Our July 5 Block Party brought together hundreds of solo miners and hashrate buyers to group solo mine in our latest attempt to find a block. While we didn’t hit a block, we logged 855 PH/s at peak and 200+ PH/s in solo miner alliance hashrate—our strongest solo turnout yet.
Hashrate Performance & Context
• Direct buys totaled 490 PH/s across 256 unique buyers.
• Peak network hashrate hit 855 PH/s, including a 200+ PH/s solo mining cohort.
• We competed against block-winning pools like White Pool (5.9 EH), Peak Mining (11.6 EH), and an unknown pool (17.6 EH).
• The event ran over 6 hours, including 2.5 hours of after-party mining.
Setup & Technical Challenges
Post-conference downtime in June allowed for infrastructure upgrades, including Upendo site improvements. However, we faced:
• A website crash due to traffic load within the first hour.
• 50% capacity loss at one of our mining farms mid-party.
• We implemented leaderboard caching mid-party to stabilize the leaderboard and reinstate direct buys.
Coordination & Community
• We opted not to run hashrate auctions, focusing instead on expanding solo miner participation. (Auctions will return soon).
• Nostr remained our primary means of party promotion (@Rigly, @Upendo), with support from CKPool’s Dr. CK and promotion via X (@TrustlessMining).
• The party featured a new charity integration: users could route 10% of any future block reward to Bitcoin Arusha, BTC Isla, or La Crypta, all now on the leaderboard. (More charity options to come, so you can choose to contribute back to Bitcoin education/adoption non-profits if you choose).
• To incentivize participation outside of parties, solo miners on our CKPool are now eligible for 1 BTC if they find a block independently. Rewards split by contributed hashrate.
What’s Next
• Early start threshold for the July 19 party increases to 500 PH/s.
• Charities being added: Women of Satoshi (Malawi) and Bitcoin Ekasi.
Anyone can join—hook up your Bitaxe or buy hashrate directly (as low as 17 sats/TH/s).
More info: https://upendo.rigly.io/
Follow us on Nostr: primal.net/Rigly