Getting Started
In order to start mining you basically need just two things, create an account with our pool and setup your miner.
1. Sign-up for a new account
Sign-up and wait for a confirmation email.
Login to your account.
2. Configure Your Device
Your miner has to be pointed to one of the stratum servers below and user credentials for your account have to be specified. We currently operate in the following regions: US east coast (us-east), Europe (eu), China mainland (cn), and Asia-Pacific/Singapore (sg).
The login credentials needed for your miner look like this: (please, fill your user ID and worker name)
URL: stratum+tcp://stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
user name: userID.workerName
password: anything
The password can be an arbitrary text since there is no security issue present here. If someone tried to connect to our servers with your credentials, he would be just mining for your benefit.
The servers can be chosen from the following list based on your geographical location:
Servers Location Address
USA, east coast stratum+tcp://us-east.stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
Europe stratum+tcp://eu.stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
China, mainland stratum+tcp://cn.stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
Asia-Pacific/Singapore stratum+tcp://sg.stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
Even though the website is now hosted on slushpool.com, your mining server URL's stay the same and we will notify you well ahead in case of any change.
3. Setup your payout address
To collect your reward you have to set a payout address. If you don't have an address, you need to get a bitcoin wallet first:
bitcoin.org
bitcointrezor.com
Additional Information
Detailed step by step tutorial on how to setup a miner can be found in the Advanced Mining section.
You can use one worker name for all your miners. However, we recommend to connect every miner to a separate worker for easier monitoring.
Optionally, enable the Two-factor-authentication to protect you from arbitrary change of your wallet.
