Canaan Avalon Series Installation Guide

Have you heard about cryptocurrency mining and are wondering how to actually get started? In 2026, mining Bitcoin from home has never been more accessible. With the Canaan Avalon series — ASIC miners designed specifically for home users — you can now take part in the Bitcoin network with compact, quiet equipment that is easy to set up. In this guide, the Happy Mining team takes you through it step by step, from unboxing to your first mined satoshis.

Table of Contents

1. What Is Crypto Mining and Why the Avalon Series?
2. Overview of the Canaan Avalon Range
3. Step-by-Step Installation Guide
4. Choosing Your Mining Pool
5. Profitability and Tips to Optimise Your Earnings
6. Frequently Asked Questions
7. Key Figures

What Is Crypto Mining and Why the Avalon Series?

Cryptocurrency mining is the process by which specialised computers validate transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain and are rewarded in BTC in return. In practice, your machine continuously solves complex mathematical calculations — and every validated block earns you a fraction of a bitcoin.

For a long time, this activity was reserved for large industrial farms. But Canaan — one of the industry's pioneers, founded in 2013 and the inventor of the first Avalon ASICs — changed the game with its Home Series: miners designed for the general public that are quiet, easy to plug in and compatible with a standard home electrical installation.

Why choose an Avalon? Because setup takes less than 5 minutes, the mobile app handles everything, and some models even double as a supplementary heater in winter.

📊 Thousands of private individuals are mining Bitcoin at home in 2026 with the Canaan Avalon Home series.

Overview of the Canaan Avalon Range

The Canaan Avalon series comes in several models to suit different budgets and goals. Here is a comparison of the three flagship models available from Happy Mining:

• Canaan Avalon Nano 3S — 140 W, ideal for getting started
• Canaan Avalon Mini 3 — 37.5 TH/s, 800 W, the versatile best-seller
• Canaan Avalon Q — 90 TH/s, up to 1,800 W in Super mode

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💡 Good to know: The Avalon Mini 3 offers 3 operating modes — Mining (full power), Heat (heat priority, ideal in winter) and Night (quiet mode) — making it a genuinely versatile device.

“The Avalon Mini 3 was designed as a heater: you can produce Bitcoin and heat your home at the same time.” — Happy Mining

Step-by-Step Installation Guide

Good news: installing a Canaan Avalon miner is designed to be accessible to everyone, even without any technical background. Here is the complete procedure.

Step 1 — Unboxing and checking the contents

When your machine arrives, inspect the packaging carefully. Check that all the components are there: the miner, the power cable and, depending on the model, a USB Wi-Fi adapter.

💡 Happy Mining tip: Place your device on a flat, well-ventilated surface — a clear desk, a metal shelf or a cellar floor are perfect. Avoid confined spaces with no air circulation.

Step 2 — Power connection

Before plugging in your Avalon, check the capacity of your electrical circuit:

• Avalon Nano 3S: 140 W — works with any standard socket.
• Avalon Mini 3: 800 W — a standard 16 A socket is sufficient.
• Avalon Q in Super mode: up to 1,800 W — requires a dedicated 20 A circuit.

Connect the power cable to the back of the unit, then to your wall socket. The LEDs light up: your miner is starting.

Step 3 — Wi-Fi connection via the Avalon Family app

1. Download the Avalon Family app from the App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android).
2. Open the app, tap the menu and select "Add new device".
3. The app automatically detects your Avalon on the local network.
4. Enter your Wi-Fi credentials (SSID + password) and confirm.
5. The device restarts and connects to your home network.
6. Log in with the default password admin, then immediately create a new, secure password.

Step 4 — Configuring the mining pool

Once connected, go to Settings > Pool configuration and enter:

• Pool 1: the URL of your main mining pool (e.g. stratum+tcp://btc.f2pool.com:3333)
• Worker: your Bitcoin wallet address (or worker name)
• Password: x (the default for most pools)

Save — the device restarts and starts mining automatically.

Step 5 — Monitoring and optimisation

From the app, you can do the following in real time:

• Track your hashrate (active computing power)
• Monitor the temperature and fan speed
• Switch operating mode (Mining / Heat / Night)
• Update the firmware to optimise performance

Choosing Your Mining Pool

A mining pool is a group of miners who combine their computing power to increase their chances of validating a block — and then share the reward in proportion to their contribution. For beginners, joining a pool is strongly recommended.

Key Figures

⏱️ 5 minutes — the average time needed to fully set up a Canaan Avalon miner via the Avalon Family mobile app, from plugging it in to the first hash.