Pool comparison
AntPool vs F2Pool
The durable differences: who carries payout variance, whether you can verify what the pool does, and how long it has honored payouts. Hashrate share moves weekly — check a mempool explorer for today’s picture.
AntPoolF2Pool
Payout scheme●FPPSPPS+
Running since●20142013
Origin●China (Bitmain)China
Transparent / verifiableNoNo
Lightning payoutsNoNo
● = where they differ
AntPool
Bitmain’s own pool and perennially among the largest — the concentration concern and the convenience are the same fact.
F2Pool
One of the oldest pools still operating ("Discus Fish") — long track record, large scale, standard custodial payouts.