⚠️ Experimental project. This is a research experiment in on-chain Proof of Work mining on Base L2. Use only funds you are comfortable losing.
ePoW is a pure ETH mining experiment running on Base (Ethereum L2). No token, no pre-mine — miners compete to find valid Proof of Work hashes and receive ETH directly from the reward pool.
Every deposit fuels the pool:
- 80% goes to the reward pool — paid out to block finders
Go to the mining interface and deposit 0.01 ETH on Base to register as a miner. This is a one-time fee that seeds the reward pool. You only need to do it once.
🌐 https://epow-code.github.io/ePoW-Website/
Use the web interface directly — no installation needed. Mining runs in background threads in your browser. Slower than GPU but zero setup.
For serious mining, download the GPU worker. Requires an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA or an AMD/Intel GPU with OpenCL.
📦 https://github.com/ePoW-code/ePoW-Worker
Rewards start small and grow with difficulty. This is intentional.
At launch the network is new, blocks are rare, and each block pays a tiny fraction of the pool. As more miners join and the automatic difficulty adjustment kicks in (every 2,016 blocks, Bitcoin-style), the reward per block increases proportionally:
| Difficulty | Pool % per block |
|---|---|
| 32 bits | ~0.002% |
| 36 bits | ~0.024% |
| 40 bits | ~0.39% |
| 44 bits | ~6.25% |
| 48 bits+ | up to 100% |
The pool accumulates while difficulty is low — early miners are building the prize pool for everyone. As difficulty rises and more ETH enters the system, each block found becomes a more significant reward.
- Network: Base (Ethereum L2)
- Hash function: keccak256 — identical to Ethereum's native hashing
- Mining input:
keccak256(challenge ‖ miner_address ‖ nonce ‖ message) - Difficulty adjustment: every 2,016 blocks, ±4× cap per period
- Registration fee: 0.01 ETH (one-time)
- Contract: 0x59236aEc9FEeb8cdF50A616D15ef7574D6943123 verified on BaseScan
This is an experiment. There are no guarantees of profit. The reward pool depends entirely on participation — if nobody deposits, nobody earns. Mining on Base incurs gas fees (very low, typically < $0.01 per block submission). Always do your own research.