What an eCash Miner Keeps
eCash uses SHA-256, so the hardware question is settled before you start: the official documentation notes that «because eCash uses the same SHA256 mining algorithm as Bitcoin, the technical requirements are similar». The same ASIC that mines Bitcoin mines XEC.
What differs is the coinbase. A miner does not keep all of it: the coinbase transaction must carry a miner fund output that pays for eCash development, and since 15 November 2023 a share also goes to staking rewards for the nodes running Avalanche consensus. eCash documentation is blunt about the consequence — a block that skips the rules «will be rejected by the Avalanche consensus layer» even if your node submits it successfully. So compare XEC payouts against Bitcoin per unit of hashrate, not per block.
The table above is short because few pools mine XEC at all. That is the market, not a filtered selection — and it is why the last block column matters more here than the fee: with this few options, a stalled pool leaves you almost nowhere to go.
FAQ
A SHA-256 proof-of-work chain descended from Bitcoin, with an Avalanche consensus layer added on top to finalise blocks.
Yes — rows marked SOLO in the table point your hardware at a stratum endpoint and pay you the full miner portion of the block reward when you find a block. Read how solo pools work before committing a machine.
With so few pools, the question is really which one is finding blocks and paying out. Check the last block column first, then the fee and minimum payout.
