The Bitaxe cycles through a series of screens showing real-time mining data. Once you know what each screen means, you can diagnose problems and confirm your miner is healthy at a glance.
The Display Cycle
The Bitaxe's small OLED display automatically rotates through several information screens. You can also view all of this data (and more) in the AxeOS web dashboard at your miner's local IP address.
Screen by Screen
Hash Rate Screen
Shows your current hash rate: the number of SHA-256 calculations your miner performs per second.
- GH/s = Gigahashes per second (billions of hashes)
- TH/s = Terahashes per second (trillions of hashes)
- Expected ranges: Ultra 204 ~400–600 GH/s  | Supra 401 ~900–1,100 GH/s  | Gamma 601 ~1,100–1,400 GH/s
Hash rate fluctuates; this is normal. A 10–15% variance from rated speed is typical. If you're consistently seeing much lower than expected, check temperature and try a firmware update.
Temperature Screen
Shows the chip temperature (the ASIC itself).
- Normal: 50–70°C
- Warm but fine: 70–75°C
- Worth investigating: Above 75°C consistently, improve airflow
- Throttling risk: Above 80°C: the miner may reduce hash rate to protect the chip
WiFi / Network Screen
Shows WiFi connection status and the Bitaxe's local IP address.
- The IP shown here is what you type into a browser to access AxeOS
- If you see "Connecting..." continuously, check your WiFi credentials
- The Bitaxe connects to 2.4GHz only
Pool / Shares Screen
Shows connection status and your submitted shares.
- Accepted shares: Work your miner submitted that the pool accepted. Should be incrementing regularly.
- Rejected shares: A small number is normal (network latency). A high rejection rate suggests a connectivity or config issue.
Best Difficulty / Session Difficulty Screen
This is one of the more interesting screens once you understand it.
- Session difficulty: The difficulty of the hardest share found in the current session. Higher is better.
- Best difficulty (all time): The best share you've ever found since the last reset
- Network difficulty: Currently ~110 trillion. If your best difficulty ever reaches this number, you've found a valid block.
For a Bitaxe, your best difficulty will typically be in the billions, impressive on its own, but still far below the trillions needed for a block. Watching this number is one of the small joys of solo mining.
The AxeOS Dashboard
The web dashboard at your miner's IP shows everything the display shows, plus: historical hash rate graph, uptime, firmware version, pool connection details, and settings panel.
Bookmarking your Bitaxe's local IP makes monitoring easy. Assigning a static IP in your router settings (using the Bitaxe's MAC address) prevents the IP from changing when your router's DHCP lease expires.