# Fishing-Mining Mechanics

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In [<mark style="color:yellow;">**Fish Bit**</mark>](https://fishbit.org/), we don’t mine — we fish. But under the hood, it’s the same beast: every rod and boat combo acts like a virtual mining rig, constantly working to generate off-chain token yield. The more gear you’ve got, and the better its stats, the faster and bigger your farm gets.

The engine behind it all? **Virtual hashrate:** a powerful off-chain stat that scales with your equipment. Your total hashrate determines how often you catch fish (reward tokens), how lucky your pulls are, and where you land on the leaderboard.

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## Key Mechanics

#### **🚢 Boat = Base Activation**

* You need a boat to start fishing.
* Each account gets 1 free boat in [Voyage Alpha](/voyage-alpha-phase.md) (via X connect)
* Boats become purchasable post-mainnet.

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#### **🎣 Rod = Hashrate Multiplier**

* Every rod adds hashpower to your fishing operation
* Stats breakdown:
  * **Speed** – how frequently fish ( reward tokens) are generated
  * **Luck** – higher chance to catch big-value fish
  * **Hashrate** – overall power that determines leaderboard rank & earnings

You can stack rods. Paid rods have higher stats and scale your hashrate fast.

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#### **🧯 Yield Formula (Simplified):**

$$
\text{Total Hashrate} = \sum (\text{Rod Hashrate} \times \text{Quantity})
$$

Your rewards = function of your total hashrate versus global hashrate pool.

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Just like GPU rigs in Bitcoin mining, your rods have “stats” that simulate mining power. But instead of crunching numbers, you’re casting lines with pixel-style.
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