# Solo mining for the cause **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [October 31, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/solo-mining-for-the-cause/6020 "2016-10-31T22:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zennit47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c6cbf5/32.png) [@zennit47](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/zennit47)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/solo-mining-for-the-cause/6020/1 "2016-10-31T22:45:16Z")
Has anyone got any of their miners running solo? It’s better for the network right and you could get lucky? ---
**Author:** ![Shawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/shawn/32/187_2.png) [@Shawn](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Shawn)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/solo-mining-for-the-cause/6020/2 "2016-11-01T00:15:12Z")
I have 2 server PC’s mining to a pool and 1 PC just running as a node for the network. The single PC is not much in the way of Hash power, but I run it anyway to support the network and validate transactions. Who knows it might get lucky one day and find a block but with only 3H/s it would be like winning the lottery 😄 ---
**Author:** ![EnochGenesis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/enochgenesis/32/1579_2.png) [@EnochGenesis](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/EnochGenesis)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/solo-mining-for-the-cause/6020/3 "2016-11-01T00:19:19Z")
Might have to do that, just run a laptop with core / node, use it as a wallet / statistics monitor for all the other rigs. ---
**Author:** ![vgm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/vgm/32/13595_2.png) [@vgm](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/vgm)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/solo-mining-for-the-cause/6020/4 "2016-11-01T00:31:37Z")
I have my 4 x 480 rig with modded bios for ETH solo mining ZEC right now, getting around 100 Sol/S. ---
**Author:** ![BangBlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@BangBlock](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/BangBlock)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/solo-mining-for-the-cause/6020/5 "2016-11-01T00:36:22Z")
Agree that it’s good for the “social cause.” However, any hope of solo mining a block and getting lucky is really a pipe dream. If you set up your own private pool, however, you may have more luck … considering what type of resources you can pool into it. ---
**Author:** ![AJP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@AJP](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/AJP)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/solo-mining-for-the-cause/6020/6 "2016-11-01T11:52:29Z")
how do I set up solo mining? at the moment been mining in pool, but got other machines not so powerful which could do solo mining. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@fibonacci](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/solo-mining-for-the-cause/6020/7 "2016-11-18T15:16:22Z")
I’m running solo. 4.5 Sol/s. How much of a difference in regards to supporting the network is running a node without mining vs mining? How important is the mining? ---
**Author:** ![vgm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/vgm/32/13595_2.png) [@vgm](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/vgm)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/solo-mining-for-the-cause/6020/8 "2016-11-18T15:56:21Z")
@fibonacci You’ll never mine anything solo with 4.5 sol/s. Stick to pools, but even then you’ll only be making a few cents per day at the current ZEC price. I mined solo for the first couple days after launch and didn’t mine any blocks. Switched to flypool since Nov 1st and I’ve mined about 2.2 ZEC so far.