What is Fixed Return Mining?

What it is

Fixed Return Mining is a product Rigly launched in early 2025. It allows Bitcoin holders to earn more sats through mining while supporting decentralization of the network.

A wholesale approach to mining

From Nico Preti, Rigly co-founder:

We're batching the hashrate, so it's kind of like wholesale. Instead of buying just one day of hashrate, we take 30 days, wrap it all together, and provide upfront payment to miners - and for the buyer, instead of paying a premium, you get a discount

This innovative approach offers buyers a 4-6% discount compared to standard hashrate prices.

How it works

When you purchase fixed return mining, your payment goes directly to mining farms who can use it for operations like paying electricity bills or expanding their facilities.

The mining farm is then contract-obligated to deliver hashrate until you reach your full projected value.

We're saying to miners, 'you don't have to wait to get paid out at the end of every day. We can actually pull your payments forward, but you have to give something up - which becomes the discount for buyers. – Nico Preti

The current Rigly stable includes:

• Midwest Mining, USA
• Bitties, Texas, USA
• East Coast ASIC, Wichita, Kansas, USA
• Wild Rose Mining, Wildmere datacenter, Alberta, Canada
• Wild Rose Mining, Cynthia datacenter, Alberta, Canada
• Wild Rose Mining, Stony datacenter, Alberta, Canada
• Paraguay Mining, Asuncion, Paraguay
• Baer Mining, USA
• Inti Ura SAC, Peru and Finland

Choosing Your Own Mining Pool

When selecting a mining pool for fixed-return mining, it's helpful to understand how pool fees impact your bottom line.

While larger pools might offer stability, their fees can eat into your mining rewards. Smaller pools often provide more competitive fee structures.

"I always tell miners to look beyond just the headline fee number," says Nico Preti. "You need to consider the full package - the pool's payout method, minimum payout thresholds, and any additional services they provide.

2 pools Rigly recommends

• You can use Wilson Mining with their very-low fee FPPS pool (just 0.38% fee)
• You can YOLO it with Ocean Mining and earn a variable return, based on how many blocks the pool mines over your mining term

OCEAN mining pool fees vary based on the block template you choose. OCEAN block templates at 2% and the DATUM block template at 1%. 

Learn more about OCEAN mining pool fees: https://ocean.xyz/blocktemplate

Supporting Bitcoin Decentralization

"Our goal is a win-win for everyone," says Evan Baer, co-founder at Rigly. "You're providing financing for miners while putting your Bitcoin holdings to productive use in the network."

The timing couldn't be better with Bitcoin's hashrate recently hitting an all-time high of 1.00 ZH/s, supporting smaller mining operations has never been more important to help decentralize the bitcoin network.

Getting Started

We designed fixed-return mining to be straightforward while delivering real value to both buyers and sellers.

Visit rigly.io/fixed-return to explore our current fixed return mining offers.