Kadena Nexus
How to mine Kadena (KDA) in 2026
Kadena is still mined with proof of work after Kadena LLC wound down in 2025, and miners keep the chain running. You need a Blake2s ASIC miner, a Kadena wallet and a pool. This guide covers each step, with today's network numbers and which pools actually find the blocks.
Kadena mining today
- Algorithm
- Blake2s (proof of work)
- Hardware
- Blake2s ASIC miners only; GPUs and CPUs are not competitive
- Block time
- 30 seconds on each of 20 chains, so 57,600 blocks a day
- Network hashrate
- 17.1 PH/s
- Block reward
- 0.9040 KDA
- New KDA per day
- about 52,073 KDA
- One Antminer KA3 (166 TH/s)
- about 505 KDA a day (about $2.85 at $0.0056 per KDA), before electricity and pool fees
These numbers refresh every morning. The hashrate is measured from the blocks themselves, not from what pools report.
1. Get a Kadena ASIC miner
Kadena has been mined on dedicated Blake2s ASICs since 2020. The most common current machine is the Bitmain Antminer KA3, at about 166 TH/s for about 3,150 W. Goldshell's KD series and iBeLink Blake2s miners also work, but older models earn far less per watt. Graphics cards cannot mine Kadena profitably.
Before you buy, work out your electricity cost. A KA3 uses about 76 kWh a day, so at $0.05 per kWh it costs about $3.80 a day to run. Compare that with the daily KDA figure above at today's price.
2. Set up a Kadena wallet
Mining rewards are paid to a Kadena account, which looks like k: followed by a 64-character public key. Create one in a self-custody wallet first: see Kadena wallets in 2026. Keep the seed phrase offline.
3. Choose a pool
A pool combines many miners so rewards arrive steadily instead of in rare large blocks. The table shows who actually found the blocks, counted on chain from 2,412 blocks up to 11:14 UTC on November 15, 2026. A pool can only appear here by mining real blocks.
| Who found the blocks | Share of blocks |
|---|---|
| AntPool | 44.1% |
| OberPool | 30.7% |
| Poolflare | 19.2% |
| Not identified (k:a331…de88) | 4.6% |
| Kadena Garden (solo miners) | 1.4% |
Fees and payout methods, as each pool lists them on MiningPoolStats (checked November 3, 2026):
| Pool | Payout and fee |
|---|---|
| AntPool | PPS, 3% fee, minimum payout 2 KDA |
| OberPool | PPLNS, 0% fee, minimum payout 50 KDA |
| Poolflare | PPS, PPLNS or solo, 2% fee |
| Kadena Garden | Solo, 1% fee, no minimum: every block pays your own wallet directly |
PPS pays a fixed amount for each share of work, so income is steady and the pool takes the luck risk. PPLNS pays out of the blocks the pool actually finds. Solo means each block you find is yours alone: income comes in whole blocks, so it is lumpier for a single machine but has no pool payout to wait for.
Disclosure: Kadena Garden is run by Kadena Nexus, the publisher of this page. It is open source, and its fee is mined openly to a public account that anyone can check.
4. Point your miner at the pool
In the miner's web page, set the pool URL, the worker name (usually your k: account, sometimes followed by a dot and a rig name) and a password. For Kadena Garden it looks like this:
URL: stratum+tcp://mine.kadena.ws:1917 Worker: k:your-account.rig-01 Password: x
Other pools publish their own address and worker format on their sites. Add a second pool as a backup in case the first goes offline.
5. Check that it works
Within a few minutes the pool's dashboard should show your hashrate. With solo mining, look up your account on a block explorer such as the Kadena explorer or DenaScan to see each block reward arrive. Mining rewards can land on any of the 20 chains; wallets show a balance per chain and can move KDA between them.
Questions people ask
Can I still mine Kadena in 2026?
Yes. Kadena LLC wound down in late 2025, but the chain never stopped: miners and node operators run it, and the community maintains the node software as Kadena Community Edition. Blocks are found every few seconds across the 20 chains.
Can I mine Kadena with a GPU?
Not profitably. Kadena uses the Blake2s algorithm, and since 2020 almost all of its hashrate comes from dedicated ASIC miners such as the Antminer KA3. A graphics card would earn a tiny fraction of its electricity cost.
How much KDA does an Antminer KA3 make per day?
Today, about 505 KDA a day (about $2.85 at $0.0056 per KDA), before electricity and pool fees. The figure is the KA3's 166 TH/s divided by the network hashrate, times the KDA mined per day, and it changes as the hashrate and price move.
Which Kadena mining pool is the biggest?
Counted from the blocks themselves, the largest in the last hour were AntPool (44%) and OberPool (31%). The table on this page updates every morning. Self-reported pool hashrates on stats sites can add up to more than the whole network, so the on-chain count is the more reliable measure.
What is solo mining on Kadena?
Your miner works on blocks that pay your own account. When it finds one, the whole block reward goes to your wallet on chain, with no pool balance or minimum payout. Kadena Garden offers solo mining for a 1% fee.
Sources
- Network hashrate and block shares: counted on chain from the last hour of blocks by Kadena Garden (mine.kadena.ws/api/meter)
- Pool fees and payout methods: MiningPoolStats, Kadena
- Antminer KA3 hashrate and power: Kryptex
- KDA price: Gate.io KDA/USDT
- What is Kadena Community Edition?, Kadena Nexus
Written by Kadena Nexus, an independent community project. Not financial advice. Last updated November 15, 2026.