Pooled mining,
no operator.
Lithos is a decentralized mining pool on Ergo. You build your own blocks, prove your own work, and gain extra revenue for it. Smart contracts keep payouts fair and non-custodial.
A pool is a promise.
Lithos is a contract.
Traditional pools ask you to trust an operator with your rewards, your blocks and your uptime. Lithos replaces every one of those promises with rules enforced on-chain.
Your block.
Your way.
Nobody hands you a template.
Every Lithos miner runs their own Ergo node and their own client. The block you hash is a candidate you assembled, from transactions your own node has seen. No operator decides what goes in.
Five stages.
Zero custody.
A lender locks at least 2.915 ERG.
Someone posts a collateral box which Lithos miners spend to fund the pool. Lenders bid with priority fees to get selected first. The extra ERG goes to the block finder and the pool.
Same hashrate. Different trust model.
Unlike normal mining pools, Lithos is unstoppable, trustless, and transparent. Rules are clear and enforced by smart contracts, and no operator exists to modify payments or serve as a central point of failure.
Your work, in ten shares.
Instead of streaming every share to a server, you prove your work once per mined block: one score plus ten super shares from the 60 blocks before it. Your score is the difficulty you committed to on-chain in advance, and it's the only number that sets your payout.
diff = hashrate × 7,200 s ÷ (10,000 × target)
Every number is on-chain.
Lithos stats come from the chain itself: blocks carrying a Lithos genesis, rollups, payouts and the collateral set. Nothing here is self-reported by an operator, because there isn't one.
Build on the numbers.
A versioned, CORS-open JSON API for dashboards and aggregators like miningpoolstats. No API key needed.
API reference →$ curl https://lithosprotocol.org/api/v1/stats
{
"pool": { "feeMaxPercent": 3, "minimumPayout": 0 … },
"lithos": { "hashrate": 6.1e10, "blocks24h": 77 … },
"network": { "height": 1891709 … }
}Fixed supply. Mined into circulation.
1,000,000,000 LIT, with 9 decimals. 82.5% leaves the emission contract only as collateral activates, so supply grows with real Lithos use rather than with the clock.
- Public miningEmitted as collateral activates68.5%Mined
- CommunityAirdrops, bounties, and raffles17.5%Initial
- TeamFirst 1,000,000 activations10%Mined
- InvestorsFirst 1,000,000 activations2.5%Mined
- Advisors & auditsContract and protocol audits1.5%Mined
Miner rewards
LIT rides into the holding box and is paid out by score, alongside the ERG. Miners get the first choice in collateralization, liquidity provision, and other LIT usecases.
Transparent allocations
Team and investor allocations are transparent, and paid only when Lithos blocks are found. This method ensures long-term dedication to increasing pool profitability and functionality.
Usage-indexed supply
LIT leaves the emission box only when collateral activates. If Lithos finds no blocks, emission stops.
Three ways in. No gatekeeper.
Mine
Run an Ergo node, the Lithos client and any Autolykos 2 miner. Commit to a difficulty, mine, and the client submits your proofs for you.
- Your own blocks, your own mempool
- Paid in ERG and LIT by score
- No minimum payout
Lend
Lock 2.915 ERG and a LIT permit into the collateral queue. When a miner spends your box in a Lithos block, you receive the block's full 3 ERG coinbase, transaction fees included.
- Earn the 3 ERG subsidy + tx fees
- Principal and permit come back
- Bid a priority fee to go first
Trade
LithosDex is an on-chain ERG/LIT pool built into the client. Swap directly, or place orders that miners fill as part of their block package. LithosDex has built-in resistance to impermanent loss.
- 0.3% swap fee to providers
- Orders filled by miners
- Provide liquidity, earn fees
From zero to mining in four steps.
You'll need Java 11, an Ergo node and any Autolykos 2 miner. The startup guide walks through every setting.
Asked and answered.
No. Value meant for miners sits in a contract from the moment a block is found. There's no operator balance, no withdrawal step, and nobody who could hold your rewards back.
Build your own blocks. Get paid by contract.
Join the miners pooling hashrate, building blocks, and earning extra profits.