How to set up mining notifications
Which events the pool can alert you about, how Telegram, Discord, ntfy and browser push differ, and which channel suits the way you mine.
What can the pool tell you?
The pool can message you when something happens. You no longer need to keep refreshing the dashboard. It can tell you about these events:
- The pool finds a block.
- You find a block solo.
- A payment leaves for your address.
- One of your workers stops sending shares.
- Your accepted hashrate drops far enough to be worth a look.
- The pool posts an announcement.
- Someone replies to a support ticket you opened.
Nothing is sent until you link a channel to your own wallet address. Nothing is shared with anyone. A new link starts with every event switched on. Switch off the ones not worth an interruption, and change them whenever you like.
Which four channels are there?
There are four channels, and each delivers somewhere different:
- Telegram delivers into a chat.
- Discord delivers into a chat.
- ntfy delivers into a phone app.
- Browser push delivers to a browser window.
You can use as many of them at once as you want. Each one keeps its own event switches. So urgent alerts can go to your phone while quieter ones stay in a chat.
How does each channel prove it is yours?
The only real difference is how the pool checks that the channel belongs to you.
- Telegram and Discord: you send a short code to the bot in a direct message. The alerts arrive in that same conversation.
- ntfy: you get a private address to subscribe to.
- Browser push: the browser asks for permission, and one click finishes it.
iPhone and iPad are the exception for browser push. The site must be added to the home screen first. Only then does Safari offer the permission at all.
Which channel should you pick?
If you already live in a chat app, use that one. The alerts land where you are already looking.
Telegram and Discord are also the two that talk back. You can ask them for your current stats without opening the dashboard. You can also mute them for a few hours.
If you want phone alerts without joining a chat, ntfy is the shortest path. It is a single address pasted into an app.
If you sit at one computer all day, browser push needs the least setup, except on an iPhone or iPad. It gives a quiet nudge in the corner of the screen.
On an iPhone or iPad, browser push needs one step more than the others. Safari only offers push to sites added to the home screen. How to install the pool as an app on your phone covers this in a minute.
Where are the step by step guides?
Each channel has its own guide with the exact steps:
- How to set up Telegram mining notifications
- How to set up Discord mining notifications
- How to set up ntfy mining notifications
- How to set up browser push mining notifications