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Mine BTX together.
Keep more of it.

Useful Pool is an open, low-fee mining pool for BTX — the post-quantum, matmul proof-of-work chain. Point any minebtx-compatible miner at us, pool your hashrate with everyone else. Flat 3% fee, daily payouts, two-region propagation. Launching now — pilot in progress.

Start mining in 2 minutes How it works
3%flat fee
Dailypayouts
EU + USlow-orphan nodes
MITopen-source miner
🚧 Launching — pilot in progress. The pool is live and serving work on our EU node; we're validating end-to-end with our own fleet before opening public payouts. The endpoint below is live for early testers — daily payouts and TLS switch on at public launch.

How it works

Solo-mining BTX means waiting days for a single block. A pool combines everyone's hashrate, finds blocks far more often, and splits the reward by the work you contributed — so your payouts are smooth and frequent instead of all-or-nothing.

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You keep your miner

Useful Pool speaks stratum/2.0-matmul — the same protocol as the open-source minebtx miner. No new software to trust: use the client you already have and change one line.

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Smooth, frequent payouts

We hand each GPU an easy share target so it submits proof-of-work every few seconds. You're credited (PPLNS) for every share. When a share also clears the network target, that's a block — and everyone who contributed gets paid.

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Built to not lose blocks

Two full nodes (EU + US) with fast block propagation keep our orphan rate low, so the blocks we find actually stick. The pool builds and submits the block for you — you just mine.

Start mining

If you already mine BTX with the minebtx client, you're one line away. New to BTX? The whole setup is ~2 minutes on any NVIDIA GPU (Pascal through Blackwell).

1 · Get the miner

Install the open-source BTX miner (MIT-licensed):

# installs the dexbtx-miner client + GPU solver
curl -fsSL https://minebtx.com/install.sh | bash

2 · Point it at Useful Pool

In the miner config, set the pool URL to ours and your BTX payout address. That's the only change.

pool:
  url:     stratum+tcp://stratum.usefulpool.com:3333   # live pilot endpoint (TLS :3334 at launch)
  address: btx1z<your-payout-address>
  worker:  rig-1

3 · Start mining

Run the miner. Shares start flowing immediately and you're credited (PPLNS) for each one. Daily payouts to your address go live at public launch — no account, no custody of your coins.

dexbtx-miner --config your-config.yaml

Endpoints

Europe · livestratum+tcp://stratum.usefulpool.com:3333
US · at launchus.usefulpool.com
TLS · at launchstratum+ssl://stratum.usefulpool.com:3334
🔒 Encrypted TLS on :3334 and the US endpoint land at public launch. During the pilot, connect over :3333.

Fees & payouts

One number, no surprises. A flat 3% pool fee on block rewards — the other 97% is split among miners by contributed shares (PPLNS).

 Useful PoolTypical BTX pool
Pool fee3% flat2.5–3% (+ hidden orphan loss)
Payout scheduleDailyWeekly
Encrypted (TLS) stratum🔜 at launch✗ plaintext
Propagation nodesEU + USsingle region
Reward modelPPLNSPPLNS / prop
Clientopen-source (MIT)open-source (MIT)

FAQ

What is BTX?
BTX is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency that uses a matrix-multiplication PoW (post-quantum, from the same research as Pearl). It mines on GPUs. Useful Pool helps you mine it profitably by pooling hashrate so payouts are frequent and smooth.
Do I need special software?
No. Useful Pool speaks the exact stratum/2.0-matmul protocol of the open-source minebtx client. If you already mine BTX, change one endpoint line. If you don't, install it with the one-liner above — it includes the GPU solver.
Which GPUs work?
Any modern NVIDIA card — Pascal (10-series), Turing, Ampere (30-series), Ada (40-series), Hopper, and Blackwell (50-series). The solver ships cubins for sm_61/75/86/89/90/120.
How and when do I get paid?
You're credited for every valid share (PPLNS). Daily payouts directly to the BTX address you set in your miner go live at public launch — no account sign-up, and the pool never holds your coins beyond the daily batch.
Is there a minimum payout?
We keep it low and transparent; tiny balances roll forward to the next daily batch until they clear the network's dust threshold.
Why 3%?
It funds the EU+US node infrastructure, TLS, fast block propagation (so we lose fewer blocks to orphans), and daily payouts. We'd rather charge a clear flat rate and actually keep your blocks on-chain than advertise 2.5% and quietly lose blocks to orphans.
Is it safe? Do you take my keys?
Never. Your miner only ever sends the pool your public payout address and your proof-of-work shares. There are no private keys on your machine that we see, and we don't custody your mined coins beyond the daily payout transaction.