Bitcoin Mining Pool Comparison

All major Bitcoin mining pools ranked by live hashrate, with network share, base fees and payout schemes. The pools below currently contribute about 1,050.2 EH/s combined. Click any pool for detailed statistics and history. New to mining? Start with what a mining pool is.

#PoolHashrate EH/sShareFeePayout
1Foundry USA24323.1%~4%FPPS
2AntPool16315.5%4%FPPS / PPLNS
3F2Pool145.413.8%4%PPS+
4ViaBTC888.4%4%PPS+ / PPLNS / SOLO
5SpiderPool87.68.3%4%PPS
6Binance Pool82.57.9%2.5%FPPS
7MARA Pool66.56.3%~4%Self-mining
8Luxor39.63.8%2.5%FPPS
9SECPOOL38.23.6%4%FPPS
10EMCD26.72.5%4%FPPS
11OCEAN19.81.9%~4%TIDES (non-custodial)
12ntminerpool19.21.8%2.5%PPS
13Braiins Pool15.31.5%2.5%FPPS
14Trustpool8.60.8%1%FPPS
15Kryptex6.80.7%3%PPS+
16Neopool00.0%~4%FPPS
17SBI Crypto00.0%1.5%FPPS

Fees marked ~4% are estimates for pools that do not disclose a base fee. Miner revenue at any pool depends on the current hashprice, now $31.45 per PH/s per day.

How to choose a mining pool

The main factors are fees, payout scheme, minimum payout threshold, server latency to your farm and trust in the operator. FPPS pools pay steady revenue for every valid share, which most professional miners prefer. PPLNS pools pay more when the pool gets lucky but less when it does not. Very large pools smooth variance but concentrate network power; smaller pools and non-custodial options like OCEAN trade a little convenience for decentralization.

Related reading: Bitcoin network hashrate, mining difficulty and the next retarget, and what hashprice means for revenue.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Bitcoin mining pool is the largest?

Foundry USA has been the largest Bitcoin mining pool for several years, typically controlling around a quarter to a third of the global network hashrate, followed by AntPool and F2Pool. The live table on this page shows the current ranking.

Which mining pool has the lowest fees?

Fees range from 0% to about 4%. Some pools like Foundry USA and MARA Pool serve institutional or in-house miners with special terms, while public pools like Trustpool (1%) or Luxor (2.5%) publish flat fees. A lower fee is not always better if payouts, stability or minimum thresholds are worse.

How is network share calculated?

Network share is a pool's hashrate divided by the combined hashrate of all pools tracked on this page. Because hashrate cannot be measured directly, it is estimated from the number of blocks each pool finds and the current difficulty.