Notes from the bench.

Switch an Avalon Nano 3S from the F2Pool card to another pool: Avalon Family app or web page, the combined Pool URL format, admin password, and what to expect.

Bitaxe default frequency and core voltage for Gamma, Supra and Ultra from the AxeOS source, safe temperatures, overheat behaviour and a step-by-step way to tune safely.

Set up a Bitaxe Gamma, Supra, Ultra or Gamma Turbo in about ten minutes: first-boot WiFi hotspot, the four AxeOS pool fields, and how to check it is mining.

Set up a Lucky Miner LV06 or LV08 on a pool: the Lucky_ hotspot, the Stratum URL fields, replacing the factory pool, and what hashrate and power to expect.

Flash NerdMiner v2 from a browser, configure it through the NerdMinerAP hotspot or a config.json file, point it at a pool, and understand why shares take hours.

Set up a NerdQAxe++ four-chip miner: the 12 V supply, first-boot WiFi, AxeOS-style pool fields, firmware updates and what readings are normal.

The three mining pool settings explained: how to split the stratum URL for AxeOS, Avalon and Antminer, what goes in the worker field, and how to set share difficulty with d=.

Home Bitcoin miners ranked by use case for 2026: first miner, cheapest ASIC, quiet heater, efficiency and lottery odds, with hashrate, power, price and honest income numbers.

Bitaxe Gamma, NerdMiner v2 and Lucky Miner LV06 compared: hashrate, chips, power, noise, price, sats per day and solo odds, with a pick for each goal.

Yes, but rarely. Real solo odds for every Bitaxe model at October 2026 difficulty, how they are calculated, and the documented small-miner block wins.

Is mining Bitcoin at home worth it in 2026? Break-even electricity prices for eight popular miners, US and EU power prices, heat reuse, solar and honest reasons to mine anyway.

Solo and pool Bitcoin mining compared for home miners: real odds per day and per year, average pool income, fees, small-pool luck and common myths.

PPLNS (pay per last N shares) explained: how the window works, a worked payout example, PPLNS vs PPS and FPPS, and how DirectPool pays rewards inside each block.

Bitaxe shows "You don't have a share in the mining reward"? Why AxeOS warns on shared pools, why your shares still count, and how to turn the banner off.

Step-by-step fixes when a Bitaxe, NerdMiner, Lucky Miner or ASIC will not join WiFi, will not connect to the pool, gets no accepted shares or keeps rebooting.