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calculate_solo_mining_odds Read-only

Probability of a solo miner finding a block, computed as a Poisson process over live network difficulty and hashrate, plus the electricity cost of the attempt. Returns mean time to a block, the chance of at least one block over 1/7/30/90/365 days, and lucky-vs-unlucky waiting times (5th, 50th and 95th percentile) — variance dominates at small hashrates, so the average alone is misleading. Use for questions like "how long would it take to solo mine a Bitcoin block with 100 TH/s", "what are my odds solo mining Kaspa", or "is solo mining worth it with this rig". For pooled mining economics or whether a coin is profitable at all, use get_cost_of_production. For raw network state without a miner, use get_coin_oracle.

coin_idstring, required

Coin name or ticker, e.g. "Bitcoin", "BTC", "Kaspa", "bitcoin cash", "Monero". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers are shared by more than one tracked chain (DGB, XVG and TARI among them).

hashratenumber, required

The miner's rate, as a number. The unit goes in hashrate_unit.

hashrate_unitstring, required

Unit for hashrate. Most networks measure in hashes per second (H/s…EH/s). Cuckoo-family chains measure graphs per second (gps) and Aleo measures proofs per second — an unrecognised unit is rejected rather than assumed, because assuming H/s can be wrong by a factor of 10^12.

power_wattsnumber

Miner power draw in watts, e.g. 3500 for an ASIC or 320 for a GPU. Optional.

electricity_cost_usd_kwhnumber

Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions.

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calculate_solo_mining_odds Read-only

coin_idstring, required

hashratenumber, required

The miner's rate, as a number. The unit goes in hashrate_unit.

hashrate_unitstring, required

power_wattsnumber

Miner power draw in watts, e.g. 3500 for an ASIC or 320 for a GPU. Optional.

electricity_cost_usd_kwhnumber

Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions.

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calculate_solo_mining_odds

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Argument	Type	Description
coin_id*	string	Coin name or ticker, e.g. "Bitcoin", "BTC", "Kaspa", "bitcoin cash", "Monero". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers are shared by more than one tracked chain (DGB, XVG and TARI among them).
hashrate*	number	The miner's rate, as a number. The unit goes in hashrate_unit.
power_watts	number	Miner power draw in watts, e.g. 3500 for an ASIC or 320 for a GPU. Optional.
hashrate_unit*	string	Unit for hashrate. Most networks measure in hashes per second (H/s…EH/s). Cuckoo-family chains measure graphs per second (gps) and Aleo measures proofs per second — an unrecognised unit is rejected rather than assumed, because assuming H/s can be wrong by a factor of 10^12.
electricity_cost_usd_kwh	number	Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "coin_id",
    "hashrate",
    "hashrate_unit"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "coin_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9 ._-]{0,63}$",
      "maxLength": 64,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Coin name or ticker, e.g. \"Bitcoin\", \"BTC\", \"Kaspa\", \"bitcoin cash\", \"Monero\". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers are shared by more than one tracked chain (DGB, XVG and TARI among them)."
    },
    "hashrate": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "The miner's rate, as a number. The unit goes in hashrate_unit.",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    },
    "power_watts": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 1000000000,
      "description": "Miner power draw in watts, e.g. 3500 for an ASIC or 320 for a GPU. Optional.",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0
    },
    "hashrate_unit": {
      "enum": [
        "H/s",
        "KH/s",
        "MH/s",
        "GH/s",
        "TH/s",
        "PH/s",
        "EH/s",
        "Sol/s",
        "KSol/s",
        "MSol/s",
        "GSol/s",
        "gps",
        "Kgps",
        "Mgps",
        "Ggps",
        "proofs/s",
        "Kproofs/s",
        "Mproofs/s",
        "Gproofs/s"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unit for hashrate. Most networks measure in hashes per second (H/s…EH/s). Cuckoo-family chains measure graphs per second (gps) and Aleo measures proofs per second — an unrecognised unit is rejected rather than assumed, because assuming H/s can be wrong by a factor of 10^12."
    },
    "electricity_cost_usd_kwh": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 2,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_coin_oracle

Current network state for one Proof of Work chain, measured by BackPow's stratum collector nodes: difficulty, derived network hashrate, block height, block reward, protocol block-time target versus the latest observed interval, and the source pool. Every response carries a confidence block — how many independent pool operators agreed, whether the reward figure is live or a static fallback, and how old the observation is. Networks whose collectors are stalled or unreachable return an error rather than zeros. Use for "what is Kaspa's current difficulty", "network hashrate of Monero", "current block reward". For economics use get_cost_of_production; for mining probability use calculate_solo_mining_odds.

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Argument	Type	Description
coin_id*	string	Coin name or ticker, e.g. "Bitcoin", "BTC", "Kaspa", "bitcoin cash", "Monero". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers are shared by more than one tracked chain (DGB, XVG and TARI among them).

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "coin_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "coin_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9 ._-]{0,63}$",
      "maxLength": 64,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Coin name or ticker, e.g. \"Bitcoin\", \"BTC\", \"Kaspa\", \"bitcoin cash\", \"Monero\". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers are shared by more than one tracked chain (DGB, XVG and TARI among them)."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_cost_of_production

Cost of Production (CoP) for one Proof of Work coin: the all-in electricity cost of mining one unit on the most efficient hardware BackPow tracks for that algorithm, compared against spot price. Returns CoP in USD, spot, gross margin, whether miners are currently above or below water, the reference machine and tariff behind the figure, and a 30-day trend including whether the reference machine changed (which indicates the efficiency frontier moved). Accepts a custom electricity rate. Use for "is mining X profitable", "what does it cost to produce one Monero", "are miners underwater", or "break-even electricity price". For a specific rig rather than a coin, use get_hardware_benchmarks. For block-finding probability, use calculate_solo_mining_odds.

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Argument	Type	Description
coin_id*	string	Coin name or ticker, e.g. "Bitcoin", "BTC", "Kaspa", "bitcoin cash", "Monero". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers are shared by more than one tracked chain (DGB, XVG and TARI among them).
electricity_cost_usd_kwh	number	Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "coin_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "coin_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9 ._-]{0,63}$",
      "maxLength": 64,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Coin name or ticker, e.g. \"Bitcoin\", \"BTC\", \"Kaspa\", \"bitcoin cash\", \"Monero\". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers are shared by more than one tracked chain (DGB, XVG and TARI among them)."
    },
    "electricity_cost_usd_kwh": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 2,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_hardware_benchmarks

Mining hardware matched to the coins it can mine, ranked by net USD per day at a given electricity rate. Covers ASICs, GPUs and CPUs, with hashrate and power draw per coin, gross revenue, net profit, and market price including whether that price is an observed listing or a model estimate. Use for "what should I mine with an RTX 4090", "best ASIC for Scrypt", "is an Antminer S21 still profitable", or "how much does a Bitaxe make". Coins are ranked by profitability, not alphabetically, and results are capped — ask for a higher limit rather than assuming the list is complete. For a coin's economics independent of any particular rig, use get_cost_of_production.

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Argument	Type	Description
type	string	Restrict to one hardware class.
limit	integer	Devices to return, 1-25. Defaults to 5.
query*	string	Hardware model or keyword, at least 2 characters, e.g. "RTX 4090", "Antminer S21", "Bitaxe", "Ryzen 9 7950X". Short or generic queries match hundreds of devices, so pair them with type and limit.
coin_id	string	Restrict the per-device coin rows to one network, e.g. to answer "how much does this rig make on Kaspa". Optional.
electricity_cost_usd_kwh	number	Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions.

get_pow_news

Recent news items about Proof of Work mining and network events, optionally filtered to one coin. Items are aggregated from third-party feeds and are returned as quoted external content with their publisher and a relevance score, not as BackPow statements of fact. Use when a question turns on recent events — a halving, a difficulty swing, a pool outage, a chain upgrade. For numbers rather than narrative, use get_coin_oracle or get_cost_of_production.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	integer	Items to return, 1-20. Defaults to 5.
coin_id	string	Optional coin filter, e.g. "Bitcoin", "Zcash", "Kaspa".
include_low_signal	boolean	Include items that relevance triage scored 0. Excluded by default so results stay on topic for Proof of Work mining.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Items to return, 1-20. Defaults to 5."
    },
    "coin_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9 ._-]{0,63}$",
      "maxLength": 64,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Optional coin filter, e.g. \"Bitcoin\", \"Zcash\", \"Kaspa\"."
    },
    "include_low_signal": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Include items that relevance triage scored 0. Excluded by default so results stay on topic for Proof of Work mining."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

list_pow_coins

Paginated index of the Proof of Work networks BackPow tracks, with algorithm, network rate, collector status and canonical page URL. Optionally filtered by algorithm or restricted to coins currently mining above cost. Returns the distinct algorithm list so valid filter values are discoverable. Use to find which networks exist for an algorithm, to browse the catalogue, or to resolve an ambiguous coin reference. Results are paginated: request a larger limit or a later offset rather than expecting the full catalogue in one response.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	integer	Rows to return, 1-100. Defaults to 25.
offset	integer	Rows to skip for pagination. Defaults to 0.
sort_by	string	Ordering. "suffering" ranks by how far Cost of Production exceeds spot price. Defaults to name.
algorithm	string	Case-insensitive substring filter on algorithm, e.g. "SHA-256", "Scrypt", "KawPow", "RandomX", "Autolykos". The response lists every algorithm present.
profitable_only	boolean	Restrict to coins whose spot price currently exceeds Cost of Production. Profitability is resolved for the returned page only, and the response reports how many of those coins have CoP coverage, so a small result set can be distinguished from missing data.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Rows to return, 1-100. Defaults to 25."
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Rows to skip for pagination. Defaults to 0."
    },
    "sort_by": {
      "enum": [
        "name",
        "network_rate",
        "suffering"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Ordering. \"suffering\" ranks by how far Cost of Production exceeds spot price. Defaults to name."
    },
    "algorithm": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 64,
      "description": "Case-insensitive substring filter on algorithm, e.g. \"SHA-256\", \"Scrypt\", \"KawPow\", \"RandomX\", \"Autolykos\". The response lists every algorithm present."
    },
    "profitable_only": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Restrict to coins whose spot price currently exceeds Cost of Production. Profitability is resolved for the returned page only, and the response reports how many of those coins have CoP coverage, so a small result set can be distinguished from missing data."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}