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PixelPlex has created a robust platform that allows users to join Bitcoin mining pools that only use renewable energy sources.
After analyzing the huge environmental impact caused by crypto mining, our client decided to take positive action and reduce this burden.
tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted in the US alone between 2021 and 2022
of e-waste is generated annually
is consumed by the Bitcoin network annually
That’s how the client came up with the idea of PegaPool — a pool mining platform that would allow Bitcoin miners to successfully mine crypto relying on renewable energy only.
Together with the client, we established and prioritized the following project goals:
Build an environmentally friendly Bitcoin mining pool platform
Establish clear reporting on hashrate and revenue
Allow users to manage their mining machines and track their performance
The PixelPlex team built PegaPool, a Bitcoin pool mining platform that allows miners to leverage renewable energy sources. Besides the sustainability aspect, the solution offers differentiated commission fees, a rewards model, and integration with reliable third-party tools — all contributing to high platform performance and user engagement.
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Our team conducted a thorough discovery session and identified the core solution components:
FAQs, About us, Blog, News, Pool info. Users can create an account and submit a Contact us form here.
Features the BTC Hashrate chart for the last 24 hours, a mining accounts table with general info about accounts activity, network state, server settings, and revenue information.
Users can switch between their master account and sub-accounts here.
Features PegaPool’s statistics (pool revenue and details about accounts and miners), withdrawal requests, and a list of all admins.
Considering PegaPool’s functionality and the client’s requirements, we determined the following user classes and roles:
Super admin — distributes fees and rewards, groups accounts, adds and deletes other admins, changes account statuses.
Payment admin — approves or denies requests for withdrawal, records manual payments, and has view rights.
Support admin — has view rights only.
User — can create and manage master and sub-accounts, connect them with miners and wallets, and check their accounts statistics.
Maintainer — has access to limited functionality: mining accounts (read-only) and Miners section (CRUD).
Unauthenticated user — has access to the FAQs, About us, Blog sections, can create an account, submit a Contact us form, and view read-only pages created by authenticated users.
To access all PegaPool functionality, PegaPool users need to create a master account.
What’s more, users can create up to 19 sub‑accounts. Each sub‑account can be tied to its own miners and a wallet. The commission fee set for a user’s master account is automatically inherited by sub-accounts.
In contrast to a master account, which is not liable to deletion, a sub-account gets automatically deleted if no shares are submitted within 180 days.
Both master and sub-accounts can have an unlimited number of miners.
To ensure the profitability of the PegaPool platform, our specialists worked out an effective monetization plan. It works as follows: Super admin sets a commission fee on each user account, which means that the platform takes some percentage of the mined block value.
The commision fee can vary depending on the account, and is set by Super admin.
To enhance user engagement, we elaborated a rewards distribution model and defined its rules:
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We suggested that the client should integrate the following third-party tools and solutions to achieve the highest level of efficiency and reliability:
We chose Zendesk as a help desk management solution. It is a tried-and-true tool that allows to customize customer service portal, knowledge base and online communities.
To block out spam and abusive traffic, we integrated reCAPTCHA v3. It’s a free Google service that uses advanced risk analysis techniques and is able to differentiate between humans and bots.
To ensure security and inviolability of users’ accounts, we incorporated Twilio and Mailjet for verification via SMS and email.
We integrated the Strapi content management system to ensure smooth functioning of the PegaPool Blog section.
Sustainable mining
Custom commission fees
Flexible rewards distribution
Comprehensive statistics on miners’ performance
Third-party integrations: Zendesk, Twilio, Strapi, etc.
Intuitive and attractive UI/UX design
Simple registration and log-in
mined in total
of annual C02 offset
blocks mined
*As of November 15, 2022