NiceHash Solo Mining Setup — Rent Hashrate for SoloFury

Don’t own mining hardware? You can rent SHA-256 hashrate from NiceHash and point it to SoloFury for lottery solo mining. This guide shows you the complete setup.

Step 1: Create a NiceHash Account

Sign up at nicehash.com and fund your account with BTC. NiceHash charges fees in BTC for hashrate purchased through its marketplace.

Step 2: Create a New Order

Go to Hashrate Marketplace → Buy Hash Power. Select:

• Algorithm: SHA256
• Pool: Custom (you will enter SoloFury’s pool details in Step 3)

Step 3: Enter SoloFury Pool Settings

Use these stratum settings (example for BCH from any region — pick the region closest to where you’re renting from):

Stratum hostname: bch.solofury.com Port: 7070 Username: YOUR_BCH_ADDRESS.nicehash Password: x

Replace bch with the coin you want to mine: btc, bc2, bch2, or xec. For European NiceHash sellers, prefix with eu- (e.g., eu-bch.solofury.com). For APAC, use asia-.

Step 4: Set Your Budget

Choose how much hashrate to rent and for how long. More hashrate equals better odds of finding a block, but higher cost.

Use the Rental Risk/Reward Calculator on SoloFury to estimate your odds before buying. As a rough guideline: at typical NiceHash prices, renting hashrate to find a BTC block remains a long-shot lottery, but for BCH, BC2, and BCH2 the math can favor the renter for short bursts.

Step 5: Start and Monitor

Place your order. NiceHash will find sellers and start directing hashrate to SoloFury. Monitor your worker on the SoloFury dashboard and watch for accepted shares within 1-2 minutes.

Tips for NiceHash Rentals

• Fixed price orders are more reliable than auctions. Auctions can fail mid-rental if outbid, ending your hashrate burst early.
• Mine BCH or BC2, not BTC — much better odds per dollar of BTC spent given the difficulty differences.
• Short bursts (2-6 hours) at high hashrate often work better than long low-hashrate rentals for solo mining lottery odds.
• Set a unique worker name (not “NiceHash”) to avoid VarDiff difficulty overrides from grouped sources.
• Region matching: if NiceHash sellers are mostly in Europe, use the EU SoloFury endpoint (eu-bch.solofury.com) to minimize latency and stale shares.

Next Steps

• Open the SoloFury dashboard to monitor your rented worker live
• Review the Profitability Calculator to estimate odds vs. cost before next purchase
• Combine NiceHash with your own hardware for hybrid solo strategies — extra hashrate during low-difficulty windows can tip the odds