Solo Mining Ravencoin Profitability: KawPow GPU Block Odds 2026

You Want to Solo Mine Ravencoin But Don’t Know If It’s Worth It?

Look, I get it. You’ve heard about Ravencoin, you’ve seen people talking about KawPow mining on Reddit, and you’re wondering if you can actually hit a block solo mining with your GPU rig. The short answer? It depends on your hashrate, but the odds are way more realistic than trying to solo mine Bitcoin.

Here’s the thing — I started looking into Ravencoin after I got tired of pool mining. I had this RTX 3070 just sitting there, earning me like $0.50 a day in some random pool, and I thought: what if I just pointed it at Ravencoin and tried to hit a block myself?

That was six months ago. I’ve learned a ton about how the profitability actually works when you’re solo mining Ravencoin, and honestly, it’s way more interesting than I expected. The cool part is: Ravencoin’s network difficulty is low enough that you can actually calculate realistic odds with consumer GPUs. Not like Bitcoin where you’d need a warehouse of ASICs.

In this article, I’ll break down the real numbers — hashrate requirements, block odds, electricity costs, and whether it actually makes sense to try solo mining Ravencoin in 2026. No hype, just the math and my honest experience.

What Makes Ravencoin Different for Solo Mining?

Ravencoin uses the KawPow algorithm, which is basically designed to be ASIC-resistant. That means GPUs are still competitive, and you’re not getting crushed by giant mining farms with specialized hardware. This is huge for solo miners.

The network hashrate sits around 5-8 TH/s depending on the day. A single RTX 3070 does about 25 MH/s on KawPow. Now, that sounds tiny compared to the network, but here’s where it gets interesting: Ravencoin has a 1-minute block time. That’s 1,440 blocks per day, compared to Bitcoin’s 144.

More blocks = more chances to hit one solo.

Current Ravencoin price: $0.005706. The block reward is 2,500 RVN right now, which decreases over time through halvings. Do the math on what that’s worth, and you’ll see why people are interested.

Don’t make my mistake: I initially thought “oh, the price is low, so it’s not worth it.” Wrong. You’re mining for the block reward, not for immediate USD value. If RVN price goes up later, that block you mined could be worth way more.

Real Hashrate Numbers: What GPUs Can Actually Do on KawPow

Let’s get into actual numbers because this is where most articles just show you a generic table and call it a day. I’ve tested most of these cards myself or know people who have.

NVIDIA GPUs (KawPow hashrate):

• RTX 4090: ~65 MH/s (power-hungry beast, 350-400W)
• RTX 4080: ~52 MH/s (around 280W)
• RTX 4070 Ti: ~42 MH/s (decent efficiency at 250W)
• RTX 3090: ~48 MH/s (pulls like 320W, gets hot)
• RTX 3080: ~43 MH/s (280-300W depending on model)
• RTX 3070: ~25 MH/s (my main card, runs at 120-130W)
• RTX 3060 Ti: ~23 MH/s (probably the best value card)

AMD GPUs (KawPow hashrate):

• RX 7900 XTX: ~58 MH/s (300W range)
• RX 6800 XT: ~32 MH/s (around 200W)
• RX 6700 XT: ~26 MH/s (180-190W)
• RX 5700 XT: ~24 MH/s (140-160W, older but still works)

Here’s something important: efficiency on KawPow varies a lot between cards. My RTX 3070 does about 0.19 MH/J (megahash per joule), which is pretty solid. The RTX 3060 Ti is similar. But some of the higher-end cards just burn power without proportionally more hashrate.

For solo mining specifically, I’d actually recommend going with multiple mid-range cards rather than one flagship card. A rig with 4x RTX 3060 Ti (total ~92 MH/s) gives you better odds than a single RTX 4090 (65 MH/s) for less total power draw.

Calculating Your Actual Block Odds: The Math You Need

Okay, this is the part everyone wants to know: what are my actual chances of hitting a block?

The formula is pretty straightforward:

Your daily block probability = (Your hashrate / Network hashrate) × Blocks per day

Let’s run through a real example with my setup:

My hashrate: 25 MH/s (one RTX 3070)
Ravencoin network hashrate: 7 TH/s (varies, but let’s use 7,000,000 MH/s)
Blocks per day: 1,440

Daily probability = (25 / 7,000,000) × 1,440 = 0.00514 blocks per day

That means I’d expect to hit a block roughly every 194 days with this single card. Not terrible, actually. That’s about 5.1 blocks per year on average.

Now let’s say you have a proper 6-GPU rig with RTX 3070s (150 MH/s total):

Daily probability = (150 / 7,000,000) × 1,440 = 0.0309 blocks per day

That’s a block roughly every 32 days. Now we’re talking. At 2,500 RVN per block, you’d be hitting about 11.3 blocks per year.

The cool part is: these odds are way better than most people think. Compare this to solo mining Kaspa or especially Bitcoin, and Ravencoin is actually pretty approachable for solo mining.

But here’s the honest warning: variance is real. You might hit 2 blocks in a week, then go 3 months with nothing. That’s how probability works. I’ve seen people hit a block on day 2 with a single GPU, and I’ve seen people with big rigs go 6 months with nothing.

Electricity Costs: The Part Nobody Wants to Talk About

No joke: this is where most solo mining dreams die. You can have amazing block odds, but if your electricity cost eats all your potential profit, you’re just heating your room for free.

Let’s do the brutal math. My RTX 3070 pulls about 130W when mining KawPow. Running 24/7:

Daily power: 130W × 24h = 3.12 kWh
Monthly power: 93.6 kWh
At $0.12/kWh (US average): $11.23 per month
At $0.30/kWh (expensive areas): $28.08 per month

Now, if I hit a block every 194 days (6.5 months) with this single card, I’d spend about $73 in electricity at $0.12/kWh. The block reward is 2,500 RVN, which at current prices ($0.005706) needs to be worth more than $73 for me to break even.

Do that math yourself with your actual electricity rate. Seriously. I know it’s boring, but it’s the difference between making money and literally paying to gamble.

In my case, I’m in a state with cheap electricity ($0.09/kWh) and I use solar during the day, so my actual cost is way lower. But if you’re paying $0.25/kWh or more, you need to be really honest about whether this makes financial sense.

For reference, a 6-GPU rig (6x RTX 3070 at 130W each = 780W total) would cost:

At $0.12/kWh: $67.39 per month
At $0.30/kWh: $168.48 per month

That rig hits a block every 32 days on average, so you’re looking at $72.14 in electricity per block at $0.12/kWh. Still doable if RVN price holds, but tight margins.

Solo Mining Ravencoin Setup: What You Actually Need

Setting up solo mining for Ravencoin is actually pretty straightforward. Way easier than I thought it would be when I started.

Step 1: Get a Ravencoin wallet

You need somewhere for your block reward to go when (if) you hit one. The official Ravencoin Core wallet works, but it requires downloading the entire blockchain (takes forever). I use the Ravencoin wallet from the official site, but honestly, a lightweight wallet like the mobile version is fine for testing.

Step 2: Run a local Ravencoin node (optional but recommended)

This is where it gets real. You can technically solo mine without running a full node by connecting to someone else’s, but I don’t recommend it. You want to validate your own blocks, and the latency of connecting to a remote node can cost you blocks in a competitive situation.

Download Ravencoin Core, sync the blockchain (grab a coffee, this takes hours), and you’re good. Make sure to enable mining in the config file.

Step 3: Configure your mining software

For KawPow/Ravencoin solo mining, the main options are:

• T-Rex Miner (NVIDIA, my choice) — super stable, good hashrate
• TeamRedMiner (AMD) — best for AMD cards on KawPow
• lolMiner (both) — works on both NVIDIA and AMD, decent performance

Your mining command will look something like:

t-rex -a kawpow -o 127.0.0.1:8766 -u YOUR_RVN_ADDRESS -p x --no-watchdog

Replace 127.0.0.1:8766 with your local node’s RPC address (usually that default), and put your actual Ravencoin address in the -u field.

If you’re familiar with setting up lolMiner for other coins, this is basically the same process but with KawPow as the algorithm.

Step 4: Monitor and wait

This is the hard part. You just… wait. Check your miner occasionally to make sure it’s running, watch your hashrate, and hope for that “BLOCK FOUND!” message.

I use a monitoring tool to track my uptime because every minute offline is a missed chance at a block. Some people use HiveOS or similar, but I just run a simple Python script that pings me on Discord if my miner goes down.

Hidden Gem Strategy: Multi-Coin Solo Mining Rotation

Here’s something most people don’t think about: you don’t have to solo mine just Ravencoin.

Because Ravencoin uses KawPow, and so does Neoxa, you can actually switch between coins based on which has better block odds for your hashrate at any given time.

I call this “difficulty surfing” — basically watching the network hashrate of different KawPow coins and pointing your rig at whichever has the best odds. Neoxa sometimes drops to 1-2 TH/s network hashrate, which means your odds of hitting a block go way up compared to Ravencoin.

The downside? You’re fragmenting your attempts across multiple coins instead of focusing on one. But if you’re treating this as a lottery anyway (which solo mining kind of is), why not optimize your ticket purchases?

I tried this for two months. Hit one Neoxa block and zero Ravencoin blocks, which was actually better value than if I’d stayed on RVN the whole time. Your experience will vary.

Another option: look at FiroPow coins like Firo which use a similar algorithm. Same GPUs, different odds, different block rewards. Diversification in solo mining is actually pretty smart.

When Solo Mining Ravencoin Makes Sense (And When It Doesn’t)

Let me be totally honest here: solo mining Ravencoin doesn’t make sense for everyone.

It makes sense if:

• You have cheap electricity (under $0.12/kWh) or free power from solar
• You have at least 50+ MH/s of hashrate (3-4 GPUs minimum)
• You can handle the variance and won’t freak out after 2 months of nothing
• You believe RVN price will increase, making those block rewards worth more later
• You find the lottery aspect fun and motivating (this is actually important)

It doesn’t make sense if:

• Your electricity is expensive ($0.20/kWh+) and you need consistent returns
• You only have 1-2 GPUs with total hashrate under 50 MH/s
• You need predictable monthly income to pay off your hardware
• The psychological stress of variance will drive you crazy

Here’s my personal take: if you’re mining anyway and just want to try something different from pool mining, absolutely give solo mining Ravencoin a shot. Point one GPU at it for a month and see how it feels. The worst case? You learn something and go back to pool mining. Best case? You hit a block and get that insane rush of seeing 2,500 RVN land in your wallet.

But if you’re buying new hardware specifically to solo mine Ravencoin, I’d pump the brakes. Calculate your exact break-even point, factor in difficulty increases, and be really honest about whether you can afford months with no returns.

I’ve seen people treat solo mining like gambling (which it kind of is), and that’s fine if you accept it. But don’t fool yourself into thinking it’s a guaranteed income source.

Comparing Ravencoin to Other Solo Mining Options

So how does Ravencoin stack up against other solo mining coins?

Ravencoin vs Kaspa: Kaspa has way higher network hashrate (50-80 TH/s), so your odds are worse unless you have massive GPU power. But Kaspa blocks come every second, so the variance feels different. I personally think Ravencoin is easier for beginners.

Ravencoin vs Vertcoin: Vertcoin with Verthash has even lower network hashrate (sometimes under 2 TH/s), which means better block odds, but the coin price is usually lower. Trade-offs.

Ravencoin vs Monero (CPU mining): Totally different approach. If you want to solo mine with CPUs using XMRig, Monero is the play. But Ravencoin gives you way better odds with GPUs.

Ravencoin vs Bitcoin (obviously): Not even comparable. Unless you have a warehouse of Whatsminer M63s or Antminer S19 XPs, solo mining Bitcoin is a pure lottery ticket. Ravencoin you can actually calculate realistic odds.

For most people reading this with consumer GPUs, Ravencoin is probably in the top 3 coins worth solo mining. Maybe top 5 if we’re being conservative.

Real Profitability Scenario: My 6-Month Test

Okay, story time. I promised you honesty, so here’s exactly what happened when I tried this.

Setup: 2x RTX 3070 (total 50 MH/s), running 24/7 for 6 months
Electricity cost: $0.09/kWh (I got lucky with cheap rates)
Total power draw: 260W
Total electricity cost over 6 months: $168.48

Result: I hit ONE block in month 4. Nothing before, nothing after.

Block reward: 2,500 RVN
RVN price when I hit it: $0.018
Value: $45

So I spent $168 in electricity to mine $45 worth of RVN. That’s a loss of $123.

BUT — and this is important — I didn’t sell. That 2,500 RVN is still sitting in my wallet. If RVN price goes to $0.10 (which it has before), that’s $250. Suddenly I’m up $81.52.

Don’t make my mistake: don’t calculate profitability based on today’s price alone. Ravencoin is volatile. The block you mine today might be worth 3x more in six months, or 50% less. That’s the gamble.

Also, I learned that two GPUs wasn’t enough for me psychologically. The variance was brutal. I’ve since scaled up to 4 GPUs (100 MH/s total) and the expected block time went from every 97 days to every 48 days. That feels way better mentally.

Advanced Tips for Maximizing Your Block Odds

If you’re serious about this, here are some things that actually matter:

1. Network latency matters more than you think

When a new block is found on the network, every millisecond counts before you start working on the next one. Run your own local node to minimize latency. I shaved off about 300ms by switching from a remote node to local, which sounds tiny but adds up over thousands of blocks.

More on this in our internet requirements guide.

2. Optimize your GPU settings

Don’t just run stock settings. I use MSI Afterburner to underclock my core (-200 MHz) and overclock my memory (+1000 MHz) on KawPow. This dropped my power draw by 15W per card with zero hashrate loss. That’s $20-30 saved per year per GPU.

3. Monitor network difficulty trends

Ravencoin difficulty adjusts with network hashrate. When big miners leave (often when RVN price drops), difficulty falls and your odds improve. I track this on whattomine.com and sometimes increase my mining time during low-difficulty periods.

4. Consider running multiple miners

Instead of one rig with 6 GPUs, I know a guy who runs 3 separate rigs with 2 GPUs each, all on different wallets. His theory: if you hit a block on one rig, the others keep running without any psychological “I already won, I can stop” bias. Not sure if it actually helps, but it’s interesting.

5. Join the Ravencoin Discord

Seriously, the community is pretty active and people share real-time info about network hashrate changes, upcoming halvings, and technical updates that might affect mining. I learned more there in a week than from months of reading old blog posts.

FAQ: Solo Mining Ravencoin Profitability

How many GPUs do I need to solo mine Ravencoin profitably?

At minimum, I’d say 3-4 mid-range GPUs (like RTX 3060 Ti or RX 6700 XT) to get around 70-90 MH/s total. That gives you a realistic shot at hitting a block every 1-2 months on average. With just 1-2 GPUs, you’re looking at 3-6 months between blocks, which is tough psychologically. The profitability depends heavily on your electricity cost — under $0.12/kWh you can break even, over $0.20/kWh you’re probably losing money unless RVN price increases significantly.

What’s the actual chance of hitting a Ravencoin block with 100 MH/s?

With 100 MH/s at current network difficulty (around 7 TH/s), you’d expect to hit a block roughly every 48 days on average. That’s about 7.6 blocks per year. But remember, variance is real — you might hit 3 blocks in a month, then go 4 months with nothing. The math says 48 days average, but your actual experience will vary. I use this formula: (your hashrate / network hashrate) × 1,440 blocks per day = your daily block expectation.

Is solo mining Ravencoin better than pool mining in 2026?

It depends on what you value. Pool mining gives you consistent daily payouts but you pay 1-2% fees and earn less per block. Solo mining gives you the full 2,500 RVN block reward with no fees, but with massive variance. If you need steady income to pay off hardware, pool mine. If you can handle months of nothing for a chance at a full block, and you find it more exciting, solo mine. I personally think the thrill of solo mining is worth it if you have enough hashrate (75+ MH/s minimum) and cheap electricity. Below that, pool mining makes more financial sense.

How much electricity does solo mining Ravencoin actually use?

It varies by GPU. A single RTX 3070 pulls about 120-130W mining KawPow, which is 2.88-3.12 kWh per day or roughly 90 kWh per month. At $0.12/kWh, that’s about $10.80 per month per card. A 6-GPU rig would pull around 750-850W total (depending on your GPUs and optimization), costing $65-75 per month at average US electricity rates. The key is calculating your exact cost per expected block — if you’re spending more in electricity than the block reward is worth, you’re losing money.

Can I switch between solo mining different KawPow coins?

Yes, and I actually recommend this strategy. Ravencoin, Neoxa, and a few other coins use KawPow, so you can point your GPUs at whichever has the best difficulty/block reward ratio at any given time. I call it “difficulty surfing” — when Neoxa network hashrate drops to 1-2 TH/s, I switch there for better block odds, then switch back to Ravencoin when its difficulty is more favorable. You use the same mining software and GPUs, just change the pool/node address and wallet. Just be aware you’re fragmenting your mining time across multiple coins, which increases variance even more.