ProgPowZ Mining Coins — Solo Mining Calculators
The easiest ProgPowZ coin to solo mine right now is Nirmata (NQT) — a block roughly every under 1 min per GH/s of solo hashrate.
Every Proof of Work coin that uses the ProgPowZ algorithm, in one place. Because they share an algorithm, the same ProgPowZ-capable hardware can mine any of them — pick a coin to calculate your solo mining block probability, expected time-to-block and revenue with your own hashrate.
About the ProgPowZ algorithm
ProgPowZ is Zano's variant of ProgPoW, a memory-hard GPU algorithm built on Ethash with polymorphic instructions that change deterministically to frustrate ASIC design. It is explicitly ASIC-resistant and mineable on both Nvidia and AMD graphics cards.
Hardware class: GPU · Memory-hard: Yes
ProgPowZ coins ranked by solo block chance
| Coin | Network hashrate | Block time | Block reward | Time to block (NVIDIA CMP 170HX) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nirmata (NQT) | 341.56 MH/s | 1.0 min | 1.62 NQT | 5 min |
| Zano (ZANO) | 315.63 GH/s | 2.0 min | 1 ZANO | 6.9 days |
Best ProgPowZ mining hardware
The top ProgPowZ-capable devices ranked by energy efficiency (hashrate per watt), from the BackPoW hardware database:
The most efficient ProgPowZ miner in the database is the NVIDIA CMP 170HX — most efficient ProgPowZ GPU.
| Device | Hashrate | Power | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CMP 170HX (GPU) | 63.75 MH/s | 221 W | 288.46 KH/s per W |
| GeForce RTX 5090 (GPU) | 84.78 MH/s | 360 W | 235.50 KH/s per W |
| GeForce RTX 5070 (GPU) | 41.11 MH/s | 180 W | 228.42 KH/s per W |
| GeForce RTX 5080 (GPU) | 61.16 MH/s | 280 W | 218.42 KH/s per W |
| GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (GPU) | 31.93 MH/s | 150 W | 212.89 KH/s per W |
| GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (GPU) | 46.07 MH/s | 220 W | 209.43 KH/s per W |
| RTX A2000 12GB (GPU) | 14.29 MH/s | 69 W | 207.10 KH/s per W |
| RTX A2000 6GB (GPU) | 13.50 MH/s | 69 W | 195.67 KH/s per W |
| RTX A4000 (GPU) | 27.13 MH/s | 139 W | 195.20 KH/s per W |
| GeForce RTX 4090 (GPU) | 64.08 MH/s | 330 W | 194.17 KH/s per W |
ProgPowZ solo mining pools
Solo pools let you keep the full block reward on ProgPowZ coins, paying only a small fee. Coins with solo pools tracked on BackPoW:
- Zano (ZANO) solo pools — 7 pools, best fee 0.9%
- Nirmata (NQT) solo pools — 2 pools, best fee 1%
Frequently asked questions
What's the easiest ProgPowZ coin to solo mine right now?
Nirmata (NQT) — a block roughly every under 1 min per GH/s of solo hashrate. This ranks ProgPowZ coins by how much solo hashrate it takes to find one block, recalculated from live network difficulty on every update.
How long would a NVIDIA CMP 170HX take to solo mine a Nirmata block?
About one block every 5 min on average at 63.75 MH/s, using Nirmata's live network hashrate. Real results are random (Poisson) around this mean.
What hardware mines ProgPowZ?
ProgPowZ coins are mined with the GPUs or CPUs listed in the BackPoW hardware database, ranked below by energy efficiency. Open any coin to see its estimated hashrate per device.
Can I solo mine ProgPowZ coins?
Yes. BackPoW computes the Poisson-based solo block-hit probability for every ProgPowZ coin from live network hashrate, so you can see your realistic chance of finding a block.