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Farming / Mining

Farming is the process of checking your plots every ~8 seconds to attempt to find a proof in order to be rewarded Chia (XCH) coins. Sometimes this process is referred to as Chia Mining.

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Plotting

ChiaGarden
A set of linux tools to help build and manage your chia farm
https://github.com/efnats/chiagarden
XCH.farm ChiaLinks Recommended
Learn about Chia farming's core concepts, read step-by-step guides on setting up your Chia farm, and discover valuable tools and strategies for optimizing your farming experience.
https://xch.farm

Guides

Chia Cryptocurrency Farming Guide
A guide to understanding farming requirements and selecting hardware (cases, drives, etc.) based on budget and quantity of disks. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/chia-cryptocurrency-farming-guide/
Chia Hard Drive Buying Guide
Guide to understanding and selecting the best hard drives for storing plots and farming on. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/hard-drive-for-chia-blockchain-farming/
Start Chia
Starting guide and resources for farming Chia.
https://startchia.com/
XCH.farm ChiaLinks Recommended
Learn about Chia farming's core concepts, read step-by-step guides on setting up your Chia farm, and discover valuable tools and strategies for optimizing your farming experience.
https://xch.farm

Tools

3D printed HDD rack
3d printed Chia themed HDD rack with fan holder for farmers.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4845418
3D printed stackable HDD rack
3d printed HDD rack that is modular and stackable.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4875498
Chia Calculator ChiaLinks Recommended
Estimate how much XCH you can earn from farming based on projected network growth and coin price.
https://chiacalculator.com/
Chia Dashboard
An app that can monitor your Chia services and report it to a web service so you can monitor your farming remotely with a slick dashboard.
https://dashboard.chia.foxypool.io/login
Chia Exporter
RPC/Websocket based metrics exporter for Chia
https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-exporter
Chia Harvest Graph
Put your mind at ease to see if your harvesters are harvesting right. Monitor the down-time due to spotty internet, un-synchronized node, slow farmer/harvester process, etc.
https://github.com/stolk/chiaharvestgraph
Chia Log Analyzer
Real-time Chia log analyzer to monitor farming and harvesting statistics.
https://github.com/kubec/chia-log-analyzer
Chia Node List
A list of peer IPs of active nodes on the Chia network to add manually if you are having sync issues.
https://chia.powerlayout.com/
Chia public nodes list
Chia public node that shares available 8444 peers every hour.
https://chia.keva.app/
Chia Stock to Flow Model
Stock to flow model predicting XCH price based on Chia's emission schedule.
https://chiastocktoflow.com/
Chia Sync Network
List of official introducer and nodes, as well as public nodes to aid in resolving syncing issues.
http://chiasync.network/
Chia Telegram Bot
Windows Powershell script to monitor log files and trigger a Telegram notification.
https://interchargers.com/chia-telegram-bot/
Chia Wallet Monitor
Python program to get notifications when you get XCH.
https://github.com/wolfrage76/chiaWalletMonitor
chia-monitor
A comprehensive monitoring and alerting solution for the status of your Chia farmer and harvesters.
https://github.com/philippnormann/chia-monitor
ChiaAlert Telegram Bot
Self-hosted telegram bot to watch your Chia farm stats.
https://github.com/alek-sai/chia-alert
Chiabot Discord Bot
A Discord bot that monitors your chia farm summary and sends notifications when blocks are found and new plots are completed.
https://github.com/joaquimguimaraes/chiabot
Chiadog
Python program to automate monitoring of your farmers/harversters to notify you of potential malfunctions and successes.
https://github.com/martomi/chiadog
ChiaGarden
A set of linux tools to help build and manage your chia farm
https://github.com/efnats/chiagarden
diskprices.com Amazon price tracker
Tracker for hard drives prices available on Amazon (international locales supported).
https://diskprices.com/
Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) Calculator for Chia
DCA strategy investment calculator to see what historical returns are possible when dollar cost averaging your investment in Chia (XCH) cryptocurrency.
https://dcachia.com/
FastFarmer
A Lite farmer for the Chia Blockchain currently supporting Bladebit CPU Compression
https://github.com/GalactechsLLC/dg_fast_farmer
Prometheus Chia Exporter
Display full node statistics in a Grafana dashboard to monitor your farm.
https://github.com/speedmann/prometheus-chia-exporter
ShuckStop - WD external drive price tracker
Tracker for Western Digital external hard drives prices across US retailers.
https://shucks.top/
XCH.farm ChiaLinks Recommended
Learn about Chia farming's core concepts, read step-by-step guides on setting up your Chia farm, and discover valuable tools and strategies for optimizing your farming experience.
https://xch.farm
XCHScan Chia Farming Calculator
XCHscan provides a simple tool to help you figure out if you'll be profitable farming Chia.
https://xchscan.com/chia-farming-calculator

Videos

Chia farming - Am I unlucky or is my farmer broken
An introduction to how the probability of winning blocks in Chia works. Figure out if you are unlucky or you are having real network problems with your farmer or harvester. (Chia Decentral)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yEBS-q0sK4
Chia farming in Ubuntu Server for beginners switching from Windows
A video for folks that are currently farming Chia in Windows and want to switch over to Ubuntu server, for lightweight and low power, headless (no monitor) Chia farming. (Chia Decentral)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGyMhs_H1HY
Chia farming on multiple systems - introduction to harvesters
Walkthrough of setting up a farmer and remote harvester to avoid multiple systems on the same network from conflicting with each other. (Chia Decentral)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpgXr3aeU5g
Competitive Chia Farming - Deep dive into HDD power and TCO ChiaLinks Recommended
The most comprehensive analysis of Chia farming power usage and total cost of ownership (TCO). A must watch for serious farmers looking to understand and increase the energy efficiency of their farm. (Chia Decentral)
https://youtu.be/FUVcPPQrweA
How to farm Chia on multiple computers using Chia harvester
A walkthrough of how to set up harvesters in Windows to farm from multiple machines without a full node. (NotAnotherTech)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqc6D_cR4nw
Intro to Farming ChiaLinks Recommended
This video will walk you through the basics of farming and how to sync using a certified torrent file to speed up the process. (Chia Network)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9v7A8UJk9Q
Official Chia Farming Dashboard
A video for folks that are currently farming Chia in Windows and want to switch over to Ubuntu server, for lightweight and low power, headless (no monitor) Chia farming. (Chia Decentral)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NNbmuwf99s
Power Consumption of Single Drives vs RAID Array in Chia Farming
Does farming Chia on a RAID0 array consume more power than farming on individual drives? Logic suggests it does, but exactly how much more and what's the power cost? Let's find out. (Home SysAdmin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Gv839Long

Energy

Competitive Chia Farming - Deep dive into HDD power and TCO ChiaLinks Recommended
The most comprehensive analysis of Chia farming power usage and total cost of ownership (TCO). A must watch for serious farmers looking to understand and increase the energy efficiency of their farm. (Chia Decentral)
https://youtu.be/FUVcPPQrweA
Power Consumption of Single Drives vs RAID Array in Chia Farming
Does farming Chia on a RAID0 array consume more power than farming on individual drives? Logic suggests it does, but exactly how much more and what's the power cost? Let's find out. (Home SysAdmin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Gv839Long