Pool comparison
Foundry USA Pool vs Luxor
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.
Foundry USA PoolLuxor
Payout schemeFPPSFPPS
Running since●20192017
OriginUnited StatesUnited States
Transparent / verifiableNoNo
Lightning payoutsNoNo
● = where they differ
Foundry USA Pool
The institutional US pool (a DCG company) — consistently among the largest by hashrate, aimed at industrial miners rather than hobbyists.
Luxor
US pool with a data/derivatives business around it (hashprice index, hashrate forwards) — appeals to miners who think in financial terms.