Pool comparison
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.
● = where they differ
Binance Pool
The exchange’s pool — payouts land in your Binance account, which is maximum convenience and maximum custodial dependence at once.
ViaBTC
Large multi-coin pool with flexible payout schemes and merged mining — a mainstream choice outside the top two.