Protocol & Pools20

Mining pool by Binance exchange. ~2% of recent blocks. Leverages Binance's large miner customer base.

Most vertically integrated force in Bitcoin mining: designs chips, assembles Antminers (market leader), operates AntPool (~20% of blocks), and self-mines at scale. Significant centralisation risk across 3 framework leve…

World's first mining pool (Slush Pool, 2010). Also develops Braiins OS+, a leading aftermarket firmware with auto-tuning for Antminers.

Historical top-5 pool; ~0.9% recent share. Also offers a popular Bitcoin wallet product.

Small pool (~0.55%) differentiated by carbon-neutral/negative Bitcoin mining focus.

Canadian-listed (Nasdaq: DMGI) Bitcoin miner and pool operator. ~1.76 EH/s (2025); targeting 3 EH/s. Operates Terra Pool; powered by low-cost BC hydroelectricity. Expanding into AI infrastructure colocation.

One of the oldest pools (est. 2013). ~11% of blocks. Noted for sending jobs with lower fees vs peers — can cost miners revenue.

DCG subsidiary; #1 mining pool by hashrate (32%+ of all blocks). Also distributes hardware and provides equipment financing to North American miners.

Full-stack mining services: pool, LuxOS aftermarket firmware, fleet software, OOB TX services, and ASIC brokerage. Most diversified pure-services player.

Largest US-listed bitcoin miner by hashrate. Operates MARA Pool (~5.3% of blocks) and Slipstream private TX service. Also developing Anduro Bitcoin sidechain. Aggressive BTC treasury accumulation.

Provides the 'Mempool Accelerator' — a leading OOB transaction prioritisation service. Also the most-used Bitcoin mempool & block explorer.

Decentralised pool using DATUM protocol. Miners construct their own block templates — preserves transaction-selection decentralisation. Pure coordinator model.

Historically a top-5 Bitcoin pool; now ~0.9% of recent blocks. Founded 2017 by ex-Bitmain engineers. Diminished after 2022 liquidity issues but remains an active small-share pool.

Japanese financial giant SBI Group's bitcoin pool. ~1% of blocks. Wilson Mining is a known proxy pool routing hashrate to SBI. Key Japanese institutional player.

Chinese mining pool with ~3.9% of recent blocks. Growing presence; limited public documentation.

Fast-growing Chinese pool with ~3% market share. Rapid hashrate gains through 2023–24; part of broader crypto infrastructure group.

Newer mining pool (~0.6% blocks per Cambridge Dec 2024 data). Limited public information on operator and jurisdiction; flagged for further investigation.

Third-largest pool by hashrate (~14% of blocks). Also operates CoinEx crypto exchange. Chinese origin; major Asia-Pacific presence.

Emerging pool (~0.8%) with transparency-focused positioning. Limited public information available.

Transparent proxy pool routing hashrate to SBI Crypto. Rare example of openly-declared proxy pool relationship.