Setup guide

Point a BTX miner at the minebtx pool in under five minutes.

Stratum endpoints
Plaintext (recommended for v1)
stratum+tcp://stratum.minebtx.com:3333
TLS (rolling out)
stratum+ssl://stratum.minebtx.com:3334
Step-by-step
1

Get a BTX receive address

You need a BTX address to receive payouts. The easiest options:

  • If you already run btxd: btx-cli getnewaddress returns a transparent btx1z… address ready to use.
  • If you don't run a node yet: see the dexbtx GitHub org for a wallet quickstart, or ask in the BTX community channels for help bootstrapping.

Note: BTX mainnet uses p2mr (witness-v2) addresses prefixed with btx1z…. They look longer than Bitcoin addresses — that's expected; the post-quantum signature scheme uses larger keys.

2

Download a miner

Recommended: dexbtx-miner — single static binary for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Tuned for the BTX matmul kernel; works on CPU or NVIDIA GPU.

Alternative: any BTX-compatible stratum v1 miner can talk to the pool. The protocol is standard stratum with BTX work payloads.

3

Run the miner

Linux/macOS/Windows (one line, single quotes preserve the URL):

dexbtx-miner \
  --pool 'stratum+tcp://stratum.minebtx.com:3333' \
  --address 'btx1z…YOUR_ADDRESS_HERE…' \
  --worker 'rig-01'

The --worker tag is optional but lets you tell rigs apart on the dashboard. Pick any short label.

4

Verify it's working

Within a minute or two, the miner should report accepted shares. Then:

  • Check the live dashboard — your worker should appear in the "Active workers (24h)" count.
  • Watch the "Recent blocks" table for blocks the pool finds.
  • For machine-readable status, hit /stats.
FAQ

How are payouts calculated?

PPLNS (Pay-Per-Last-N-Shares). Your share of each found block is proportional to your share count within the most recent N shares accepted before the block. PPLNS resists pool-hopping and rewards consistent miners.

When do I get paid?

Payouts are batched once per week. There is no minimum threshold — every active address with a non-zero balance gets a payout transaction. Batching keeps on-chain fee costs reasonable for small balances.

What does the 2.50% fee fund?

100% of fees accrue to a transparent user treasury, not an operator pocket. The treasury address is published on the live dashboard — you can verify the balance on-chain at any time. Long-term, treasury funds will go to community-aligned initiatives.

Where does my coinbase go?

The pool collects coinbase rewards into pool-controlled outputs, then pays you (and other miners) at the weekly batch. This is standard pooled mining; you trade direct coinbase custody for variance reduction.

Can I solo-mine instead?

Absolutely — point dexbtx-miner at your local btxd instead of the pool. The miner has a solo mode. We recommend it once your sustained hashrate is meaningful relative to the network.

Is there a Telegram bot?

Yes — @btxdexbot on Telegram. Currently supports /stats, /mybalance, /blocks_today, /help.

Risk note. BTX is early-stage. There are no exchange listings yet — that's coming. Liquidity is currently P2P/OTC, and prices are derived from the deterministic on-chain hashrate model at btxprice.com.