh, offers stats per address and SOLO Groups – and in both cases the payout goes straight to your address through the coinbase. The node guide on bitaxe.de shows how to run your own node.
No miner yet? Bitaxe, Nerdaxe and NerdQaxe are available at Bitaxe.de.
Open-source miners in stock, with guides and support. The Bitaxe Pool is set up in a few minutes.