5.00 KAS a day for 1 TH/s of kHeavyHash on 30 October 2026 at 12:56 UTC, computed from the block reward of 2.0602 KAS and a network hashrate of 356.1 PH/s, source the Kaspa REST API
Kaspa is mined with purpose-built ASICs running kHeavyHash. GPU and CPU mining stopped being competitive when the first ASICs arrived in 2023. Rewards are paid per block at 10 blocks per second, the block reward falls about 5.6% every month by fixed schedule, and every miner's expected income is simple arithmetic, your share of the network's hashrate times the coins minted per day. That arithmetic runs below with dated figures.
| Kaspa mining in numbers | Value and basis |
|---|---|
| block reward | 2.0602 KAScomputed from the emission schedule, until 4 November 2026 around 13:45 UTC |
| new KAS per day, network wide | 1,779,989 KAScomputed, 10 blocks a second |
| next reward step | 1.9445 KAS per blockcomputed, on 4 November 2026 around 13:45 UTC |
| network hashrate | 356.1 PH/ssource the Kaspa REST API, 30 October 2026 at 12:56 UTC |
| KAS per day for 1 TH/s | 5.00 KAScomputed from the two rows above, before pool fees and electricity |
On Bitcoin, one block every ten minutes means a small solo miner might wait years for a single payout, so variance forces almost everyone into pools. Kaspa mints 864,000 blocks a day, which changes that math completely. Even a modest share of the network expects multiple blocks per day, as the calculator above shows. Pools still smooth income and handle infrastructure, and most miners use them, but on Kaspa that is a convenience choice, not a mathematical necessity. That is a genuine structural difference, not marketing.
| Reward cadence | Bitcoin | Kaspa |
|---|---|---|
| Blocks per day | ~144 | ~864,000 |
| Reward events to share | rare and large | constant and small |
| Reward schedule | −50% every 4 years | −5.6% every month |
| Solo mining variance | brutal | mild at moderate scale |
The protocol side of mining income, the part this page computes, is exact. The profit side depends on your power cost, and that single number swings the result from great to hopeless. A machine that prints money at 4 cents per kWh loses money at 20. No online calculator knows your tariff; treat every "daily profit" figure as someone else's electricity bill.
Kaspa's emission falls on a fixed monthly schedule. Over a one-year payback horizon the block reward halves, so a calculator using the current reward for month twelve overstates late income by up to half. Serious payback math applies the schedule, which is public and exact.
Your share of the network is the figure above, for the hashrate you entered. Every new machine that comes online dilutes it, and hashrate tends to follow price with a lag, as explained in kaspa hashrate, explained. Assume the denominator grows; be pleasantly surprised if it does not.
Kaspa is mined with dedicated ASIC machines running the kHeavyHash algorithm, typically pointed at a mining pool. Rewards are paid per block at 10 blocks per second. GPU and CPU mining stopped being competitive after ASICs arrived in 2023.
Technically yes, economically no. Since kHeavyHash ASICs arrived in 2023, GPU mining earns a negligible share of rewards relative to its electricity cost. Competitive Kaspa mining requires ASIC hardware.
On 30 October 2026 at 12:56 UTC, 1 TH/s of kHeavyHash earned about 5.00 KAS a day before pool fees and electricity, computed from the block reward of 2.0602 KAS and a network hashrate of 356.1 PH/s, source the Kaspa REST API. The reward falls about 5.6% every month, the next step is on 4 November 2026.
More viable than on most chains. Kaspa produces about 864,000 blocks per day, so even a modest share of network hashrate expects multiple block finds daily, and variance is mild compared to Bitcoin's 144 blocks per day. Pools remain the common choice for convenience and smoothing, but on Kaspa they are not a mathematical necessity at moderate scale.
Merged-mined networks such as ZKas accept the same kHeavyHash work Kaspa miners already produce, so a miner can earn a second network's coin for the same electricity, provided their pool submits the work to both chains. No hashrate leaves Kaspa in the process.
It depends almost entirely on your electricity price and hardware efficiency. The calculator on this page shows expected earnings at the current network hashrate, block reward and price. Two structural facts belong in any answer. The block reward falls about 5.6% every month on a fixed schedule, and only current-generation kHeavyHash ASICs with cheap power stay ahead of that curve. A payback calculation that ignores the monthly reward cuts overstates the result.
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