🧰 My full Crypto Toolkit 2026- mining edition
Not a sponsor list. Stuff I actually check before connecting hashrate or moving sats. Updated Jun 2026.
⛏️ MINING POOLS
Match pool to size first, fee second.
• Foundry (~27%)- FPPS ~0.85%. Fleet scale, US ops.
• Antpool (~18%)- PPS 2.5% or PPLNS 0%. Most docs online.
• F2Pool (~11%)- PPS/PPLNS since 2013. Multi-coin.
• ViaBTC (~9%)- 2% PPS, 0.001 BTC min, solo option.
• Braiins (~1.5–2%)- Stratum V2, 0% PPLNS or 2% FPPS.
• Ocean (~2–3%)- TIDES, decentralization-first.
• Trustpool (~1%)- 1% PPS , 0.001 BTC min, daily payouts. Small share, fine for <100 TH/s.
💱 EXCHANGES (low fee, miner-friendly)
• Spot withdraw: Kraken, Binance, OKX- compare maker/taker BTC withdrawal fee (~0.00002–0.0005 BTC depending on exchange/congestion)
• P2P/off-ramp: depends on region- check spread, not just headline fee
• Rule: never leave mined BTC on exchange longer than needed
🔐 COLD WALLETS
• Ledger / Trezor- standard for long-term storage
• Coldcard- air-gapped, Bitcoin-only purists
• Seed phrase: steel backup > paper. Never photo, never cloud.
🌐 VPN / NETWORK
• Mining doesn't need VPN for pool connection- latency matters more
• VPN useful for: dashboard access abroad, ISP restrictions, privacy on public WiFi
• Pick server close to pool stratum endpoint. Ping > privacy for hashrate
📊 HASHRATE MONITORING
• Pool dashboard- first stop (1h/24h charts, reject rate)
• miningpoolstats.net- cross-check pool hashrate vs claimed
• ASIC web UI- temps, fan speed, hw errors
• HiveOS / Braiins OS - fleet management at scale
• Alert threshold: >2% reject rate or >10% hashrate drop = investigate same day
📐 Quick sanity check (Jun 2026 · BTC ~$62K):
200 TH/s ≈ 0.00009–0.00011 BTC/day gross (~$5.50–6.80)
Before optimizing pool fee- confirm power rate. At $0.10/kWh (~$252/mo) fee debate is irrelevant.
Toolkit rule: infrastructure > hype. If a tool has no docs, no stats, no support- skip it.
What's in your stack that we missed? 👇
@foundryservices @AntPoolofficial @Braiins @ViaBTC
#Bitcoin #BTCMining #CryptoToolkit #MiningPools #ColdWallet #CryptoMining #Hashrate #MiningTips