Guides
Tutorials and videos by the Chia community walking through various topics.
Plotting
Best Consumer M.2 NVMe SSDs for Plotting
Guide to selecting the best high endurance consumer grade M.2 NVMe SSD for plotting. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/best-consumer-m-2-nvme-ssds-for-plotting/
Guide to selecting the best high endurance consumer grade M.2 NVMe SSD for plotting. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/best-consumer-m-2-nvme-ssds-for-plotting/
Build a Budget Chia Plotting Rig
Guide to building a low cost computer optimized for plotting Chia. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/budget-plotting-build/
Guide to building a low cost computer optimized for plotting Chia. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/budget-plotting-build/
Chia Basics of Plotting 
Introduction to the basics of plotting and the recommended hardware requirements. (Chia Network)
https://www.chia.net/2021/02/22/plotting-basics.html
Introduction to the basics of plotting and the recommended hardware requirements. (Chia Network)
https://www.chia.net/2021/02/22/plotting-basics.html
Chia plotting in Linux: Getting started
https://techtellectual.com/chia-plotting-in-linux-getting-started/
https://techtellectual.com/chia-plotting-in-linux-getting-started/
Chia Plotting SSD Buying Guide
A guide for choosing the best SSD for plotting based on capacity, interface, endurance, and price. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/chia-blockchain-ssd-buying-guide/
A guide for choosing the best SSD for plotting based on capacity, interface, endurance, and price. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/chia-blockchain-ssd-buying-guide/
How to recover from a plotter crash
Practical tips on how to clean up your files in case of a crash mid-plotting. (The Chia Farmer)
https://thechiafarmer.com/2021/04/22/how-to-recover-from-a-plotter-crash/
Practical tips on how to clean up your files in case of a crash mid-plotting. (The Chia Farmer)
https://thechiafarmer.com/2021/04/22/how-to-recover-from-a-plotter-crash/
Motherboard buying guide for Chia plotting and farming
A buying guide that helps you select the right motherboard for your plotter, farmer, or hybrid build.
https://techtellectual.com/motherboard-buying-guide-for-chia-plotting-and-farming/
A buying guide that helps you select the right motherboard for your plotter, farmer, or hybrid build.
https://techtellectual.com/motherboard-buying-guide-for-chia-plotting-and-farming/
NUC Small Form Factor Chia Plotting Build
A guide on how to put together a small form factor Intel NUC specifically for parallel plotting. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/nuc-small-form-factor-plotting-build/
A guide on how to put together a small form factor Intel NUC specifically for parallel plotting. (Chia Decentral)
https://chiadecentral.com/nuc-small-form-factor-plotting-build/
Optimizing plotters in Windows
A detailed guide on how best to optimize parallel plotting to determine the appropriate resource allocation and staggering. (The Chia Farmer)
https://thechiafarmer.com/2021/04/21/optimizing-plotters-in-windows/
A detailed guide on how best to optimize parallel plotting to determine the appropriate resource allocation and staggering. (The Chia Farmer)
https://thechiafarmer.com/2021/04/21/optimizing-plotters-in-windows/
XCH.farm
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
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
Farming
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/
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/
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/
XCH.farm
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
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
XCH.farm
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
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
Videos
Chia plotting and farming step-by-step setup
Step-by-step walkthrough of setting up the Chia software on Ubuntu (Coin Breakthrough)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cahexorpdIk
Step-by-step walkthrough of setting up the Chia software on Ubuntu (Coin Breakthrough)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cahexorpdIk
Complete build for Chia Farming
Video tutorial of an example consumer build for plotting and farming up to 360TB. (Coin Breakthrough)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ6zM1izXQs
Video tutorial of an example consumer build for plotting and farming up to 360TB. (Coin Breakthrough)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ6zM1izXQs
How To Farm Chia - Hard Drive Mining Guide
An end-to-end walkthrough of how to install Chia, create a plot, and start farming to earn XCH. (IMineBlocks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4FBCCNYBBg
An end-to-end walkthrough of how to install Chia, create a plot, and start farming to earn XCH. (IMineBlocks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4FBCCNYBBg
How to install Chia and Ubuntu Linux for Chia farming
How to install Ubuntu Desktop and the Chia Blockchain software. Also includes USB drive installation instructions using Windows 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1uF58HP5Kg
How to install Ubuntu Desktop and the Chia Blockchain software. Also includes USB drive installation instructions using Windows 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1uF58HP5Kg
XCH-GUIDE YouTube Channel
A YouTube channel dedicated to short guides on plotting and farming setups.
https://www.youtube.com/@XCHGUIDE
A YouTube channel dedicated to short guides on plotting and farming setups.
https://www.youtube.com/@XCHGUIDE
Developers
Air-gapped (offline) wallet guide with Pawket
Step-by-step guide on how to create an air-gapped (offline) wallet using the Pawket mobile wallet.
https://developers.chia.net/t/tutorial-how-to-create-an-air-gapped-offline-wallet-with-pawket-keep-safe/828
Step-by-step guide on how to create an air-gapped (offline) wallet using the Pawket mobile wallet.
https://developers.chia.net/t/tutorial-how-to-create-an-air-gapped-offline-wallet-with-pawket-keep-safe/828
Chia Academy
The official scholarly hub for delving deep into Chia blockchain technology.
https://docs.chia.net/academy-intro/
The official scholarly hub for delving deep into Chia blockchain technology.
https://docs.chia.net/academy-intro/
Introducing Chia Data Layer as a Service
A description of Data Layer as a Service (DLaaS), where anyone with a full-time node can rent out their data layer to application developers in a decentralized manner.
https://medium.com/@michaeltaylor3d/introducing-chia-data-layer-as-a-service-19b750be7db4
A description of Data Layer as a Service (DLaaS), where anyone with a full-time node can rent out their data layer to application developers in a decentralized manner.
https://medium.com/@michaeltaylor3d/introducing-chia-data-layer-as-a-service-19b750be7db4
Using Chia Data Layer as the backend for your application
A dive into various solutions for incorporating Chia Data Layer into the backend of your application, taking an architectural approach.
https://medium.com/@michaeltaylor3d/using-chia-data-layer-as-the-backend-for-your-application-3f0a72d19b31
A dive into various solutions for incorporating Chia Data Layer into the backend of your application, taking an architectural approach.
https://medium.com/@michaeltaylor3d/using-chia-data-layer-as-the-backend-for-your-application-3f0a72d19b31
Using Chia Data Layer as the backend for your application
A dive into various solutions for incorporating Chia Data Layer into the backend of your application, taking an architectural approach.
https://medium.com/@michaeltaylor3d/using-chia-data-layer-as-the-backend-for-your-application-3f0a72d19b31
A dive into various solutions for incorporating Chia Data Layer into the backend of your application, taking an architectural approach.
https://medium.com/@michaeltaylor3d/using-chia-data-layer-as-the-backend-for-your-application-3f0a72d19b31
Nfts