# 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 | 30502030374.617817 | H/s |
| Difficulty | 339991673.5675284 | |
| Difficulty, 24h average | 281092917.805 | |
| Difficulty, 7d average | 281176292.438 | |
| Block time, observed | 75.633 | seconds |
| Block reward | 1.25 | ZEC |
| Spot price | 1262.55 | USD |
| Block value | 1578.1875 | USD |
| Market cap | 21398277343.0 | USD |
| Tracked solo pools | 17 | 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 | 98305177.5535715 | 98.31 MH/s | OK | https://www.mining-dutch.nl/pools/zcash.php |
| heliospool.com | 1 | 9365238.23809524 | 9.37 MH/s | OK | https://heliospool.com |
| fenixpool.com | 1 | 3154670 | 3.15 MH/s | OK | https://fenixpool.com/pools/mps-zecsolo |
| pool.kryptex.com | 1.5 | 287040857.76785684 | 287.04 MH/s | OK | https://pool.kryptex.com/zec |
| 2miners.com | 1.5 | 85038532.61904766 | 85.04 MH/s | OK | https://solo-zec.2miners.com |
| molepool.com | 2 | 18154254.553571437 | 18.15 MH/s | OK | https://zec.molepool.com |
| grandpool.io | 0.01 | 2099580.7499999995 | 2.10 MH/s | Low hashrate | https://grandpool.io/pools/zcash |
| rabidmining.com | 0.25 | 768233.7185628742 | 768.23 KH/s | Low hashrate | https://pool.rabidmining.com |
| bitmernsolo.com | 1 | null | — | Low hashrate | http://bitmernsolo.com |
| kardanpool.com | 1.5 | 919075.5952380956 | 919.08 KH/s | Low hashrate | https://kardanpool.com/zec |
| mysolopool.com | 2 | 566716.3333333334 | 566.72 KH/s | Low hashrate | https://zcash.mysolopool.com |
| himpool.com | 2 | 52677.48809523809 | 52.68 KH/s | Low hashrate | https://himpool.com |
| xppool.in | 2 | 2546.089285714286 | 2.55 KH/s | Low hashrate | https://zec.xppool.in |
| zprominers.com | 2 | 0.8154761904761905 | 0.82 H/s | Low hashrate | https://zprominers.com |
| solopool.site | 2 | null | — | Low hashrate | https://solopool.site |
| 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 | 31.7 days | 61.2% |
| 10× Bitmain Antminer Z15 Pro | 8415120.0 | 8.42 MH/s | 3.2 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: 2026-10-21T18:57:14Z
- 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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