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AntPool
Bitmain’s own pool and perennially among the largest — the concentration concern and the convenience are the same fact.
The longer story
AntPool is Bitmain’s house pool, operating since 2014 with the scale advantages of sitting next to the world’s dominant ASIC maker. FPPS payouts, multi-coin support, and perennial top-three hashrate share make it the default for many large Asian operations.
It suits miners who want maximum-scale FPPS stability and Bitmain-ecosystem integration. The concentration concern and the convenience are the same fact — AntPool plus Foundry regularly approach half the network, which is exactly why decentralization-minded miners look further down this list.
Quick answers
- How does AntPool pay miners?
- AntPool uses FPPS — the pool pays expected value per share including fees, so the pool carries block-finding variance, not you.
- How long has AntPool been operating?
- AntPool has operated since 2014 (China (Bitmain)) — in mining, payout track record is the trust signal that matters most.
- Is AntPool transparent, and does it support Lightning payouts?
- Its accounting is conventional-custodial: you trust the operator’s numbers, as with most large pools. Payouts are on-chain only.
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