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
Braiins Pool
The first mining pool ever (as Slush Pool), now Braiins — open-source firmware and Stratum V2 leadership, with Lightning payouts for small miners.
Luxor
US pool with a data/derivatives business around it (hashprice index, hashrate forwards) — appeals to miners who think in financial terms.