<p>You don't need to store the full blockchain in order to solo mine. A pruned node works just fine and requires only a few gigabytes of storage.</p>
<p>If you join what's called a &quot;solo mining pool&quot;, you don't need to run a node at all, provided that you're okay with a small level of trust towards the mining pool and with a small percentage fee taken from your reward in the highly unlikely event that you actually manage to find a block.</p>

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2022-09-18T21:13:20.303Z
Is there a solo mining pool with Getwork protocol? My ASICs can't connect with stratum..
1n4ho12
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According to [this answer](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/68641/121614), no mining pools have supported getwork since 2011.
Vojtěch Strnad
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Vojtěch Strnad
<p>I am trying to solo mine bitcoin but the blockchain has been downloaded to an external hard drive.</p>

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How to solo mine bitcoin if the blockchain is on an external hard drive?
1n4ho12
# How to solo mine bitcoin if the blockchain is on an external hard drive?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-18)

I am trying to solo mine bitcoin but the blockchain has been downloaded to an external hard drive.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-18. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

You don't need to store the full blockchain in order to solo mine. A pruned node works just fine and requires only a few gigabytes of storage.

If you join what's called a "solo mining pool", you don't need to run a node at all, provided that you're okay with a small level of trust towards the mining pool and with a small percentage fee taken from your reward in the highly unlikely event that you actually manage to find a block.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Is there a solo mining pool with Getwork protocol? My ASICs can't connect with stratum..  
> **username_1**: According to [this answer](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/68641/121614), no mining pools have supported getwork since 2011.  

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