Mining Guide

Mine Deltacoin with the right network assumptions.

Current Scrypt settings, pool-status guidance, ASIC setup, test mining, and safe private-node operation for DECO.

Check before you start

Mining is competitive and can consume substantial electricity. Confirm hardware, power, cooling, pool availability, fees, payout rules, and local costs before committing resources. A pool appearing here or on a discovery service is not an endorsement.

Deltacoin mining profile

Proof of workScrypt (N=1024, r=1, p=1)
ConsensusHybrid Proof of Work and Proof of Stake
PoS activationBlock 83,100
Independent PoW/PoS difficultyBlock 85,000
Target spacing5 minutes
Current PoW reward9,999 DECO
Mined reward maturity20 blocks
P2P / RPC33604 / 33603

Use the official explorer for current height, difficulty, hashrate, peers, and block verification.

Pool mining

  1. Install and synchronize Deltacoin Core from the Wallets page.
  2. Create a DECO receiving address and back up the wallet.
  3. Check the live Deltacoin pool directory. Pool status, ports, fees, and payout minimums can change.
  4. Open the selected pool's own DECO setup page and copy its current Stratum URL, port, worker syntax, fee, and payout minimum.
  5. Verify that the pool is finding blocks on the same chain as the official explorer, then confirm accepted shares and payouts independently.

Current public discovery includes LuckyDogPool, but availability is dynamic. Always use the pool's current configuration page and compare its reported height and recent blocks with the official explorer before directing sustained hashrate.

Scrypt ASIC setup

  1. Place the miner on wired networking with adequate electrical capacity, airflow, and noise control.
  2. Change default administration credentials and use only verified manufacturer firmware.
  3. Open the miner's pool configuration and enter the verified Stratum endpoint.
  4. Use the pool-required DECO worker identity and password; configure failover only with verified endpoints.
  5. Watch average hashrate, accepted and rejected shares, temperature, and pool-side worker activity.

Scrypt-capable ASICs are the practical hardware class. CPU and GPU miners can test compatibility but generally cannot compete with modern Scrypt ASIC hashrate.

Software compatibility test

CPUMiner-Multi supports Scrypt (1024,1,1), Stratum, and GetBlockTemplate. For a verified pool:

cpuminer -a scrypt \
  -o stratum+tcp://POOL_HOST:PORT \
  -u DECO_ADDRESS.WORKER \
  -p POOL_PASSWORD

Use this as a syntax reference, not a profitability expectation. Obtain binaries only from the miner project's official repository.

Solo or private-pool node

Operate a fully synchronized node and connect compatible GetBlockTemplate software or pool middleware. Keep RPC off the public internet:

server=1
listen=1
port=33604
rpcport=33603
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcuser=CHANGE_THIS_USER
rpcpassword=USE_A_LONG_RANDOM_SECRET

Expose P2P port 33604 only if you intend to accept public peers. If mining middleware runs on another trusted LAN system, allow only that private address in both Deltacoin and the firewall. Never publish RPC credentials or expose port 33603 publicly.

Mining and staking are separate

After hybrid activation, Deltacoin supports both PoW blocks and PoS blocks with independent difficulty from block 85,000. Staking requires eligible wallet outputs at least 24 hours old. Wallet v1.1.10 can split large coinstake returns using a default 20,000 DECO wallet-policy threshold; this does not change mining or consensus rewards.

Troubleshooting

  • Pool differs from explorer: stop mining until chain height and recent hashes agree.
  • No shares: verify Scrypt, endpoint, worker format, and device clock.
  • Rejected shares: check latency, stale jobs, overclocking, heat, and firmware stability.
  • No payout: confirm the pool's actual payout threshold and 20-block mined-reward maturity.
  • Solo errors: inspect getblockchaininfo, getmininginfo, and getblocktemplate locally and confirm the node is fully synchronized.