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What does OG Sniper do?

Every ORE round (~60 seconds), miners deploy SOL to a 5×5 grid of squares. At the end of each round, one square is drawn as the winner. After ORE #167, SOL is not a jackpot: a miss returns ~0.891× of that square’s own stake and a hit returns ~0.99× — winners do not collect other miners’ SOL. ORE still goes to miners on the winning square (plus top-miner / motherlode).

OG Sniper waits until late, ranks solo and split pools separately with HighestEv (expected ORE share minus the ~10.5% SOL haircut; no loser-pool L), takes your mix from the top of each pool, and even-splits your round budget. Empty tiles are eligible — they are often the best solo ORE ticket.

Settings

Round budget

Total SOL available for the round. The crank divides this evenly across the tiles it selects (per tile = budget ÷ tile count). Integer dust stays in your miner balance.

Solo / split mix

How many tiles to take from the top of each pool after HighestEv ranking. Default is 5 solo / 0 split (classic sniper). You can add splits or cut solos. 0/N or N/0 is allowed. Strict: if the round mask cannot fill the mix, the crank skips (insufficient_mix) instead of swapping solo for split.

Per-round safety cap

On-chain max_per_round is fixed at 1.01 SOL for user safety — it is not editable in the strategy form. The crank also clamps to your affordable balance after fees. Effective spend is min(round budget, 1.01 SOL, affordable balance). To raise the cap, contact a mod on Discord.

Max ORE price (optional)

Skip the round when the live ORE price (in SOL) is above this cap. Leave at 0 for no cap. New miners default to roughly “current ORE price + $20” of headroom.

Minimum weighted EV (%) (optional)

Only fire when the stake-weighted post-#167 EV of the equal plan is strictly greater than this threshold (ORE share minus the coverage haircut). This is not waterfill dmax EV. Leave at 0 to disable.

If the weighted EV were exactly 2.00%, the round would be skipped — the rule is strictly greater than the threshold.

Gates

Optional skip gates in the strategy picker (off by default). They do not change tiles or amounts — only whether this round fires.

• Crowded-round skip gate — sit out when recent network-wide SOL is above your cap. See Crowded-round skip gate.
• Motherlode range gate — sit out when the live motherlode pool is below your min or above your max ORE. Leave a side empty to ignore that bound. See Motherlode range gate.

How to set up

1. Connect your Solana wallet on the Mining page.
2. Create a miner and choose OG Sniper in the strategy picker. Set round budget, solo/split mix (default 5/0), and optionally max ORE price / minimum weighted EV.
3. Sign the transaction. This creates your miner accounts on-chain (Manager + Strategy Deployer + ORE Miner). Cost ≈ 0.005 SOL (account setup).
4. Deposit SOL. Transfer SOL into your miner’s autodeploy balance. Minimum 0.03 SOL; 0.3 SOL or more gives runway for many rounds.
5. Done. The crank evaluates the board late each round. HighestEv picks the mix; equal split fires one Type 2 ix. Otherwise Activity shows why it skipped.

When does it skip a round?

OG Sniper sits out the round (no deploy tx) when:

• Too early (late window not open yet)
• No live ORE price is available
• ORE price is above your configured max
• Strict mix cannot be filled from the round’s solo/split mask
• The budget is too small to fund the mix at min amount
• Round board data isn’t available at fire time
• The plan’s post-#167 weighted EV is less than or equal to your minimum (when that filter is set above 0)
• Optional Crowded-round skip or Motherlode range sits the round out

Worked example

Late HighestEv with equal split and an optional weighted-EV floor.

Activity (C) and Results (D) match what you see in the Mining Activity / Sessions panels. Thinking (B) illustrates what the crank evaluates that round — only EV Gate has a live Strategy Insight table in-app.

Skip variant (same config)

When plan weighted EV fails the floor, thinking shows SKIP and Activity records the reason — no deploy.

Skip variant (Crowded-round skip gate on)

With Crowded-round skip gate enabled, HighestEv never ranks when recent network deploy averages above your cap.

Skip variant (Motherlode range gate on)

With Motherlode range enabled, HighestEv never ranks when the live pool is outside your min/max.