Would you solo mine BTC or BCH with two NerdOctaXe units?

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Hey everyone,

I’ve got two NerdOctaXe miners (around 19.2 TH/s total), and I’m trying to decide whether it makes more sense to solo mine BTC or BCH with this small hashrate.

On one hand, BTC solo mining is basically a lottery — extremely low odds, but the reward is massive if you hit a block.
On the other hand, BCH has much lower difficulty, so the probability of finding a block is significantly higher, even with low hashrate. The rewards are smaller, but at least it’s in the realm of “possible” instead of “powerball odds.”

For those of you who’ve done small-hashrate solo mining:
Would you point two NerdOctaXes at BTC for the lottery dream, or go BCH for a realistic block chance?
And which pool would you use — CKPool solo for BTC? Something else for BCH?

Curious what you guys would do in this scenario.

Thanks!

Posted Dec 9, 2025, 8:38 AM UTC

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