<p>You could try solo mining another SHA256 PoW coin with a much lower difficulty factor, just to see what it looks like when your setup does solve a block and it's accepted by the other nodes in the network.</p>
<p>A couple of low difficulty SHA56 PoW coins to try:</p>
<ul>
<li>Deutsche eMark (DEM) has a current difficulty factor of 2844931
(<a href="https://github.com/emarkproject" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/emarkproject</a> addnode=5.9.141.86 )</li>
<li>FireFly Coin (FFC) has a current difficulty factor of 0.00186396
(<a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=318589.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=318589.0</a>.
addnode=91.206.16.214)</li>
</ul>

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dbkeys
<p>cgi miner shows</p>
<pre><code>A:   The number of Accepted shares
R:   The number of Rejected shares
</code></pre>
<p>minerd reports yay or boo. see <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/16859/13866">What do `minerd`s feedback messages (LONGPOLL, yay, boo) mean?</a></p>

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RedGrittyBrick
<p>When your mining software (e.g., cgminer, minerd) successfully mines a new block or discovers a share, it should display some information indicating your mining success. You would typically see details such as the block height, block reward, and your share of the reward (if using a pool).
ransaction in Your Wallet:** If you are using Bitcoin Core (bitcoin-qt) as your wallet and mining software, a mined block's reward would be added to your wallet as a transaction. You can check your wallet's transaction history to see if any BTC has been successfully mined and added to your balance. Keep in mind that successfully mining a block alone (solo mining) is exceedingly rare, and it could take an incredibly long time to achieve.</p>

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Mani T
<p>I've tried solo mining in two ways:</p>
<ul>
<li>using cgminer, ASIC and ckpool</li>
<li>using minerd connected to my own instance of bitcoin-qt.</li>
</ul>
<p>Either way, I've never seen any indicator showing that I have mined 0 BTC, let alone &gt; 0. What would it look like if I did beat the odds and mine some BTC?</p>

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How would I ever know if my solo miner found a block?
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# How would I ever know if my solo miner found a block?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-23)

I've tried solo mining in two ways:

* using cgminer, ASIC and ckpool
* using minerd connected to my own instance of bitcoin-qt.

Either way, I've never seen any indicator showing that I have mined 0 BTC, let alone > 0. What would it look like if I did beat the odds and mine some BTC?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoind, cgminer, minerd


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-28. Score: 0

You could try solo mining another SHA256 PoW coin with a much lower difficulty factor, just to see what it looks like when your setup does solve a block and it's accepted by the other nodes in the network.

A couple of low difficulty SHA56 PoW coins to try:

* Deutsche eMark (DEM) has a current difficulty factor of 2844931
  (<https://github.com/emarkproject> addnode=5.9.141.86 )
* FireFly Coin (FFC) has a current difficulty factor of 0.00186396
  (<https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=318589.0>.
  addnode=91.206.16.214)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-07-27. Score: 0

cgi miner shows
A:   The number of Accepted shares
R:   The number of Rejected shares

minerd reports yay or boo. see What do `minerd`s feedback messages (LONGPOLL, yay, boo) mean?


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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-09-21. Score: 0

When your mining software (e.g., cgminer, minerd) successfully mines a new block or discovers a share, it should display some information indicating your mining success. You would typically see details such as the block height, block reward, and your share of the reward (if using a pool).
ransaction in Your Wallet:\*\* If you are using Bitcoin Core (bitcoin-qt) as your wallet and mining software, a mined block's reward would be added to your wallet as a transaction. You can check your wallet's transaction history to see if any BTC has been successfully mined and added to your balance. Keep in mind that successfully mining a block alone (solo mining) is exceedingly rare, and it could take an incredibly long time to achieve.


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