> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.basedmining.xyz/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Leaderboards

> Who's contributing, who's loyal, who's earned what. Plus special rewards that drop here.

The [dashboard](https://basedmining.xyz/dashboard) has three live leaderboards. They're public, they update every 30 seconds, and they're where bonus rewards occasionally land.

## Main Leaderboard

A ranked list of contributors by current hashrate. Each row shows:

* **#** — current rank
* **Address** — your BTC address (or your Hashpower NFT's resolved label: Basename, ENS, or truncated EVM)
* **Diff Rank** — your best share submitted (top difficulty)
* **Loyalty** — number of blocks you've contributed to

A green dot next to your address means your worker is currently active (submitted a share in the last 60 seconds). A `RENTAL` badge appears next to NFT-backed entries.

## Top Difficulties

Ranked by the highest-difficulty share each contributor has submitted. A share's difficulty is how close that hash came to solving a block — the higher the number, the closer the miss.

The board is luck-weighted as much as power-weighted: a small Bitaxe can occasionally hit a freak high-difficulty share and rank above a big farm for a session. Units run K → M → G → T → P (kilo / mega / giga / tera / peta).

## Top Loyalty

Ranked by number of blocks participated in. Loyalty rewards consistency — keep your rig pointed at the pool across many rounds and you climb here.

Hardware miners that stay online for many rounds will outpace NFT-backed rentals here (rentals are time-limited; hardware miners are persistent).

## Special rewards

Leaderboard positions sometimes earn **bonus rewards** that aren't part of the standard payout flow:

* **Top-rank bonuses** — occasional cbBTC airdrops to the top N of one board for a given window
* **Milestone bonuses** — first miner to cross a difficulty threshold, first NFT holder to accumulate X PH-days, etc.
* **Block Party special pools** — extra rewards earmarked for participants of specific Block Parties

These are operator-discretion drops, not algorithmic. Follow [@basedminingco](https://twitter.com/basedminingco) for announcements and timing — bonuses are usually announced before the eligibility window so people can position.

## How to climb

**Hardware miners:**

* Bigger ASIC = higher hashrate = higher rank
* Better firmware tuning = higher accepted share rate
* Stay connected long-term to dominate Loyalty

**NFT holders:**

* Higher-tier NFT = more hashpower contributed = bigger rank during your active window
* Stack mints across Block Parties to build cumulative PH-days
* Crusher tier (\$250) anchors the leaderboard

**Tip:** the Top Difficulties board rewards luck as much as power. A small miner can hit a freak high-difficulty share — that share doesn't have to solve a block to be the highest the pool has seen this round.

## Reading next

* [**Your Miner Page**](/dashboard/your-miner-page) — track your own stats over time.
* [**Hybrid Model**](/pool/hybrid-model) — how rank relates to payouts.
* [**Referrals**](/referrals/overview) — separate leaderboard, separate rewards.