Solo Start Complete Guide — Configure Your Miner in 4 Steps
Step-by-step guide to using SoloFury Solo Start configurator. Select coin, region, wallet, and miner to generate the perfect mining setup.
Solo Start is SoloFury’s interactive configurator that generates the perfect mining setup for your hardware in seconds. It shows you the nearest server, generates the stratum configuration, and even creates a QR code you can scan with your phone. This guide walks you through every step.
1. Accessing Solo Start
Go to solofury.com/start/ or click Solo Start in the navigation bar. You’ll see an interactive world map with server locations and a step-by-step configurator.
2. Select Your Coin
SoloFury supports 5 SHA-256 coins. Click on the coin you want to mine:
| Coin | Block Reward | Approx. Value | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC (Bitcoin) | 3.125 BTC | ~$300,000 | Large farms with 100+ PH/s |
| BCH (Bitcoin Cash) | 3.125 BCH | ~$1,400 | ASIC miners with 1+ PH/s |
| BC2 (Bitcoin II) | 50 BC2 | ~$40 | Small miners, Bitaxe, NerdQAxe |
| BCH2 (Bitcoin Cash II) | 50 BCH2 | ~$1 | Small miners, Bitaxe |
| XEC (eCash) | 3,125,000 XEC | ~$120 | Any hashrate |
3. Select Your Region
Solo Start shows a world map with SoloFury’s 3 server regions. Click the one closest to you:
| Region | Server Location | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Americas (US) | Atlanta, Georgia | North America, South America |
| Europe (EU) | Frankfurt, Germany | Europe, Middle East, Africa |
| Asia Pacific | Singapore | Asia, Australia, Oceania |
4. Enter Your Wallet Address
Enter your wallet address for the coin you selected. This is where the block reward will be sent if you find a block.
Important rules:
- Use a wallet you control (Electron Cash, Ledger, Trust Wallet, etc.)
- Do NOT use an exchange address — exchanges may not support coinbase transactions and your reward could be lost
- Double-check the address — if wrong, the block reward goes to someone else
- You can use the same address for multiple miners — they will be grouped under that address on the dashboard
Wallet address examples by coin:
| Coin | Example Format |
|---|---|
| BTC | bc1qavkkpqsu7sagplrt4x90u023tljj3hdvn0tlw9 |
| BCH | qqzzfl7t96ttp6lg6ryvwl25446afsec3gtnr0v98s |
| BC2 | bc1qemgnkuqhzkdtvzxhe7y33n4tseetvsq0sfxjqa |
| BCH2 | qqzzfl7t96ttp6lg6ryvwl25446afsec3gtnr0v98s (same format as BCH) |
| XEC | ecash:qpzgvjtxf6zyqkm6lwzwa4r4hnpdtp8shyp5drf8tf |
5. Select Your Miner
Solo Start has presets for 31 popular ASIC miners. Select yours from the list:
- Antminer: S21+, S21 Pro, S21, S19 XP, S19k Pro, S19j Pro, and more
- Whatsminer: M60S, M50S, M30S++, and more
- Open Source: Bitaxe Ultra, Bitaxe Supra, Bitaxe Gamma, NerdQAxe, OCTAXE
- Custom: Enter any hashrate manually
Selecting a miner automatically fills in the hashrate, which is used to calculate your mining odds and estimated time to find a block.
6. Get Your Configuration
After completing the steps above, Solo Start generates your complete mining configuration in copy-paste format:
STRATUM CONFIGURATION Pool 1: stratum+tcp://bch.solofury.com:7070 Pool 2: stratum+tcp://bch.solofury.com:7071 Pool 3: stratum+tcp://bch.solofury.com:7072 Worker: YOUR_ADDRESS.YourMinerName Password: x
The configurator also generates a QR code you can scan with your phone to send the config to a miner that supports QR-based setup.
7. Apply to Your Miner
How you apply the configuration depends on your hardware:
- Antminer (stock firmware): Web UI → Configuration → Pool Settings. Paste pool URLs into the 3 pool slots, set Username and Password.
- BraiinsOS / LuxOS: Configuration → Pools. Same fields.
- Bitaxe (AxeOS): Settings → Stratum URL + Port + Username + Password.
- Whatsminer: Web UI → Mining Pools → Edit. Same fields.
- NerdQAxe / OCTAXE: Web UI → Settings → Pool config. Same fields.
- Mobile QR scan: if your miner supports it, scan the QR generated by Solo Start to import the config in one tap.
After saving, the miner will restart its mining process and connect to SoloFury within 30-60 seconds.
8. Verify It’s Working
Wait 1-2 minutes after applying the config. Open the SoloFury dashboard and search for your wallet address. You should see:
- Your worker name appearing in the worker list
- Status showing Online (green)
- Hashrate within ±10% of your miner’s spec
- Best Diff and Current Diff values rising
- Last Share counter under 30 seconds
9. Troubleshooting
If your worker doesn’t appear after 5 minutes:
- Check the wallet address. Even one wrong character means the worker is grouped under someone else’s address. Re-paste from your wallet app.
- Check the stratum URL. A typo (
solofury.comvssolofur.com) breaks everything. Copy-paste from Solo Start, don’t type by hand. - Check the port. Make sure the port number matches the coin (BTC 6060-6062, BCH 7070-7072, BC2 8080-8082, BCH2 8585-8587, XEC 9090-9092).
- Check firewall. Some routers block outbound stratum traffic. Test by temporarily mining to a different known-working pool.
- Check region. If you’re in Europe but accidentally selected the Atlanta server, latency may be too high. Reconnect to
eu-{coin}.solofury.com. - Read the Miner Health Check guide if shares are flowing but performance looks low.
Next Steps
- Use the Coin Switcher to track which coin gives you the best odds based on real-time difficulty
- Read the Miner Health Check guide to learn how to read the dashboard Diff column for performance diagnostics
- Read the Antminer S21+ guide for hardware-specific tuning if you run S21+ units