# BackPow PoW Oracle (remote · mcp.backpow.com)

Proof of Work oracle: solo mining odds, cost of production, hashrate, mining hardware

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- remote · `mcp.backpow.com`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle/mcp)
- npm · `@backpow/mcp-server`: 68/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle/backpow-mcp-server.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle/backpow-mcp-server)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.1`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-20.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port answered with HTTP 405, which proves neither a plaintext path nor enforcement.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 62/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1883 tokens (~313/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 7/100
  - Stability observed for 2 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the BackPow PoW Oracle MCP server?

BackPow PoW Oracle is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle 'https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle": {
      "url": "https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle]
url = "https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle --url 'https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle:
    url: "https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-19 (score 65, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-09-18 (score 64)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `calculate_solo_mining_odds` (~442 tokens)

Solo mining odds

Probability of a solo miner finding a block, computed as a Poisson process over live network difficulty and hashrate, plus the electricity cost of the attempt. Returns mean time to a block, the chance of at least one block over 1/7/30/90/365 days, and lucky-vs-unlucky waiting times (5th, 50th and 95th percentile) — variance dominates at small hashrates, so the average alone is misleading. Use for questions like "how long would it take to solo mine a Bitcoin block with 100 TH/s", "what are my odds solo mining Kaspa", or "is solo mining worth it with this rig". For pooled mining economics or whether a coin is profitable at all, use get_cost_of_production. For raw network state without a miner, use get_coin_oracle.

Input parameters:

- `coin_id` (string, required): Coin name or ticker, e.g. "Bitcoin", "BTC", "Kaspa", "bitcoin cash", "Monero". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers…
- `electricity_cost_usd_kwh` (number): Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions.
- `hashrate` (number, required): The miner's rate, as a number. The unit goes in hashrate_unit.
- `hashrate_unit` (string, required): Unit for hashrate. Most networks measure in hashes per second (H/s…EH/s). Cuckoo-family chains measure graphs per second (gps) and Aleo measures proofs per second — an unrecognised unit is rejected r…
- `power_watts` (number): Miner power draw in watts, e.g. 3500 for an ASIC or 320 for a GPU. Optional.

### `get_cost_of_production` (~291 tokens)

Cost of production

Cost of Production (CoP) for one Proof of Work coin: the all-in electricity cost of mining one unit on the most efficient hardware BackPow tracks for that algorithm, compared against spot price. Returns CoP in USD, spot, gross margin, whether miners are currently above or below water, the reference machine and tariff behind the figure, and a 30-day trend including whether the reference machine changed (which indicates the efficiency frontier moved). Accepts a custom electricity rate. Use for "is mining X profitable", "what does it cost to produce one Monero", "are miners underwater", or "break-even electricity price". For a specific rig rather than a coin, use get_hardware_benchmarks. For block-finding probability, use calculate_solo_mining_odds.

Input parameters:

- `coin_id` (string, required): Coin name or ticker, e.g. "Bitcoin", "BTC", "Kaspa", "bitcoin cash", "Monero". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers…
- `electricity_cost_usd_kwh` (number): Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions.

### `get_coin_oracle` (~226 tokens)

Live network state

Current network state for one Proof of Work chain, measured by BackPow's stratum collector nodes: difficulty, derived network hashrate, block height, block reward, protocol block-time target versus the latest observed interval, and the source pool. Every response carries a confidence block — how many independent pool operators agreed, whether the reward figure is live or a static fallback, and how old the observation is. Networks whose collectors are stalled or unreachable return an error rather than zeros. Use for "what is Kaspa's current difficulty", "network hashrate of Monero", "current block reward". For economics use get_cost_of_production; for mining probability use calculate_solo_mining_odds.

Input parameters:

- `coin_id` (string, required): Coin name or ticker, e.g. "Bitcoin", "BTC", "Kaspa", "bitcoin cash", "Monero". Ambiguous input is rejected with the list of matching networks rather than resolved to a guess, because several tickers…

### `list_pow_coins` (~278 tokens)

Browse PoW networks

Paginated index of the Proof of Work networks BackPow tracks, with algorithm, network rate, collector status and canonical page URL. Optionally filtered by algorithm or restricted to coins currently mining above cost. Returns the distinct algorithm list so valid filter values are discoverable. Use to find which networks exist for an algorithm, to browse the catalogue, or to resolve an ambiguous coin reference. Results are paginated: request a larger limit or a later offset rather than expecting the full catalogue in one response.

Input parameters:

- `algorithm` (string): Case-insensitive substring filter on algorithm, e.g. "SHA-256", "Scrypt", "KawPow", "RandomX", "Autolykos". The response lists every algorithm present.
- `limit` (integer): Rows to return, 1-100. Defaults to 25.
- `offset` (integer): Rows to skip for pagination. Defaults to 0.
- `profitable_only` (boolean): Restrict to coins whose spot price currently exceeds Cost of Production. Profitability is resolved for the returned page only, and the response reports how many of those coins have CoP coverage, so a…
- `sort_by` (string): Ordering. "suffering" ranks by how far Cost of Production exceeds spot price. Defaults to name.

### `get_hardware_benchmarks` (~339 tokens)

Mining hardware economics

Mining hardware matched to the coins it can mine, ranked by net USD per day at a given electricity rate. Covers ASICs, GPUs and CPUs, with hashrate and power draw per coin, gross revenue, net profit, and market price including whether that price is an observed listing or a model estimate. Use for "what should I mine with an RTX 4090", "best ASIC for Scrypt", "is an Antminer S21 still profitable", or "how much does a Bitaxe make". Coins are ranked by profitability, not alphabetically, and results are capped — ask for a higher limit rather than assuming the list is complete. For a coin's economics independent of any particular rig, use get_cost_of_production.

Input parameters:

- `coin_id` (string): Restrict the per-device coin rows to one network, e.g. to answer "how much does this rig make on Kaspa". Optional.
- `electricity_cost_usd_kwh` (number): Electricity price in USD per kWh. Defaults to 0.069, an industrial hosting tariff; residential rates are commonly 3-5x higher and change profitability conclusions.
- `limit` (integer): Devices to return, 1-25. Defaults to 5.
- `query` (string, required): Hardware model or keyword, at least 2 characters, e.g. "RTX 4090", "Antminer S21", "Bitaxe", "Ryzen 9 7950X". Short or generic queries match hundreds of devices, so pair them with type and limit.
- `type` (string): Restrict to one hardware class.

### `get_pow_news` (~178 tokens)

PoW mining news

Recent news items about Proof of Work mining and network events, optionally filtered to one coin. Items are aggregated from third-party feeds and are returned as quoted external content with their publisher and a relevance score, not as BackPow statements of fact. Use when a question turns on recent events — a halving, a difficulty swing, a pool outage, a chain upgrade. For numbers rather than narrative, use get_coin_oracle or get_cost_of_production.

Input parameters:

- `coin_id` (string): Optional coin filter, e.g. "Bitcoin", "Zcash", "Kaspa".
- `include_low_signal` (boolean): Include items that relevance triage scored 0. Excluded by default so results stay on topic for Proof of Work mining.
- `limit` (integer): Items to return, 1-20. Defaults to 5.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 65
- 2026-09-19: 65
- 2026-09-18: 64

## Common questions

### What is the BackPow PoW Oracle MCP server?

BackPow PoW Oracle is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.backpow/pow-mining-oracle. Proof of Work oracle: solo mining odds, cost of production, hashrate, mining hardware. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp).

### Is the BackPow PoW Oracle MCP server safe to use?

BackPow PoW Oracle scores 65 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the BackPow PoW Oracle MCP server expose?

BackPow PoW Oracle exposes 6 tools: calculate_solo_mining_odds, get_cost_of_production, get_coin_oracle, list_pow_coins, get_hardware_benchmarks, get_pow_news. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,754 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the BackPow PoW Oracle MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to BackPow PoW Oracle without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the BackPow PoW Oracle MCP server still maintained?

BackPow PoW Oracle is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.backpow.com/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/BackpowCom/backpow-mcp-server
- Website: https://backpow.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-backpow-pow-mining-oracle/mcp