Solo Mining Bitcoin with Mac Mini

Anyone figured out how to solo mine bitcoin on a Mac (like an Apple system)? I've got a Mac Mini M2, and I'm curious if I can use it for solo mining. Also, is it possible to mine directly to my own bitcoin node?

Um, read the pinned msg https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2415854.msg24714338#msg24714338 specifically point-3.... Running a node - good idea and kudos to you for that. As for mining to your own node with a real miner, do you have redundant connections to multiple BTC nodes around the globe so other miners will see if you found a block and start building on it? I highly doubt it and without that how will you feel about losing a block in an orphan race BECAUSE you were mining to your own node....

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It's possible to mine BTC in your own node if you have ASIC unit but mining solo in your own node is resource intensive and you need to setup stratum v2 protocol to be able to run a pool and mine in your own pool which is requires a lot of work than mining solo directly to available solo pool like ckpool solo.

A Mac mini isn’t powerful enough for you to have much success mining with it. CPU and GPU mining has been obsolete for many years. You will need to buy an ASIC miner and even then the odds are not great for finding a block if you are doing it solo. It is better to join a pool or just buy Bitcoin directly instead of struggling to recover the cost of expensive equipment and electricity.

Forget about mining and try to find other task you could do with your Mac Mini. It's not bad idea, since mining software for Mac OS is very limited where even NiceHash doesn't support it. Although the Mac Mini is only needed to update firmware, where you could use any device which can connect to WiFi for initial setup.

I asked a similar question, maybe this will help you https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5497767 You can install Windows on your Mac. I did it, I don't like their OS

Theoretically, mining Bitcoin alone on a Mac Mini M2 or any other Apple system is possible, but it is impractical and unprofitable.

Is it really possible? On https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/options-for-using-windows-11-with-mac-computers-with-apple-m1-m2-and-m3-chips-cd15fd62-9b34-4b78-b0bc-121baa3c568c, Microsoft only suggest you stream Windows from Cloud or use Parallels Desktop (which means you run Windows on VM).

I've personally installed windows on a Mac. The installation is the same as on any other laptop. I can say that this Mac was not new, it was about 9 years old.

I did quick search and found out Apple M1 only released about 4 years ago. That means you're talking about Mac which use Intel CPU, which isn't surprising you can install Windows on it. OP and me was talking about Apple's M series CPU.

Yes, it had an Intel processor. I prefer this processor because all applications run on it, and I don't use Mac because of various limitations. For Solo Mining I would use ready-made USB devices, but I understand people, because they feel sorry to spend a couple of hundred dollars on this device, which with almost 100% probability will not mine a block.

Solo mining Bitcoin on a Mac can be quite a challenge due to the high difficulty of mining and the competition out there. However, it’s definitely possible if you’re determined!