Bitcoin
| Bitcoin | |
|---|---|
| Ticker symbol | BTC, XBT |
| Mining | |
| ❌ Cannot be efficiently mined with CPU | |
| ❌ Cannot be efficiently mined with GPU | |
| ✅ can be efficiently mined with ASIC | |
| Development | |
| Original author | Satoshi Nakamoto |
| Initial release | 0.1.0 / January 9, 2009 |
| Website | http://bitcoin.org |
| Ledger | |
| Supply limit | 21,000,000 |
Contents
Mining guide
Get suitable hardware
View our miners page to discover the most profitable ASIC machines for BTC.
Configure the miner
Your miner must be connected to one of the F2Pool servers, you must use a mining account registered on F2Pool and a wallet address that can receive BTC for your hashrate and revenue to be recorded and monitored.
Enter the following information on your mining device:
- URL:
stratum+tcp://btc-eu.f2pool.com:3333 - Username: username.workerName
- Password: anything
Note: workerName is optional, however we recommend connecting each mining device with a separate workerName for efficient monitoring.
Server list:
- 🇪🇺 EU —
stratum+tcp://btc-eu.f2pool.com:3333 - 🇷🇺 RU —
stratum+tcp://btc-mow.f2pool.com:3333 - 🇺🇸 NA —
stratum+tcp://btc-us.f2pool.com:3333 - 🇨🇳 CN —
stratum+tcp://btc.f2pool.com:1314 - 🇭🇰 HK —
stratum+tcp://btc-hk.f2pool.com:3333 - 🇸🇬 SG —
stratum+tcp://btc-sg.f2pool.com:3333
Ports 1314, 3333 and 25 can be used as alternative ports for each server.
Add a payout address
A payout address is required to receive your mining revenue. You can add/change your payout address from Payout Settings.
Mining revenue is distributed daily to every user that reaches the payout threshold. Details about payout method, fees and threshold can be found here.
If you do not have an address yet, you need to get a wallet first. We recommend Cobo Wallet and Bixin Wallet. You can find an extensive list of wallet options on bitcoin.org. Alternatively you can choose a custodial wallet (exchange) such as Binance or OKEx.
Set up and receive merged mining rewards (ELA, VCASH, NMC)
While mining BTC, miners can also receive merged mining rewards for ELA, VCASH, and NMC. View our helpful Merged Mining guide to set up and start receiving your daily payouts.
Please note: Unlike your BTC revenue, merged mining rewards do not accumulate in your balance unless you have set up the payout address.
