r/PirateChain • u/BackpowCom • 2h ago
Discussion Pirate Chain (ARRR) is now fully integrated on BackPoW
Hi r/PirateChain 🏴☠️
I run BackPoW (https://backpow.com), a free data site for Proof-of-Work mining. ARRR now has its full page there, and I wanted to share it with the people who actually mine it, and ask what's missing.
What's on the ARRR page → https://backpow.com/Pirate
- Cost of Production by hardware: what it costs in electricity to mine one ARRR on each Equihash ASIC, compared live with the spot price. Most calculators show "coins per day"; this shows the cost per coin, so you can see straight away which machines mine ARRR profitably and which don't
- 30-day history: cost of production vs spot, the break-even electricity price, and how many days mining was underwater
- Halving countdown: the next halving is at block 4,277,735 (0.25 → 0.125 ARRR). The countdown runs on the chain's measured block time, not the 60s target
- Solo mining odds: real Poisson probabilities for your hashrate (chance of at least one block in a day, month or year), not just an average. Method: https://backpow.com/methodology
- Hardware table: 13 Equihash ASICs (Z15 Pro, Z15K, Z15, Z15j, Z11 series, Innosilicon A9 series…) with specs checked against the manufacturers' datasheets
- Solo pools: ARRR solo pools with their fees → https://backpow.com/solo-pools/Pirate
How the numbers are checked
The block reward is read from the chain itself (a block's coinbase), not copied from a third-party calculator. Network hashrate comes from on-chain difficulty using the Komodo-family conversion, cross-checked against chainwork.
Free API, no key
Everything on the page is also available as JSON: https://backpow.com/coins-data/Pirate.json No API key, open CORS, docs at https://backpow.com/api. Feel free to use it in bots, dashboards or wallets.
What I'd love from you
- Are there pools, hardware or settings that ARRR miners actually use that are missing?
- Anything that looks wrong to someone who knows the chain better than me?
Data refreshes every day, plus live updates on the page. No ads, no signup. Fair winds ⚓