# New to mining - Mining for 20 hours solo = 0 profit - is it normal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [October 29, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/new-to-mining-mining-for-20-hours-solo-0-profit-is-it-normal/5166 "2016-10-29T18:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Draleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Draleo](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Draleo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/new-to-mining-mining-for-20-hours-solo-0-profit-is-it-normal/5166/1 "2016-10-29T18:16:46Z")
Hi, I just started mining for the fun of trying something new out. I did a set up within a linux vm and I have been mining for almost 21hours. I got this up to now: You have validated 105061 transactions! You have contributed 8.4467 Sol/s on average to the network solution rate. You have completed 329922 Equihash solver runs. Balance is 0 and the getinifo has 0.00000 Is it normal since I am mining solo or should I have at least a little 0.000001? Thanks for the input ---
**Author:** ![wallet11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e495f1/32.png) [@wallet11](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/wallet11)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/new-to-mining-mining-for-20-hours-solo-0-profit-is-it-normal/5166/2 "2016-10-29T18:18:26Z")
I think it’s normal since 8,4 h/s is not a lot and their is a slow start reward so very few coins are created every block… ---
**Author:** ![Draleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Draleo](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Draleo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/new-to-mining-mining-for-20-hours-solo-0-profit-is-it-normal/5166/3 "2016-10-29T18:19:07Z")
is there any actual test to make sure there is no error in my setup? ---
**Author:** ![Matt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/matt/32/242_2.png) [@Matt](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Matt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/new-to-mining-mining-for-20-hours-solo-0-profit-is-it-normal/5166/4 "2016-10-29T18:20:09Z")
If you are solo mining then you will only have a balance if you mine a block. Contrasted to pooled mining where you get a small trickle of ZEC proportional to what you contribute to the pool. Mining solo is more of a lottery. The current network hash rate is about 1.8mil Sol/s. So the odds of your 8.4 Sol/s finding a block before the rest of the network is pretty slim. ---
**Author:** ![Draleo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Draleo](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Draleo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/new-to-mining-mining-for-20-hours-solo-0-profit-is-it-normal/5166/5 "2016-10-29T18:24:40Z")
1 chance out of 214285… lol so should I stop or join a pool or buy some cloud mining? Any suggestions on cloud mining? ---
**Author:** ![mrv777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@mrv777](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/mrv777)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/new-to-mining-mining-for-20-hours-solo-0-profit-is-it-normal/5166/6 "2016-10-29T18:26:57Z")
Yes, join a pool. You need 10000s of Sol/S to compete with the pools already