The point where total mining revenue equals total costs—when you’ve recovered your hardware and electricity expenses.

The waiting period before you can spend newly mined coins, typically 100 blocks, protecting the network from blockchain reorganizations.

A satoshi is the smallest unit of Bitcoin, equal to 0.00000001 BTC—named after Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Hash rate units measure mining speed from KH/s (thousand) to TH/s (trillion hashes per second), helping you understand your hardware’s computational power.

Mining software connects your hardware to the blockchain network, performs hash calculations, and submits valid blocks you find.

A mining calculator estimates potential mining rewards based on your hashrate, power costs, and network difficulty—essential math before solo mining.

A block explorer is a search engine for blockchain data that lets you track transactions, blocks, and mining activity in real-time.

A crypto wallet stores your private keys and lets you receive block rewards from solo mining—essential for claiming your coins if you hit a block.

Hot wallets stay online for quick access while cold wallets store crypto offline for maximum security—critical choice for solo miners protecting rewards.