Extending a contract

Contracts run anywhere from 1 month to 12 months. If you want to keep mining, you need to extend your contract by paying for more electricity before it expires.

Firstly, head over to the My Earnings Dashboard and connect your wallet. If you have multiple contracts of the same algorithm (in this case, BTC), the green "Extend" text in the top right will extend your contract that is expiring the soonest. If you only have one contract, the Extend text will simply extend that contract.

After clicking the Extend text, you're presented with two options. Option 1 is to extend with crypto, which means you're paying with KDA, USDC, ETH, or BTC from your wallet. Option 2 is to extend with your unclaimed earnings.

Option 1: Extend with Crypto	Option 2: Extend with Unclaimed Earnings

Extending with Crypto from your wallet operates just like starting a new contract, where you can choose the duration of your extension and then pay for the electricity with any currency of your choosing:

Choose your currency to pay with

Extending with unclaimed rewards is a convenient way to pay for your contract without requiring any external funds. The contract pays for itself!

Here's that interface again:

You can see how much your contract has mined already, and then using either of the sliders, you can choose how much of your unclaimed rewards to apply to electricity. The box at the bottom gives you information on the cost per kW/h, your new end date, and how much of your mining rewards remain after extending the contract.

In either case, simply click confirm and sign the transaction, where you'll watch the transaction go through on the blockchain and your contract will be extended!