Handshake (HNS) Solo Mining Calculator
Estimate how long it takes to solo mine a block of Handshake (HNS) with your own hardware. BackPoW combines the live Handshake network difficulty with your hashrate to compute the expected block time, the cumulative probability of finding a block over day, month and year, and the expected mining revenue in HNS and USD.
Handshake network stats
- Algorithm: Handshake
- Average block time: 10.1 min (7-day on-chain average)
- Network hashrate: 680.47 TH/s
- Block reward: 500 HNS
- Market cap: $5,533,669
- Price: $0.009420
Handshake solo mining pools & stratum connections
Connecting an ASIC, GPU rig, or home lottery miner? Compare stratum fees, 7-day average hashrates, and solo winning probabilities across all tracked pools in the Handshake (HNS) solo mining pools directory.
How Handshake solo mining odds are calculated
Solo mining is memoryless: every hash is an independent lottery ticket, so the wait for a block follows an exponential distribution rather than a fixed schedule. On average a block takes T = network_hashrate ÷ your_hashrate × block_time, and the probability of finding at least one within a window t is P = 1 − e^(−t/T). BackPoW uses this Poisson relation instead of a naive linear estimate.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to solo mine one Handshake block?
It depends on your hashrate relative to the Handshake network hashrate (680.47 TH/s). Because hashing is memoryless, the time to find a block follows an exponential distribution: on average T = network_hashrate / your_hashrate × block_time. Enter your hashrate in the BackPoW Handshake solo calculator to get the exact expected time.
What is the Handshake block reward?
The current Handshake block reward is 500 HNS. BackPoW tracks the 24h block reward and values a discovered block in both HNS and USD using live market prices.
Is solo mining Handshake profitable?
Solo mining Handshake profitability depends on your hashrate, electricity cost and pool fees versus the block reward value and how often you expect to find a block. The BackPoW calculator shows daily, monthly and yearly gross revenue and net profit so you can decide.
What algorithm does Handshake use?
Handshake uses the Handshake proof-of-work algorithm. You can mine it with any Handshake-capable ASIC, GPU or CPU listed in the BackPoW hardware database.
What are the odds of finding a Handshake block?
BackPoW models the cumulative probability of finding at least one block over a day, week, month or year with the Poisson formula P = 1 − e^(−t/T), giving a realistic chance instead of a naive linear estimate.
Where can I find Handshake solo mining pools?
You can compare all tracked Handshake solo mining pools, fee structures, stratum URLs, and 7-day average hashrates in the BackPoW Handshake Solo Pools directory at /solo-pools/Handshake.
Solo mining odds for Handshake by hardware
Expected wait for one Handshake block per device, at today's network difficulty:
- GeForce GTX 1080 Ti solo mining odds on Handshake — 1 block every ~30.74 yr
- GeForce GTX 1660 solo mining odds on Handshake — 1 block every ~62.40 yr
Handshake data as JSON
Everything on this page is available from the free BackPoW API — no key, no sign-up, open CORS:
GET https://backpow.com/coins-data/Handshake.json
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