# Zcash Solo Mining?

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-solo-mining/6290>\
**Category:** Mining\
**Created:** [November 1, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-solo-mining/6290 "2016-11-01T18:28:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![davedtt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/davedtt/32/1495_2.png) [@davedtt](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/davedtt)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-solo-mining/6290/1 "2016-11-01T18:28:30Z")

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What are the best instructions to solo mine?

I tied this but i get errors:

[https://github.com/Austin-Williams/zcash-guides/wiki/Guide-to-Solo-Mining-Zcash](https://github.com/Austin-Williams/zcash-guides/wiki/Guide-to-Solo-Mining-Zcash)

If i copy the official zcash guide for linux and get the mine value on then it says running 4 mining threads, however the problem is i can’t run the “zcash-cli getinfo” command as it says “error: couldn’t not connect to server”

How can i check if anything has mined if zcash-cli cant connect?

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**Author:** ![Jason-1978](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/jason-1978/32/556_2.png) [@Jason-1978](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Jason-1978)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-solo-mining/6290/2 "2016-11-01T21:33:00Z")

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Try [minezcash.com](http://minezcash.com) it might not be updated though

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**Author:** ![Dartmouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Dartmouth](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Dartmouth)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-solo-mining/6290/3 "2016-11-01T23:09:39Z")

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Your link is to an unofficial guide.  
Try running zcashd without the -daemon parameter.  
You should see continuously updated info concerning uptime, #validated transactions, average contribution rate, and # of Equihash solver runs.  
If you don’t see these stats, then something is wrong.

Installing the Ubuntu binaries is easier if you’re having a hard time compiling.

I’m not sure what happens if you choose the same username as someone else.  
Perhaps try using a different username.

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**Author:** ![mista66](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/mista66/32/1949_2.png) [@mista66](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/mista66)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/zcash-solo-mining/6290/4 "2016-11-02T09:45:30Z")

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Solo mining is a lot less hassle than pool mining. 😀