> ## 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.

# Payouts

> How miners get paid: 1 BTC if you find a block, proportional share of the remainder either way, 0% fee, automatic.

## Two payouts per block

Every time the pool finds a block, two things happen:

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  <Card title="Finder gets 1 BTC" icon="trophy">
    Paid by the Bitcoin protocol directly to the finder's BTC address. **Instant**, the moment the block lands.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Everyone else gets a slice" icon="users">
    The \~2.1 BTC + fees remainder is split among all contributors of the round, by accepted-share difficulty. Sent on-chain, automatic.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Both payouts go to **the BTC address you set as your stratum username**. There is no separate claim, no portal, no login. Bitcoin shows up in your wallet.

## How your share is calculated

Within a round (the time between two blocks the pool found), every accepted share you submit gets counted by difficulty:

```text theme={null}
your share = (your accepted-share difficulty during the round)
             ────────────────────────────────────────────────  × pool remainder
             (total accepted-share difficulty during the round)
```

This is **PPLNS-by-diff** — pay per last N shares, weighted by difficulty. Bigger rigs with higher difficulty shares get a bigger slice. Smaller rigs still get a slice; just a smaller one.

If you want the deeper math, see [**The Hybrid Model**](/pool/hybrid-model).

## When you get paid

* **Finder reward (if you win):** instant. The 1 BTC is in the same Bitcoin block your miner solved.
* **Remainder share:** typically within \~24 hours of a block being found. The operator runs the round through the payout simulator, verifies it reconciles, and broadcasts a single Bitcoin transaction with everyone's share.

There is no minimum payout threshold to cross — your share for each round arrives in the per-round distribution transaction.

## What you watch on the dashboard

Your per-miner page at `basedmining.xyz/miner/<your-btc-address>` shows:

* Live hashrate (1m, 1h, 24h)
* Best share you've submitted (your "top difficulty")
* Total accepted vs rejected shares
* Last share timestamp
* PH-days (cumulative work)
* Blocks the pool found that you contributed to

The main [**Dashboard**](/dashboard/overview) shows pool-wide stats and the leaderboards (Top Difficulties, Top Loyalty).

## Use a wallet you control

Don't mine to an exchange deposit address. Exchanges sometimes:

* Refuse small inbound transactions
* Silently change deposit addresses, which would route your payouts to nowhere
* Flag mining payouts as suspicious

Use a self-custody wallet — Sparrow, BlueWallet, or a hardware wallet. You keep the keys, you keep the BTC.

## Verify the pool is paying you trustlessly

The 1 BTC finder reward is enforced by Bitcoin consensus, not by us. Anyone can verify by:

1. Connecting to stratum at `pool.basedmining.xyz:3333` with your address
2. Capturing the `mining.notify` message
3. Reconstructing the coinbase template from the `coinb1 + extranonce + coinb2` fields
4. Running `decoderawtransaction` on a Bitcoin node

You should see your address as the recipient of 1.00000000 BTC in `vout[0]`. If you see anything else, contact us and don't mine.

This is the strongest possible payout guarantee in mining — even the pool operator cannot route your finder reward elsewhere.

## Questions

See the [**FAQ**](/faq) for common payout questions, or reach out on [@basedminingco](https://twitter.com/basedminingco).