BackPow PoW Oracle

Proof of Work oracle: solo mining odds, cost of production, hashrate, mining hardware

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    Proof of Work oracle: solo mining odds, cost of production, hashrate, mining hardware

    How to connect

    How to connect BackPow PoW Oracle to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect BackPow PoW Oracle to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect BackPow PoW Oracle to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (6)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    calculate_solo_mining_oddsProbability of a solo miner finding a block, computed as a Poisson process over live network difficulty and hashrate, plus the electricity cost of the attempt. Returns mean time to a block, the chance of at least one block over 1/7/30/90/365 days, and lucky-vs-unlucky waiting times (5th, 50th and 95th percentile) — variance dominates at small hashrates, so the average alone is misleading. Use for questions like "how long would it take to solo mine a Bitcoin block with 100 TH/s", "what are my odds solo mining Kaspa", or "is solo mining worth it with this rig". For pooled mining economics or whether a coin is profitable at all, use get_cost_of_production. For raw network state without a miner, use get_coin_oracle.
    get_cost_of_productionCost of Production (CoP) for one Proof of Work coin: the all-in electricity cost of mining one unit on the most efficient hardware BackPow tracks for that algorithm, compared against spot price. Returns CoP in USD, spot, gross margin, whether miners are currently above or below water, the reference machine and tariff behind the figure, and a 30-day trend including whether the reference machine changed (which indicates the efficiency frontier moved). Accepts a custom electricity rate. Use for "is mining X profitable", "what does it cost to produce one Monero", "are miners underwater", or "break-even electricity price". For a specific rig rather than a coin, use get_hardware_benchmarks. For block-finding probability, use calculate_solo_mining_odds.
    get_coin_oracleCurrent network state for one Proof of Work chain, measured by BackPow's stratum collector nodes: difficulty, derived network hashrate, block height, block reward, protocol block-time target versus the latest observed interval, and the source pool. Every response carries a confidence block — how many independent pool operators agreed, whether the reward figure is live or a static fallback, and how old the observation is. Networks whose collectors are stalled or unreachable return an error rather than zeros. Use for "what is Kaspa's current difficulty", "network hashrate of Monero", "current block reward". For economics use get_cost_of_production; for mining probability use calculate_solo_mining_odds.
    list_pow_coinsPaginated index of the Proof of Work networks BackPow tracks, with algorithm, network rate, collector status and canonical page URL. Optionally filtered by algorithm or restricted to coins currently mining above cost. Returns the distinct algorithm list so valid filter values are discoverable. Use to find which networks exist for an algorithm, to browse the catalogue, or to resolve an ambiguous coin reference. Results are paginated: request a larger limit or a later offset rather than expecting the full catalogue in one response.
    get_hardware_benchmarksMining hardware matched to the coins it can mine, ranked by net USD per day at a given electricity rate. Covers ASICs, GPUs and CPUs, with hashrate and power draw per coin, gross revenue, net profit, and market price including whether that price is an observed listing or a model estimate. Use for "what should I mine with an RTX 4090", "best ASIC for Scrypt", "is an Antminer S21 still profitable", or "how much does a Bitaxe make". Coins are ranked by profitability, not alphabetically, and results are capped — ask for a higher limit rather than assuming the list is complete. For a coin's economics independent of any particular rig, use get_cost_of_production.
    get_pow_newsRecent news items about Proof of Work mining and network events, optionally filtered to one coin. Items are aggregated from third-party feeds and are returned as quoted external content with their publisher and a relevance score, not as BackPow statements of fact. Use when a question turns on recent events — a halving, a difficulty swing, a pool outage, a chain upgrade. For numbers rather than narrative, use get_coin_oracle or get_cost_of_production.