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BTC.com Pool Reference Document

Tyler Cohoon
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This is a reference document for setting up, and managing your BTC.com account. We have assembled important information necessary to get started mining with Compass using BTC.com. If you have any questions regarding your miners we will be happy to help you but if you have technical questions or issues with your pool account you may need to reach out to BTC.com to get them resolved.  

NOTE: COMPASS WILL NEVER ASK FOR YOUR POOL ACCOUNT PASSWORD! DO NOT EVER GIVE THIS OUT!

 

Contents:

Creating a BTC.com account

Visit pool.btc.com and select Sign up in the upper right hand corner. Follow their registration instructions.

locate your BTC.com username and watcher link

Sharing your pool username is necessary for Compass to configure your miner and to initiate hashing to your BTC.com Pool account. BTC.com Pool also has the ability to share watcher links which allows anybody with the link to view your pool account. While this is optional, it is useful for troubleshooting your machines as needed.

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  1. Log into your BTC.com pool account from https://pool.btc.com/.
  2. Click the 'Pool Dashboard' button at the top of the screen.
    • You may need to create a Sub-account.
  3. Pool username can be see below the BTC.com logo in the top left.
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  4. Select 'Watcher Link' under the 'Settings' drop down menu.
  5. Click on the '+ Create New Watcher' button.
  6. Input a watcher name. Check 'Miners' and click the 'OK' button. We recommend 'compass' for simplicity.
  7. The new watcher link will appear. Press the 'copy button' to copy the link.
  8. On the left side, select 'API KEY'.
  9. Click the 'Generate Access Key' button.
  10. The Access Key will appear.
  11. Highlight and copy the Key.

Stratum Server URLs

Stratum mining is a pooled mining protocol necessary to mine Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. When configuring your miner we need to know what your mining pool's Stratum URL is so that we can properly configure the miner. Once entered your miner will be able to communicate with the corresponding mining pool. Depending on the pool you are using Compass will auto populate the Stratum URL. If you are using a less common pool then you will be responsible for locating and providing the Stratum URL upon request.

Stratum Server URL's can be located here. The most commonly used for BTC are as follows:

  • stratum+tcp://us.ss.btc.com:1800

  • stratum+tcp://us.ss.btc.com:443

  • stratum+tcp://us.ss.btc.com:25

It is suggested that you select one of these as your primary and the remainder for backup stratum servers. If a server goes down the miner will automatically move to the backup stratum and mining will continue uninterrupted. 

Locate your Compass Wallet Deposit/Payout Address

The Compass Wallet can be accessed using the Compass Wallet button within your Dashboard.  Here you will see a Deposit menu which can be used to fund your wallet. The wallet is the quickest and easiest way to pay Compass invoices or to buy new hardware. Any funds in the wallet can be converted or withdrawn at any time..

To use the deposit feature follow the steps and animations below:

Bitcoin Deposit:

  1. Log into your Compass Account.
  2. Navigate to the customer Dashboard.
  3. Click on Compass Wallet.
  4. Select the Deposit tab.
  5. Select BTC - Bitcoin currency.
  6. Press the Deposit button to see your wallet deposit address.
  7. From your preferred Bitcoin, scan or paste in the Compass Wallet address.
  8. Input the amount you would like to send and confirm. BTC deposit are batched twice a day, wait a few hours for the deposit to be shown in the Wallet.

NOTE: Bitcoin transactions will process after 3 confirmations and will be reflected in your wallet twice per day.

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Setting up my Payout Address

All mining rewards will be sent to your mining pool account. Funds will remain here until you setup payouts. Once configured your funds will periodically be withdrawn to a designated wallet address. You can deposit to any wallet of your choice but for informational purposes here are instructions on how to deposit directly to your Compass Wallet. Currently we only support Bitcoin and USDC crypto deposits. Be sure to ensure you only deposit Bitcoin to your Bitcoin wallet.

Set up Bitcoin pool deposit:

  1. Log into your BTC.com pool account from https://pool.btc.com/.
  2. Click on the Pool Dashboard button.
  3. Select Address tab.
  4. Press the + Add Address button.
  5. Input your payout address, proportion, threshold and note.
  6. Click the Next Step button.
  7. Complete your 2FA verification.
  8. Press OK.

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Pool Support

Compass will try to do everything it can to help you along your mining journey and we encourage customers to reach out with any questions they have regarding their miners and payouts. That being said we do use the existing mining pool structures that exist today and some questions we are unable to answer. If you have any pool specific questions questions or concerns please reach out to your corresponding mining pool for assistance. BTC.com's support can be found here.