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About mkpool

A modern C++ Stratum mining pool built from the ground up for maximum transparency, performance, and simplicity.

The mission

mkpool is built around the simplest possible deal for miners: point your hardware at our stratum endpoint and get paid directly in the block's coinbase transaction. There are no accounts to create, no balances we hold on your behalf, and no withdrawal step. Your payout address is your only identifier.

How payouts work

When a worker on this pool finds a block, the block reward is paid out directly in the coinbase transaction to the contributor (SOLO mining only). A flat 2% coinbase output funds development and infrastructure. There is no separate fee, no minimum, and no withdrawal step.

Roadmap

What is live today, and what we are building next.

Multi-chain solo mining

Live

Direct on-chain coinbase payouts across BTC, BCH, BC2, BCH2, DGB, XEC, ZEC, LTC. Litecoin also merge-mines Dogecoin at no extra cost.

Stratum v1, v2 and TLS

Live

Plain Stratum, encrypted Stratum V2 (Noise), and Stratum-over-TLS endpoints on every supported coin.

Block & worker alerts

Live

Browser push, Telegram, Discord and email notifications, protected by a per-address PIN.

PPS payout variants

Planned

Optional pay-per-share modes alongside the current solo scheme.

Regional stratum endpoints

Planned

Lower-latency entry points for the EU, US and APAC regions.

Public metrics & status page

Planned

Prometheus metrics and a live uptime / status page.

Contact

The best way to reach us is through our community channels. Join the Telegram for setup help and questions, open an issue on GitHub for bug reports or feature requests, and follow us on X for updates.