NockForge
v0.6.8PPLNS · 8 block window138.0 M nonces/s per RTX 5090endpoint …

Mine Nockchain on your GPU.
Keep 98%.

Our own miner, tuned for the RTX 5090.

PPLNS with automatic payouts once a block matures — no withdrawal button, no balance to babysit. Pool or solo, same endpoint.

Shares verified server-sideBuilt for the RTX 5090
Download the minerHow to connect
Get started
curl -fsSLO https://nockforge.tech/download/nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz &&
echo "de830ba7cc250bae1a6812548c4850bcfc744dead91e4e5621463880c94d0a22 nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c - &&
tar xzf nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz && cd nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8 &&
./nockforge --wallet <YOUR_ADDRESS> --device <RIG_NAME>
nockforge-zkminer — pool — 120x32
example session · not live
NOCKPOOL_WALLET=<YOUR_ADDRESS> NOCKPOOL_RIG=<RIG_NAME> ./run.sh
[zkminer] driver 580.65.06
[zkminer] GPU has 32607 MiB -> ZKMINER_MINER_B=768 (override by setting it yourself)
[zkminer] pool pool.nockforge.tech:27016 rig <RIG_NAME>
[zkminer] starting -- watch for 'SHARE ACCEPTED'. Ctrl-C to stop.
== GPU up (embedded cubin, arch=compute_120) ==
quiver: connecting to pool.nockforge.tech:27016 (key ...a91f)
quiver: authenticated, device accepted (Linux / <your CPU>)
LOCAL 138000000 cand/s (138.00 M nonces/s) | 60s 138.00 M/s | GPU 72 C 540 W | shares 17 accepted 0 rejected | hits 17 | cand 7590000000 wall 55.0
SHARE ACCEPTED: accepted
# the count before 'rejected' stays 0; anything else prints as REJECTED and is a defect.
recent activity · live
pool hashrate …idle

waiting for the first poll

nockforge · pool pool.nockforge.tech:27016 · TLS verified · PPLNS 8 blocksendpoint: unknown
nockforge — estimate — 80x24

What one RTX 5090 mines here at the difficulty and block reward showing right now. An estimate of revenue — power cost is not subtracted, and nothing is projected beyond a day.

one RTX 5090
138.0 M nonces/s— NOCK / day$ — (price unavailable)
Your own numbers → Calculator
one RTX 5090 · pool fee 2 % deducted · power cost not includedestimate · not a forecast
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Pool hashrate

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How to connect

Mining in three steps

No account, no signup, no API key. Your NOCK payout address is your login, and the miner never sees a private key.

  1. 1

    Download the miner

    nockforge-zkminer 0.6.8Linux · Windows via WSL2

    One tarball, one script, nothing to install. Unpack it next to your GPU and you are ready.

    Get nockforge-zkminer
  2. 2

    Your address is your login

    NOCKPOOL_WALLET is your NOCK payout address (base58). It identifies you on the pool and receives every payout. NOCKPOOL_RIG labels the connection, and it is how you choose solo: end it with -solo.

  3. 3

    Start mining

    Pool mode: PPLNS over the work of the last 8 network blocks, paid out on-chain as soon as a found block matures.

    Pool modeshell
    ./nockforge --wallet <YOUR_ADDRESS> --device <RIG_NAME>

Solo instead of pool

Same miner, same endpoint. End your rig name with -solo and the finder’s reward is yours alone when you find one, minus the 2% solo fee: no luck-sharing, no pool split, same payout path.

Solo modeshell
./nockforge --wallet <YOUR_ADDRESS> --device <RIG_NAME>-solo

Never a private key

The miner only ever knows your public payout address. If any mining software asks you for a key or seed phrase, it is not ours.

Then look yourself up by address
Payouts

What you get paid, and when

No account balance and no withdrawal button. Payouts run once a day, at 20:00 UTC, and send everything at or above your threshold straight to your address: 100 NOCK by default, adjustable per address on your miner page.

Reward split

PPLNS over the work of the last 8 network blocks, counted backwards from the moment the block is found. Your share of that window is your share of the block, minus the 2% fee.

Solo instead: the finder’s reward is yours, minus the same 2%.

When it lands

A coinbase on Nockchain is time-locked for 100 blocks by consensus. We pay at 106 (6 blocks of reorg margin), about 4 hours after the block, on the next payout run.

Custody

The default threshold is 100 NOCK; set your own between 10 and 100,000 NOCK on your miner page. Below it the amount waits for a later run.

Stop mining and anything already matured still goes out once it reaches your threshold.

Every payout carries a transaction id you can check on nockscan.net. We never ask for a private key or a seed phrase — only your public payout address.
Go it alone

Solo mining — the finder’s reward alone, minus the 2% fee

Same miner, same endpoint: end your rig name with -solo. Find a block and the reward is yours alone, minus the 2% solo fee — no luck-sharing, no pool split, and the same automatic payout path.

zsh — 80x24 · POOL
./nockforge --wallet <YOUR_ADDRESS> --device <RIG_NAME>
SHARE ACCEPTED: accepted
-> credited to the PPLNS window: the work of the last 8 network blocks
-> your share of that window is your share of the block, minus the 2% fee
-> on-chain on the next daily payout run once that block matures
zsh — 80x24 · SOLO
./nockforge --wallet <YOUR_ADDRESS> --device <RIG_NAME>-solo
SHARE ACCEPTED: accepted
-> no window to share: the share only proves your own work
-> find a block and the finder's reward is yours, minus the same 2%
-> same payout path, same maturity, no pool split
# the pool has not found a block yet, pool or solo
Start solo mining
Download

nockforge-zkminer 0.6.8

Our GPU miner for Nockchain, tuned for the RTX 5090. Download, unpack, set your address, mine.

Linux x86_64 · NVIDIA

nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz

138.0 M nonces/s per RTX 5090
Download 0.6.8 (29.3 MB)

If the button fails, run wget https://nockforge.tech/download/nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz — on 429 Too Many Requests wait a few minutes and retry. The same file is on GitHub — compare the checksum against both.

One RTX 5090

Rate
138.0 M nonces/s
Power
540 W
Energy / nonce
3.91 µJ

Measured power limits

LimitRateTempEnergy
540 W•138.0 M nonces/s72 °C3.91 µJ
560 W140.0 M nonces/s73 °C4.00 µJ
580 W141.3 M nonces/s75 °C4.11 µJ
600 W142.5 M nonces/s77 °C4.21 µJ

The dot marks the row quoted above.

SHA256SUMS

sha256 de830ba7cc250bae1a6812548c4850bcfc744dead91e4e5621463880c94d0a22

Quick start

Replace <YOUR_ADDRESS> with your NOCK payout address and <RIG_NAME> with any label. On Windows, run the same lines inside WSL2.

Linux / WSL2shell
curl -fsSLO https://nockforge.tech/download/nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz && echo "de830ba7cc250bae1a6812548c4850bcfc744dead91e4e5621463880c94d0a22 nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c - && tar xzf nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz && cd nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8 && ./nockforge --wallet <YOUR_ADDRESS> --device <RIG_NAME>

Check the download before you run it: sha256sum nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz must print the sum below, the same one as in SHA256SUMS.

Solo instead of pool: end the rig name with -solo. The script picks the batch size for your card, checks the driver and connects to NockForge at pool.nockforge.tech:27016 by itself.

Build your start file

Nothing leaves this page

Your address and a rig name, and you get a single script that downloads the miner, verifies its checksum and starts it. It is built here in your browser: no request, no account, nothing stored.

Enter your NOCK payout address to build the file.
Linux / WSL2 — same three linesshell
curl -fsSLO https://nockforge.tech/download/nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz && echo "de830ba7cc250bae1a6812548c4850bcfc744dead91e4e5621463880c94d0a22 nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c - && tar xzf nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8.tar.gz && cd nockforge-zkminer-0.6.8 && NOCKPOOL_WALLET=<YOUR_ADDRESS> NOCKPOOL_RIG=rig1 ./run.sh
Estimate

Reward estimate

Compare the measured RTX 5090 power limits, or enter the rate your own miner reports. The estimate uses the network difficulty showing right now.

Measured presetsOne RTX 5090 running nockforge-zkminer against this pool, measured at 540–600 W. Different card? Switch to Custom hashrate and enter the rate your miner reports.

Fetches the current price from SafeTrade, falling back to CoinGecko.

Preset comparisonWaiting for network data

Waiting for live network data (difficulty and block reward)…