How to mine solo as a "Unknown"

[618p5]

Hi, I was wondering what should I do in order to be shown as an "Unknown" miner in the Mempool and not shown as "Solo CK", "Public Pool" etc. when a block is found.

Is it possible to mine as an "Unknown" with an Umbrel node and a Bitaxe miner? Also are there any downsides and what software should I use?

Thanks

[philipma1957]

Hi, I was wondering what should I do in order to be shown as an "Unknown" miner in the Mempool and not shown as "Solo CK", "Public Pool" etc. when a block is found.

Is it possible to mine as an "Unknown" with an Umbrel node and a Bitaxe miner? Also are there any downsides and what software should I use?

Thanks

there is zero need to do this.


If you mine at ckpool and use a fresh address no one knows who you are.

you have privacy .

If software is available that you use and mine directly giving the unknown the address is revealed

 Ie:

https://solostats.ckpool.org/users/bc1qns96gdmrd024q20kav0x6lrlfg72qg8avu54ug

that would show


bc1qns96gdmrd024q20kav0x6lrlfg72qg8avu54ug

hit a block at ckpool

it I used software to hide that I mined pool less to hit it would show.

 the block and unknown and the address

so in both cases
the hit block is shown
the address is shown
one say unknown one says ckpool  there is no extra privacy  saying unknown vs ck pool

[FP91G]

There are dozens of Bitcoin blockchain explorers, and not all of them list the pool where the block was found.
You can't hide your address; everyone will see your coinbase transaction.
Bitaxe has a very low chance of finding a block. It's likely your device won't find the block, or you'll get tired of solo mining much sooner.


If a blockchain explorer cannot link a miner to a known pool, it marks the mining pool as "Unknown"

[Outhue]

Is your pool asking you to pass KYC verification? Because this is exactly how you sound, create a new wallet address where you want your bitcoin, no one will know who you are, no one has the the time to look into a bitcoin address that just solved a block through solo mining, many people got lucky with solo mining in 2025 into 2026, all we saw was the address and that's it, we don't know who they really are.

Do not use a bitcoin wallet address that you have used on a Centralised exchange before, create a different one and key the recovery seed or private key to yourself, mining is more privacy than anything else.

[FP91G]

Is your pool asking you to pass KYC verification? Because this is exactly how you sound, create a new wallet address where you want your bitcoin, no one will know who you are, no one has the the time to look into a bitcoin address that just solved a block through solo mining, many people got lucky with solo mining in 2025 into 2026, all we saw was the address and that's it, we don't know who they really are.

Do not use a bitcoin wallet address that you have used on a Centralised exchange before, create a different one and key the recovery seed or private key to yourself, mining is more privacy than anything else.

He's most likely worried about the mining pool knowing his IP address. Using a proxy will reduce ping and, consequently, further reduce the already very rare chance of finding a block on such a device with a low hashrate.