Mining

Mine CELL with an NVIDIA GPU.

Mining is open to enrolled QSDM Hive nodes with an NVIDIA GPU. Work is paid in capped windows, and each window's CELL is shared by accepted work.

Download Hive Network status Miner quickstart
Enrolled miners—active enrollments
Fully bonded—10 CELL bond paid
Bond pending—paying from rewards
PoW difficulty—per proof
Block reward—CELL per block
Block height—chain tip

Source: /mining/enrollments, /mining/work, /status · loading… · Full network status

Requirements

Three things, all set up from inside QSDM Hive.

  1. An NVIDIA GPU

    Mining needs an NVIDIA GPU. The node proves it with NVIDIA attestation (nvidia-cc-v1 or nvidia-hmac-v1).

  2. QSDM Hive

    Install Hive for Windows (1.4.20) or Linux (1.4.17). Hive holds your wallet and runs the miner.

  3. An enrolled node

    Enroll the GPU from Hive. Enrollment is signed by your wallet and needs a 10 CELL bond.

    No CELL yet? The bond can be paid from your mining rewards instead (deferred bond).

How it works

Plain rules. The live values are on this page and on the network status page.

  • Capped windowsMining runs in windows of up to 24 hours. Each window has a fixed CELL budget; when the window ends or the budget is used, submissions stop until the next window opens.
  • Proof of workYour GPU searches for a proof that meets the current difficulty (2^24). A proof must arrive within about 60 seconds (6 blocks) of the block it was mined on.
  • Per-owner limitsEach wallet (owner) has limits on proofs per minute, proofs waiting for payment, and CELL earned per 24-hour epoch (8,640 blocks). Adding more nodes under one wallet does not lift these limits.
  • Reward splitThe window's CELL is split by accepted work: your share equals your share of the accepted proofs.
  • Deferred bond: 10% rateA node whose 10 CELL bond is not yet fully paid mines at 10% weight. Its rewards are locked into the bond first; once fully bonded it mines at full weight.
  • Proof signingSigning each submitted proof is currently not required. Enrollment itself is always signed by the owner wallet.
  • Bond and slashingThe bond is slashable: a node proven to have forged its attestation, double-mined, or faked proof freshness can lose it.

Window times and budgets are set per window by the operator and are not fixed protocol values, so this page does not list them. The status banner at the top of the site says whether mining is open.

Start in four steps

  1. 1. Install HiveDownload and verify the SHA-256, then create or open your wallet in Hive.
  2. 2. Enroll your GPUOpen mining in Hive and enroll the NVIDIA GPU. Choose to post the 10 CELL bond now or pay it from rewards.
  3. 3. Start miningHive fetches work, mines on the GPU and submits proofs while a window is open.
  4. 4. Check your nodeLook up your wallet address in the explorer, or call /api/v1/mining/enrollment/<node_id> (see the API reference).