Mine Blocknet on bntpool.com

This guide covers joining the bntpool.com pool with seine: the pool address, logging in with a Blocknet address or a Blocknet ID @name, naming each rig, and checking on the stats page that your shares are arriving. If seine isn't installed yet, follow the seine install guide first, then come back here.

What is the bntpool.com pool address?

These are the pool's settings, as reported by its public /api/info endpoint on October 25, 2026:

You can see the same values at any time on the pool's Get Started page.

Why is bntpool.com seine's default pool?

When you run seine for the first time, it asks for a pool and fills in stratum+tcp://bntpool.com:3333 as the default. The pool and the miner fit together in a few practical ways:

• One protocol. bntpool.com runs the Stratum protocol seine speaks (version 2), so seine connects with nothing to configure beyond your address.
• Names work on both sides. Seine and the pool both accept Blocknet ID names and verify them against the same signed record at blocknet.id.
• Version checks. Each rig reports its seine version with its shares, and the stats page marks a rig running an older seine with an "update available" badge that links to the seine releases page.
• A seine setup guide. The pool's Get Started page walks through downloading and running seine, with a command you can copy.

How do you connect seine to bntpool.com?

The first time you start seine, it asks two questions:

Enter your Blocknet address or shortname (@name / $name):
Enter pool URL [default: stratum+tcp://bntpool.com:3333]:

Paste your address or type your name, then press Enter to accept bntpool.com. Seine saves both answers to seine-data/seine.config.json, so every later start goes straight to mining. It also picks a rig name and saves it in the same file (more on that below).

On a headless rig, in a service or in a script, there is no one to answer the prompts. Pass both values as flags on the first start, which is the same command the Get Started page gives you:

./seine --pool-url stratum+tcp://bntpool.com:3333 --address YOUR_BLOCKNET_ADDRESS

To change pools or addresses later, edit or delete seine-data/seine.config.json, or override the saved values with --address and --pool-url on the command line.

Can you mine to a Blocknet ID @name?

Names are case-insensitive, so @Alice and @alice are the same login. Name support arrived in seine v0.2.16; any current release has it. Before mining starts, seine prints the address the name resolved to, so you can confirm it matches your wallet. On the command line, put the name in single quotes. Without them, a shell would try to expand $name as a variable:

./seine --pool-url stratum+tcp://bntpool.com:3333 --address '@yourname'

If you later point your name at a different wallet, restart seine. Seine resolves a saved name each time it starts and keeps that address for the whole run, and the pool does the same for each connection. A balance you have already earned stays with the address it was earned for and is paid there, so moving a name never moves your coins.

You can register a name at blocknet.id. The Blocknet ID guide explains how paying by name works.

How do you name your rigs?

Every connection logs in with a rig name alongside your address. On its first run, seine picks one for you, seine- followed by four digits, and saves it in its config file, so the same machine keeps the same name across restarts. To use a name you'll recognize, set it on the command line:

./seine --pool-worker rig-01

The pool keeps up to 64 characters of the name. A stable name also helps after a restart: the pool remembers each rig's share difficulty for an hour, keyed by your address and the rig name, so a rig that reconnects picks up at the difficulty it had already settled on.

Can you mine to one address from several rigs?

Yes. Start seine on each machine with the same address or @name and a different rig name. The pool counts shares, balances and payouts per address, so all of your rigs add up to one balance and one payout. On the stats page, each rig gets its own row, which makes it easy to see that every machine is mining.

How do you check that your miner is working?

Seine's dashboard shows your hashrate and accepted shares on the machine itself. To see the pool's view, open My Stats, enter your address, @name or $name, and press Lookup. If you enter a name, the page shows the address it resolved to next to the search box. The page also remembers your last lookup in that browser, and the guide to tracking your miner covers every card on it.

Look for three things:

• Hashrate and Shares Accepted. The hashrate card shows what the pool sees from you, and the accepted count climbs as your rigs submit work.
• A row for each rig. Each row shows the rig's name, hashrate, accepted and rejected shares, and the time of its last share. A last share from a moment ago means that rig is connected and working.
• Recent Shares. The latest shares are listed with the rig that sent them, their difficulty and their status.

The pool sets share difficulty separately for each connection and adjusts it as you mine, so even a small CPU sends shares steadily and your first accepted shares appear within minutes of connecting. For the hashrate to expect from your hardware, see the Blocknet mining hardware guide.

Rewards come next. Estimated Rewards appear once the pool finds a block while your shares are inside the six-hour window. After that block has 60 confirmations, your share moves to Confirmed Rewards, and the pool sends it automatically once you have at least 0.1 BNT. How PPLNS payouts work explains how each block's reward is split. Pool-wide history is on the Blocks and Payouts pages.

What does the Get Started page cover?

The pool's Get Started page has everything on one screen:

• Pool information. The Stratum address (click it to copy), the payout scheme, the minimum payout and the number of block confirmations before payout, read live from the pool.
• Quick start in three steps. Download seine from seineminer.com, run it once and enter your address or name and the pool URL, then start mining and follow your hashrate and balance on My Stats.
• A command to copy. The full ./seine command with the pool URL filled in. Swap in your address, or '@yourname' in quotes.
• Setup notes. Where seine saves its config, how to reset it, and the flags that override it.
• How rewards are counted. A short explanation of PPLNS: the shares you submitted before a block was found earn its reward, and work you add afterward counts toward the blocks that follow. It also notes that rewards from unconfirmed blocks are shown separately on My Stats until those blocks confirm.
• Screenshots of seine's first-run setup and its mining dashboard, so you know what to expect before you start.