Contribute and Get Rewarded
Growthe Network
Start farming with spare hard drive storage and get rewarded with XCH. Simple to start and easy to scale.
Accessible and Scalable
Farm → Rewards → Repeat
Mine Farm from your home using spare hard drive storage, without the huge electric bill.
Help secure Chia’s decentralized blockchain and get rewarded.
How It Works
Plot
Using Chia’s app, plot files are generated with random hashes and transferred to a hard drive, filling up spare storage space.
Harvest
Plot files are continuously scanned for valid proofs using a lightweight process through Chia’s native app.
Farm
Once proofs in the plot files are validated, a farmer creates a block to add to Chia’s blockchain.
Rewards
You can get rewarded with XCH. Join a pool (farming community) for more frequent reward opportunities.
Download our Application and Get Started
Connect to our network and watch our farming intro video.
Farming vs. Mining
Farming does not require large amounts of power consumption when you start or scale, unlike conventional crypto mining.
WHY CHIA?
Reward Yourself and the World
Support and secure a public blockchain built to help solve our world’s challenges.
More Value for You
Less than 1% the energy consumption vs Proof-of-Work models like Bitcoin (BTC)
✅ Low energy bills
✅ Reduces e-waste
✅ Simple to start and scale
Reducing E-Waste
For the Greater Good
The Circular Drive Initiative (CDI) is a partnership of global leaders in digital storage, data centers, sustainability, and blockchain collaborating to reduce e-waste. Chia Network has partnered with Seagate, Western Digital, and others.
Recycled Drives
Re-Certified Drives, Ideal for Chia Farming
Working in partnership with Chia Network, Horizon Technology is providing great prices on orders for re-certified high-capacity Seagate drives.
Scalable by Design
Farming, At Any Level
From the curious to the serious. Scale over time to grow your potential.
More storage space means more reward opportunities.
Easily Get Started
An Out-of-the-Box Setup
Evergreen has made farming even more accessible with easily scalable SSD hubs and their app to manage it all.
Calculate Your Rewards (XCH)
Based on your storage.
Use the slider to calculate:
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Pooling Decentralized
Farm Together, Grow Together
Earn and secure our blockchain with the Chia community. Farming pools allow a team of farmers of your choosing to combine farms and earn rewards more consistently.
Start a pool or explore joining existing pools here.
Maximize Your Farming Experience
Explore popular setups, how-to guides, and best practices from our growing community.
xch.Farm
Farming 101: A Step-By-Step Guide
Digital Spaceport
GPU Mining vs. Chia Farming Profitability
XCh.FARm
Farming Terms and Glossary
Chia Decentral
Beginners Guide to Farming Chia in Windows
Dave’s Garage
Get Started with Chia: SSD & Hard Disk
Watch Dave’s Garage to learn the benefits of farming vs mining and how to get started farming XCH.
Why Chia?
GPU Mining is Dead
Digital Spaceport explains why everyone should consider Chia farming vs. mining post-ETH merger.
For Starters
Setting Up the Evergreen Miner
VoskCoin goes into the setup and tips for the hard drive crafted as a plug-and-play.
For Experts
Competitive Farming – Dive Into HHD and TCO
Chia Decentral walks through how to build a power-efficient farm.
Farming Steps
Chia Farming on Raspberry Pi 4
Nova Spirit Tech explains how to start and set up your farm using a mini-computer.
The next evolution in Blockchain
Secure Like PoW.
Green Like PoS.
We’ve built a more secure and greener consensus model (PoST) combining the best of today’s popular blockchains.
| Consensus | Proof of Work (PoW) | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Proof of Space and Time (PoST)  |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resource | Compute | Token | Storage |
| Decentralization | High | Low | Very High |
| Energy Use | Very High | Very Low | Low |
| Initial Cost | High | High | Low |
2009
Nakamoto Consensus introduced (Proof of Work)
The basis of decentralized networks makes blockchain technology possible.
2010-2011
Negativity surrounds Proof of Work’s energy consumption
Server dependence to maintain the network’s operations skyrockets energy demands to unsustainable levels.
2012
Proof of Stake created to address energy issue
Proof of Stake may have lowered energy consumption, but raised security concerns.
2020
Security issues still in question
Ethereum adopts a Proof of Stake mechanism with many still questioning how secure Proof of Stake really is.
2021
Chia introduces Proof of Space & Time
Chia retains the value of blockchain technology by combining the security of Proof of Work and the energy efficiency of Proof of Stake.
The Power of The Community
Access popular third-party tools and resources to help you thrive.
Farming Guides and Resources
wallets
Pooling
Calculating Taxes
Additional Resources
Chia Docs
Documentation about the Chia blockchain, farming, NFTs, consensus, and protocols.
Chia Developer Forums
Discuss all things development related to Chialisp, CATs, applications, NFTs, and more.
Cultivation Grant Program
Designed to enable and expand promising new projects that are built on the Chia blockchain.
Chia Crash Course
A foundational end-to-end understanding of our blockchain. Become an expert.
Chia Technical FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the Chia blockchain and its function.
Chia Network Inc. FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chia Network Inc., the company.
Developer Mailing List
Get notified of the latest happenings and updates in the Chia Developer Community
Chia Support
Have questions? We have answers. Join the discussions and ask questions on our official Discord community channel.
