How to buy Chia plots safely online

Plotting for Chia can take time, cost you a lot of money (if you don’t already have the hardware) and can lead to wasted time when you’re not sure what you’re doing (space running out, memory running out).

The alternative to plotting yourself is to buy plots online.

How is this done?

1. Get your farmer and pool keys.
2. Order from a chia plotting service.
3. Wait for 8–24 hours
4. Receive the download link and download
5. You’re done

The main concern you must have is on providing your farmer and pool keys. Is this a security risk? The answer is no. These are public keys that you are providing, not your private keys. In the world of cryptography and internet security, public keys are freely shared. That’s how it works. It’s only the private keys that you never want to share.

The farmer and pools enable a 3rd party to plot a plot that will be tied to your Chia address. The plot that they create using your public keys will not be at all usable by them unless they somehow took control over your wallet. That’s only possible if they know your private keys, which you’re not giving them.

If you’d like to skip the tedious process of plotting yourself or just need that additional boost in your plotting speed, you can order your plots from a service such as Chia Plotheads.

Disclaimer: it’s a referral link. All the info I provided you however works for any plotting service out there.