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Solo Start Guide: Configure Your Miner for SoloFury (2026)

Use SoloFury's Solo Start configurator to set up solo mining in minutes: pick a coin and region, enter your wallet, select your ASIC, and get a copy-paste stratum config.

Updated: June 29, 2026 · 5 min read

Solo Start is SoloFury’s interactive configurator that generates a ready-to-paste mining setup for your hardware in seconds. You choose a coin, pick the closest server region, enter your wallet, and select your miner — and it returns a copy-paste stratum configuration (plain or TLS-encrypted) plus a QR code for mobile setup. This guide explains every input and the few rules that protect your block reward.

If you would rather configure your miner by hand, see the hardware guides for the Antminer S21+, the Antminer S19 and Whatsminer M50/M60, or the Bitaxe family.

Key Takeaways

Five inputs, one config. Coin, region, wallet, miner, and (optionally) TLS produce a copy-paste stratum setup plus a QR code.
The wallet must be one you control and in the coin’s correct format — BCH and BCH2 need the bitcoincash: / bitcoincashii: prefix, XEC needs ecash:. Never use an exchange address.
Region only affects stale shares, not your odds. Pick the closest of Atlanta, Frankfurt, or Singapore to keep latency — and stale shares — low.
TLS is optional but recommended for an encrypted miner-to-pool connection; SoloFury supports it natively on every coin.
Verify on the dashboard within a minute or two: worker Online, hashrate near spec, Last Share under 30 seconds.

What is Solo Start and how do you open it?

Solo Start is the fastest way to go from “I have a miner” to “I am solo mining.” Open solofury.com/start/ or click Solo Start in the navigation bar. You will see an interactive world map of SoloFury’s server network and a step-by-step configurator that assembles your settings as you go. Nothing you enter is stored on a server — the configuration is built in your browser and shown only to you.

Which coin should you mine?

SoloFury supports five SHA-256 coins, and the right one depends mostly on your hashrate. Smaller miners win more realistically on lower-difficulty chains; large farms can take on Bitcoin itself. Click the coin you want in the configurator.

Coin	Block reward	Relative difficulty	Best for
BTC (Bitcoin)	3.125 BTC	Highest	Large farms, roughly 100+ PH/s
BCH (Bitcoin Cash)	3.125 BCH	High	ASIC miners around 1+ PH/s
BC2 (Bitcoin II)	50 BC2	Low	Small miners, Bitaxe, NerdQAxe
BCH2 (Bitcoin Cash II)	50 BCH2	Low	Small miners, Bitaxe
XEC (eCash)	3,125,000 XEC	Low to medium	Any hashrate

Block reward is fixed by each protocol, but its fiat value moves constantly. As a mid-2026 reference, with BTC near $60,000 and BCH near $195, a Bitcoin block is worth roughly $190,000 and a Bitcoin Cash block roughly $610 — figures that can change by double digits in a week. For live values and your real odds at your hashrate, use the Solo Probability Calculator and the Network Radar rather than any number printed in a guide.

Which region should you choose?

Pick the region physically closest to your miner. Latency to the pool does not change your probability of finding a block — the share validity window is generous — but a closer region produces fewer stale shares and a steadier connection. The configurator’s map shows SoloFury’s global server footprint; functionally you connect through one of three low-latency stratum regions.

Region	Server location	Best for
Americas	Atlanta, Georgia	North America, Caribbean, South America
Europe	Frankfurt, Germany	Europe, Middle East, Africa
Asia Pacific	Singapore	Asia, Oceania, India

How do you enter your wallet address?

Enter the wallet address for the coin you selected. This is where the full block reward is sent by the coinbase transaction if you find a block, so accuracy matters more than anything else on this screen.

Use a wallet you control (Electron Cash, Ledger, Trust Wallet, a full node, and so on).
Do not use an exchange deposit address. Many exchanges do not credit coinbase (newly mined) transactions, and the reward could be lost.
Copy-paste from your wallet app — never type by hand. A single wrong character sends the reward to a different valid address, with no way to recover it.
You can reuse the same address across multiple miners; they are grouped under that address on the dashboard.

Wallet format by coin:

Coin	Example format
BTC	`bc1qavkkpqsu7sagplrt4x90u023tljj3hdvn0tlw9`
BCH	`bitcoincash:qqzzfl7t96ttp6lg6ryvwl25446afsec3gtnr0v98s`
BC2	`bc1qemgnkuqhzkdtvzxhe7y33n4tseetvsq0sfxjqa`
BCH2	`bitcoincashii:qq...` (CashAddr with the `bitcoincashii:` prefix)
XEC	`ecash:qpzgvjtxf6zyqkm6lwzwa4r4hnpdtp8shyp5drf8tf`

How do you pick your miner?

Solo Start includes presets for a wide range of popular ASICs, plus a custom option for anything not listed:

Antminer: S21+, S21 Pro, S21, S19 XP, S19k Pro, S19j Pro, and more.
Whatsminer: M60S, M50S, M30S++, and more.
Open source: Bitaxe Ultra, Bitaxe Supra, Bitaxe Gamma, NerdQAxe, OCTAXE.
Custom: enter any hashrate manually.

Selecting a preset fills in the hashrate automatically, which the configurator uses to estimate your mining odds and average time to find a block. If your exact model is not listed, choose the closest match or enter your hashrate in the custom field — only the hashrate number affects the odds estimate.

What configuration does Solo Start generate?

Once your inputs are complete, Solo Start outputs a copy-paste stratum configuration. A typical BCH result looks like this:

Pool 1:  stratum+tcp://bch.solofury.com:7070
Pool 2:  stratum+tcp://bch.solofury.com:7071
Pool 3:  stratum+tcp://bch.solofury.com:7072
Worker:  <YOUR_WALLET>.<WorkerName>
Password: x

The three pool lines point to the same region on three ports, giving you automatic failover if one port has a hiccup. The password field is unused in solo mining — x (or any value) is fine. Solo Start also generates a QR code you can scan with your phone to import the configuration on miners that support QR-based setup.

Each coin uses its own port range:

Coin	Plain stratum ports
BTC	6060 / 6061 / 6062
BCH	7070 / 7071 / 7072
BC2	8080 / 8081 / 8082
BCH2	8585 / 8586 / 8587
XEC	9090 / 9091 / 9092

Do you want an encrypted (TLS) connection?

TLS Stratum encrypts the connection between your miner and SoloFury, protecting your worker name and share data from anyone on the network path. It does not change your hashrate or your odds — it is a privacy and integrity layer, not a performance feature. SoloFury supports TLS natively on every coin.

The TLS endpoints follow a simple convention: the plain port plus 10,000. So BCH’s 7070 becomes 17070, BTC’s 6060 becomes 16060, and so on. A TLS config uses the ssl:// scheme:

Pool 1:  stratum+ssl://bch.solofury.com:17070
Worker:  <YOUR_WALLET>.<WorkerName>
Password: x

Not every firmware supports TLS, and the exact endpoints and per-firmware steps are covered in the dedicated TLS Stratum Mining guide — start there if you want an encrypted connection. For background on how this fits into the Stratum protocol, see Stratum V2 vs V1 for solo miners.

How do you apply the config to your miner?

How you apply the settings depends on your hardware, but the fields are always the same — pool URL, worker (wallet plus label), and password.

Antminer (stock firmware): Configuration → Miner Configuration. Paste the pool URLs into the three slots, set the worker and password.
Braiins OS+ / LuxOS: Configuration → Pools. Same fields.
Bitaxe (AxeOS): Settings → Stratum URL, Port, User, Password.
Whatsminer: Mining → Miner Configuration → Edit. Same fields.
NerdQAxe / OCTAXE: Settings → Pool configuration. Same fields.
Mobile QR scan: if your miner supports it, scan the QR code from Solo Start to import the config in one step.

After saving, the miner restarts its mining process and connects to SoloFury within 30–60 seconds.

How do you verify it’s working?

Wait one to two minutes after applying the config, then open the SoloFury dashboard and search for your wallet address. A healthy connection shows:

Your worker label in the worker list.
Status Online (green).
Hashrate within about 10% of your miner’s spec (it climbs over the first 15–30 minutes as vardiff converges).
Best Diff and Current Diff values rising.
A Last Share counter under 30 seconds.

Troubleshooting

If your worker does not appear after about five minutes, work through these in order:

Re-check the wallet address. One wrong character groups the worker under a different address. Re-paste from your wallet app.
Re-check the stratum hostname. A typo like solofur.com breaks the connection. Copy-paste from Solo Start.
Re-check the port for the coin (BTC 6060–6062, BCH 7070–7072, BC2 8080–8082, BCH2 8585–8587, XEC 9090–9092). For TLS, the port is the plain port plus 10,000.
Check the firewall. Some routers block outbound stratum traffic; test against a different known-working pool to isolate it.
Check the region. If you are in Europe but selected Atlanta, reconnect to eu-<coin>.solofury.com to cut latency.
Look at performance. If shares flow but hashrate looks low, the Miner Health Check guide explains the diagnostics.

Frequently asked questions

What is SoloFury Solo Start? Solo Start is SoloFury’s browser-based configurator. You pick a coin, region, wallet, and miner, and it generates a copy-paste stratum configuration (plain or TLS) plus a QR code. It builds everything locally in your browser; nothing is stored on a server.

Which coin should a small miner choose? Smaller miners generally do best on lower-difficulty chains like BC2, BCH2, or XEC, where a realistic block can land in days or weeks. BCH suits ASIC miners around 1+ PH/s, and BTC is realistic only for large farms. The Network Radar shows live odds by hashrate.

Can I use an exchange address as my mining wallet? No. Many exchanges do not credit coinbase (newly mined) transactions, so a block reward sent to an exchange deposit address could be lost. Always use a wallet you control and whose private keys you hold.

Does the region I pick change my chances of finding a block? No. Region only affects network latency and therefore your stale-share rate. Choose the closest region (Atlanta, Frankfurt, or Singapore) for a steadier connection, but your block probability depends on hashrate and network difficulty, not latency.

Does SoloFury support TLS-encrypted mining? Yes, natively on all five coins. TLS endpoints use the plain port plus 10,000 (for example BCH 17070) with the ssl:// scheme. See the TLS Stratum Mining guide for the exact endpoints and per-firmware setup.

Can I run multiple miners under one wallet? Yes. Use the same wallet address on every machine and give each a distinct worker label (like S21Plus01, S21Plus02). They are grouped under that address on the dashboard so you can see each unit’s contribution.

Why is my hashrate lower than the spec right after setup? Variable difficulty (vardiff) starts low and rises over the first 15–30 minutes, so early readings understate your real hashrate. If you are still well below spec after 30 minutes, run the Miner Health Check diagnostics.

What password should I use in the stratum config? Any value works — x is conventional. In solo mining the password field is not used to authenticate or to set difficulty, so it does not matter what you put there.

Next steps

Use the Network Radar to track which coin gives the best odds based on live difficulty.
Read the Miner Health Check guide to interpret the dashboard’s Diff column for performance diagnostics.
For hardware-specific setup and tuning, see the Antminer S21+ guide, the Antminer S19 and Whatsminer guide, or the Bitaxe guide.
Want an encrypted connection? Follow the TLS Stratum Mining guide.