How to mine Conflux (CFX)
Conflux is a high-throughput proof-of-work chain with a Tree-Graph ledger, built-in staking and fee sponsorship. It is mined with Octopus, an Ethash-style algorithm whose DAG grows over time.
Before pool and miner fees and electricity. Work out the profit for your GPU →
| Algorithm | Octopus |
|---|---|
| Typical unit | MH/s |
| Official site | https://confluxnetwork.org/ |
| Block explorer | https://www.confluxscan.io/ |
| GPUs | AMD and NVIDIA with 10 GB of VRAM or more (see warnings) |
1Get a wallet
You need a Conflux address to receive what you mine. Use an official wallet:
- Fluent Wallet - linked from confluxnetwork.org
Core Space addresses use the CIP-37 format: cfx: followed by a base32 payload and checksum (46 characters).
Write the seed phrase down on paper and keep it offline. The miner and the pool only ever need the public address.
2Pick a pool
A pool combines many miners so you get paid steadily instead of waiting to find a whole block. Live fees and payouts for every pool are on the pools table.
| Pool | Server | TLS server | Login | Fee | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kryptex | cfx.kryptex.network:7027 | cfx.kryptex.network:8027 | YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKER | 1 % (PPS+) | default 10 CFX |
| HeroMiners | de.conflux.herominers.com:1170 | de.conflux.herominers.com:1170 | YOUR_WALLET.YOUR_WORKER | 0.9 % (PROP) | PROP, hourly checks |
Kryptex regions: add -eu, -us, -br, -sg, -hk, -ru or -ae after the coin in the host name (for example cfx-eu.kryptex.network). For TLS use port 8027 with stratum+ssl:// (Rigel, BzMiner) or the miner's TLS switch (SRBMiner --tls true, lolMiner --tls on). Kryptex logins are wallet/worker. HeroMiners has servers in many regions: replace de with fr, es, fi, ru, ca, us, us2, us3, br, hk, kr, sg, tr or au. The same port takes plain and TLS connections. Solo mining: solo:YOUR_WALLET.
3Pick a miner
| Miner | GPUs | Dev fee | Algorithm name | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lolMiner | AMD, NVIDIA | 2 % | OCTOPUS | official page |
| Rigel | NVIDIA | 2 % | octopus | official page |
SRBMiner-MULTI, BzMiner and WildRig Multi do not list Octopus.
4Set it up
Replace YOUR_WALLET with your address and YOUR_WORKER with a name for this machine. On Windows, save the line as a .bat file in the miner's folder and double-click it. On Linux, run it from the miner's folder.
lolMiner
@echo off
cd /d "%~dp0"
lolMiner.exe --algo OCTOPUS --pool cfx.kryptex.network:7027 --user YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKER
pause./lolMiner --algo OCTOPUS --pool cfx.kryptex.network:7027 --user YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKERUse 1.98a or later: lolMiner's release notes say 1.98 broke Conflux and 1.98a fixed it.
Syntax from the miner's own documentation.
Rigel
@echo off
cd /d "%~dp0"
rigel.exe -a octopus -o stratum+tcp://cfx.kryptex.network:7027 -u YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKER
pause./rigel -a octopus -o stratum+tcp://cfx.kryptex.network:7027 -u YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKERSyntax from the miner's own documentation.
5Check it works
- Within a few minutes the miner should print accepted shares. Rejected or stale shares above a few percent mean a problem with the connection, the clocks or the pool address.
- Open your pool's dashboard and search for your address. Your worker appears after its first shares; pool hashrate settles over an hour or so.
- Watch temperatures for the first hour: GPU core, hotspot and memory.
Warnings and cautions
Conflux-specific
- The DAG has outgrown 8 GB cards. Kryptex's DAG calculator shows 8,960 MB at epoch 304 (19 Oct 2026), growing 16 MB about every three days. 10 GB cards last until roughly June 2027, 12 GB until about mid-2028.
- Whether the pools also accept 0x (EVM) addresses is not verified - use your cfx: Core Space address.
For every coin
- Download miners only from the official page. Use the GitHub release or website linked in the miner table. Fake miners that steal wallets or mine to someone else are common. Where the developer publishes SHA-256 checksums, compare them before the first start (Windows:
Get-FileHash .\file.zip -Algorithm SHA256; Linux:sha256sum file.tar.gz). - Antivirus warnings. Windows Defender and other antivirus tools flag almost every GPU miner as a "potentially unwanted" program, because malware bundles them. Add a folder exclusion only for a miner you downloaded from its official page and checked, and never turn protection off as a whole.
- Your seed phrase is never needed. A miner and a pool only need your public address. Anyone who asks for your seed (recovery) phrase or private key is trying to steal your coins.
- Power, heat and hardware. Mining runs the card at full load all day. Watch GPU, hotspot and memory temperatures, keep the room ventilated, and do not leave a rig running unattended near anything flammable. A power limit or undervolt usually costs a little hashrate and saves a lot of power. Check that your power supply and cables are rated for the load.
- Profit is an estimate. Price, network hashrate and pool luck change every hour. The calculator shows today's numbers, not a promise. Small coins can be hard to sell, and taxes on mined coins apply in many countries. Nothing here is financial advice.
Sources
Checked 18-19 October 2026. Live numbers above come from the Kryptex and HeroMiners public APIs.
- https://confluxnetwork.org
- https://doc.confluxnetwork.org/docs/core/core-space-basics/addresses
- https://fluentwallet.com/
- https://pool.kryptex.com/cfx
- https://pool.kryptex.com/cfx/api/v1/pool/info
- https://pool.kryptex.com/cfx/dag-size-calculator
- https://conflux.herominers.com
- https://github.com/Lolliedieb/lolMiner-releases
- https://github.com/rigelminer/rigel