How to Mine BitcoinIII (BC3) — Mining Setup Guide for suprnova.cc
Connection reference for BitcoinIII (BC3) mining at bc3.suprnova.cc. Algorithm: sha3t (triple SHA3-256 over the 80-byte block header). Standard Bitcoin stratum. Ports 7700 (VarDiff Low), 7701 (VarDiff Main, recommended), 7702 (fixed 512), 7703 (fixed 4096), 7704 (SSL), 7705 (NiceHash-tuned VarDiff). Wallet accepts legacy P2PKH, P2SH and bech32 BC3 addresses. Compatible miners: SRBMiner-Multi (AMD/NVIDIA/Intel GPUs) and suprminer (NVIDIA).
Stratum Servers
| Region | Host | Port | Difficulty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Getting Ping
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bc3.suprnova.cc |
7700 | VarDiff Low · starts 0.05 (min 0.01) | For very low-hashrate CPUs / testing. 30s share target. |
| 7701 | VarDiff Main · starts 1024 | Recommended — adapts to your rig, 30s share target. | ||
| 7702 | Fixed 512 | Fixed difficulty band for small rigs. | ||
| 7703 | Fixed 4096 | Fixed difficulty band for larger rigs. | ||
| 7704 | VarDiff Main over TLS · starts 1024 | SSL/TLS — use stratum+ssl://. HAProxy-terminated. |
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| 7705 | VarDiff (NiceHash-tuned) · starts 4096 | For rental marketplaces with short session lifetime. |
BC3 uses standard Bitcoin stratum (mining.subscribe / mining.notify / mining.submit). Plain TCP uses stratum+tcp://; SSL uses stratum+ssl://. Pool ping explained.
Configuration
- Algorithm
sha3t— triple SHA3-256 over the 80-byte block header. Stateless (no dataset, no hugepages benefit). - Protocolstandard Bitcoin stratum (
mining.subscribe/mining.notify/mining.submit). - Walletany valid BC3 address: legacy P2PKH (
1…), P2SH (3…) or bech32 (bc1q…). All accepted for payouts. - Workershort label per rig, e.g.
rig01. Appended after a dot:ADDRESS.WORKER. - Password
x.
Generic connection template (replace <MINER> with SRBMiner, suprminer or any other sha3t-capable miner, and YOUR_BC3_ADDRESS with your own address):
./<MINER> -a sha3t \
-o stratum+tcp://bc3.suprnova.cc:7701 \
-u YOUR_BC3_ADDRESS.rig01 \
-p x
Exact flag names will vary between miners — the example above uses the widely-adopted cpuminer-style syntax (-a, -o, -u, -p). Consult your miner's documentation for its equivalents.
Platform Instructions
Linux — pick a miner
Two GPU miners support sha3t. Use SRBMiner-Multi for AMD/Intel/NVIDIA cards, or suprminer for NVIDIA only.
tar xzf SRBMiner-Multi-*-Linux.tar.gz
cd SRBMiner-Multi-*
./SRBMiner-MULTI --algorithm sha3t \
--pool bc3.suprnova.cc:7701 \
--wallet YOUR_BC3_ADDRESS.rig01 \
--password x
chmod +x suprminer-neptune-*-linux-x86_64
./suprminer-neptune-*-linux-x86_64 -a sha3t \
-o stratum+tcp://bc3.suprnova.cc:7701 \
-u YOUR_BC3_ADDRESS.rig01 \
-p x
Prefer encrypted stratum? Swap the URL for stratum+ssl://bc3.suprnova.cc:7704. Append .rig01 (any label) to your wallet to distinguish per-rig stats. Password can be anything (x is conventional).
Windows — pick a miner
Download the Windows build, extract, run from PowerShell or cmd.exe. Both miners support sha3t.
SRBMiner-MULTI.exe --algorithm sha3t --pool bc3.suprnova.cc:7701 --wallet YOUR_BC3_ADDRESS.rig01 --password x
suprminer.exe -a sha3t -o stratum+tcp://bc3.suprnova.cc:7701 -u YOUR_BC3_ADDRESS.rig01 -p x
Windows Defender will likely flag mining binaries on first run — that's normal; whitelist the folder if needed. Use stratum+ssl://bc3.suprnova.cc:7704 for TLS.
Hashrate rental (NiceHash, MRR)
Rental marketplaces (NiceHash, Mining Rig Rentals) do not yet list the sha3t algorithm.
Port 7705 is already tuned for the NiceHash session lifetime (higher starting difficulty, aggressive VarDiff) and will accept connections the moment a compatible seller appears. We will update this section with the exact algorithm slug and marketplace URL once a listing goes live.
In the meantime, running your own hardware against port 7701 is the only way to hash BC3.
HiveOS / MMPOS Flight Sheet
Create a Custom Miner flight sheet. Pick either miner below and paste its Installation URL.
- Miner name
srbminer-multi - Installation URLSRBMiner-Multi releases — use the
srbminer_custom-*.tar.gzasset URL - Hash algorithm
sha3t - Pool URL
stratum+tcp://bc3.suprnova.cc:7701 - Wallet template
%WAL%.%WORKER_NAME% - Password
x - Extra config args
--algorithm sha3t --pool %URL% --wallet %WAL%.%WORKER_NAME% --password %PASS%
- Miner name
suprminer-neptune - Installation URLsuprminer releases — use the
suprminer-neptune-*_u2004.tar.gz(u2004) or_u2204.tar.gz(u2204) asset matching your HiveOS image - Hash algorithm
sha3t - Pool URL
stratum+tcp://bc3.suprnova.cc:7701 - Wallet template
%WAL%.%WORKER_NAME% - Password
x
MMPOS uses the same fields — add a Custom Miner with the same URL, algo, pool, wallet template and password.
Quick facts
- BitcoinIII is a Bitcoin Core v29 fork with a swapped block-hash algorithm (
sha3t, triple SHA3-256). 10-minute block target, 50 BC3 subsidy at genesis, halving every 210,000 blocks. No developer tax. - Your payout address is your BC3 wallet address — legacy P2PKH (
1…), P2SH (3…) or bech32 (bc1q…) all work. Append.rig01(any label) to distinguish per-rig stats on the dashboard. - sha3t is stateless — there is no dataset to allocate, so hugepages / MSR tweaks that RandomX or Ethash needed are not applicable here. Pick the port that matches your rig size (see the stratum table above).
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