Directory · 11 pools
Transparency-first ordering. Hashrate share changes weekly, so we don’t print it — the durable differences are the payout scheme (who carries variance), whether you can verify what the pool does, and how long it has honored payouts.
| Pool | Payout | Since | Transparent | ⚡ payouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braiins PoolCzech Republic | FPPS | 2010 | ||
| Solo CKPoolAustralia | solo | 2014 | ||
| OCEANUnited States | TIDES | 2023 | ||
| F2PoolChina | PPS+ | 2013 | ||
| AntPoolChina (Bitmain) | FPPS | 2014 | ||
| ViaBTCChina | PPS+ / PPLNS | 2016 | ||
| LuxorUnited States | FPPS | 2017 | ||
| SBI CryptoJapan | FPPS | 2017 | ||
| Foundry USA PoolUnited States | FPPS | 2019 | ||
| Binance PoolGlobal (Binance) | FPPS | 2020 | ||
| MARA PoolUnited States | FPPS | 2021 |
The first mining pool ever (as Slush Pool), now Braiins — open-source firmware and Stratum V2 leadership, with Lightning payouts for small miners.
Solo mining as a service: win a block, keep (almost) the whole reward; win nothing, earn nothing. Famous for the occasional David-vs-Goliath block find.
The decentralization-first pool: transparent TIDES payouts direct from the coinbase, miners can build their own block templates. Ideology and product in one.
One of the oldest pools still operating ("Discus Fish") — long track record, large scale, standard custodial payouts.
Bitmain’s own pool and perennially among the largest — the concentration concern and the convenience are the same fact.
Large multi-coin pool with flexible payout schemes and merged mining — a mainstream choice outside the top two.
US pool with a data/derivatives business around it (hashprice index, hashrate forwards) — appeals to miners who think in financial terms.
The Japanese financial group’s mining pool — an institutional operator with a lower profile than its scale suggests.
The institutional US pool (a DCG company) — consistently among the largest by hashrate, aimed at industrial miners rather than hobbyists.
The exchange’s pool — payouts land in your Binance account, which is maximum convenience and maximum custodial dependence at once.
Operated by the listed miner MARA — primarily the company’s own hashrate, open to others; scale follows its corporate fleet.
Choosing hardware first? Compare ASICs by efficiency. Running your own full node changes what a pool can do to you — see the node directory. Live hashrate distribution moves weekly; check a mempool explorer for today’s picture.