# Zcash (ZEC) — Solo Mining Pools & Network State

Live solo mining pool comparison, network difficulty, block reward structure, and Poisson solo mining probabilities for Zcash, as measured by BackPow.

## Network Overview

| Metric | Value | Unit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Algorithm | Equihash | |
| Network hashrate | 30359254833.868332 | H/s |
| Difficulty | 291723181.51323897 | |
| Difficulty, 24h average | 279165819.411 | |
| Difficulty, 7d average | 276826428.773 | |
| Block time, observed | 75.429 | seconds |
| Block reward | 1.25 | ZEC |
| Spot price | 1231.26 | USD |
| Block value | 1539.075 | USD |
| Market cap | 20846213577.0 | USD |
| Tracked solo pools | 16 | count |
| Recommended solo pool | mining-dutch.nl (1%) | |

## Tracked Solo Pools

| Pool | Solo Fee (%) | Avg Hashrate 7d (raw) | Avg Hashrate 7d | Reliability | Pool URL |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| mining-dutch.nl | 1 | 95667578.57142852 | 95.67 MH/s | OK | https://www.mining-dutch.nl/pools/zcash.php |
| heliospool.com | 1 | 8473051.946428573 | 8.47 MH/s | OK | https://heliospool.com |
| fenixpool.com | 1 | 3347100.3035714296 | 3.35 MH/s | OK | https://fenixpool.com/pools/mps-zecsolo |
| pool.kryptex.com | 1.5 | 281704780.83928585 | 281.70 MH/s | OK | https://pool.kryptex.com/zec |
| 2miners.com | 1.5 | 99047649.19642858 | 99.05 MH/s | OK | https://solo-zec.2miners.com |
| kardanpool.com | 1.5 | 5456575.779761906 | 5.46 MH/s | OK | https://kardanpool.com/zec |
| molepool.com | 2 | 18753487.916666657 | 18.75 MH/s | OK | https://zec.molepool.com |
| grandpool.io | 0.01 | 2097204.25 | 2.10 MH/s | Low hashrate | https://grandpool.io/pools/zcash |
| bitmernsolo.com | 1 | null | — | Low hashrate | http://bitmernsolo.com |
| xppool.in | 2 | 9514.22699386503 | 9.51 KH/s | Low hashrate | https://zec.xppool.in |
| zprominers.com | 2 | 7217.910714285716 | 7.22 KH/s | Low hashrate | https://zprominers.com |
| himpool.com | 2 | 15.273809523809524 | 15.27 H/s | Low hashrate | https://himpool.com/pools/zec-solo |
| solopool.site | 2 | null | — | Low hashrate | https://solopool.site |
| mysolopool.com | 3 | 1042899.2916666669 | 1.04 MH/s | Low hashrate | https://zcash.mysolopool.com |
| solominers.space | null | null | — | Low hashrate | https://solominers.space/zec |
| nicehash.com | null | null | — | Low hashrate | https://nicehash.com |

## Expected Time to Solo Mine a Block (Poisson Model)

Block discovery is modeled as a memoryless Poisson process: `P(X >= 1) = 1 - exp(-t / T)` where `T = (Network Hashrate / Miner Hashrate) * Block Time`.

| Hardware / Scenario | Hashrate (raw H/s) | Hashrate (display) | Expected Time | 30-Day Probability |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1× Bitmain Antminer Z15 Pro | 841512.0 | 841.51 KH/s | 31.5 days | 61.4% |
| 10× Bitmain Antminer Z15 Pro | 8415120.0 | 8.42 MH/s | 3.1 days | 100.0% |
| 100× Bitmain Antminer Z15 Pro | 84151200.0 | 84.15 MH/s | 7.6 hours | 100.0% |

## Solo Mining Protocol Rules

- Direct Coinbase Payout: When a solo miner finds a block, the pool constructs the block template with the miner's payout address directly in the coinbase transaction.
- Con Kolivas' Solo CKPool: Regarded as the historical benchmark for Bitcoin solo mining. Its pure C daemon processes shares with zero database overhead and pays miners directly through coinbase transaction outputs.
- Maturation: Newly minted coins require confirmation maturity (typically 100 blocks on Bitcoin and most PoW networks) before they can be transferred or spent.
- Pool Fee Structure: Unlike PPS/PPLNS pools that deduct fees from shared round rewards, solo pools deduct their percentage fee exclusively upon block discovery.
- High Variance: Finding blocks solo is subject to Poisson variance; expected time is a mathematical expectation over many trials, not a countdown timer.

## Provenance

- Retrieved: 2026-10-16T08:56:28Z
- Canonical page: https://backpow.com/solo-pools/Zcash
- Coin economics & CoP datasheet: https://backpow.com/Zcash.md
- All solo pools directory: https://backpow.com/solo-pools.md
- Solo mining odds calculator: https://backpow.com/Zcash
- Live queries over MCP: https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp (tools `calculate_solo_mining_odds`, `get_coin_oracle`)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0 — https://backpow.com/llms.txt

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