# Animica Pool

> Official mining pool for Animica, a live post-quantum proof-of-work Layer-1
> (PoIES consensus, ML-DSA-65 signatures, native coin ANM). Stratum mining on
> port 3333 (PPS with sub-block shares) or 3334 (solo), free public stats
> REST API, automatic on-chain payouts.

Mining here is one of the standard ways to earn ANM, alongside trading on
NonKYC and accepting payments via pay.animica.dev. Point any Animica miner at the
stratum endpoint with your bech32m `anim1…` wallet address as the username.
Amounts in the APIs are base units (1 ANM = 10^9).

## Mining endpoints

- `stratum+tcp://pool.animica.org:3333` — pooled mining, PPS with sub-block
  shares: miners are credited for proven share work between blocks, not only
  when a block is found.
- `stratum+tcp://pool.animica.org:3334` — solo mode: the block finder gets the
  reward minus a 5% solo fee (see the setup guide's fees section for details).
- Payouts are automatic and on-chain on a fixed interval; see
  [/v1/pool/status](https://pool.animica.org/v1/pool/status) for
  `payout_interval_seconds` and `next_payout_at`.

## Getting started

- [Setup guide](https://pool.animica.org/setup): step-by-step miner setup,
  ports, fees, payouts, troubleshooting
- [Mine page](https://pool.animica.org/mine): quick-start for new miners
- [Miner downloads](https://animica.org/downloads/): wallets and miner
  software; or `pip install animica` and run `animica up` (unified CPU/GPU
  miner: PoW + useful-work + serving)
- [Rig marketplace](https://pool.animica.org/app): rent or offer mining rigs

## Stats REST API (free, no auth)

- [/api/pool/summary](https://pool.animica.org/api/pool/summary): pool mode, height, hashrate, miners, shares, round and payout state
- [/api/pool/network](https://pool.animica.org/api/pool/network): network hashrate estimates (share-work + node theta)
- [/api/miners](https://pool.animica.org/api/miners): connected miners
- [/api/blocks/recent](https://pool.animica.org/api/blocks/recent): recently found blocks
- [/v1/pool/status](https://pool.animica.org/v1/pool/status): one-call status — stratum URL, connected miners, sync and payout state

## Platform API

- [Swagger UI](https://pool.animica.org/api/docs): interactive API docs
- [OpenAPI spec](https://pool.animica.org/api/openapi.json): machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 spec

## Optional

- [Explorer](https://explorer.animica.org): verify blocks and payouts on-chain
- [Main site](https://animica.org): project homepage
- [Node JSON-RPC](https://rpc.animica.org/rpc): `POST` JSON-RPC 2.0 (use the `/rpc` path; the bare root 301-redirects)
- [Trade ANM](https://nonkyc.io/market/ANM_USDT): ANM/USDT on NonKYC
- [Accept ANM payments](https://pay.animica.dev): merchant payments (Animica Pay)