Bitminter - bitcoin minting the easy way!

Sign up and point your ASIC machines to mint.bitminter.com:3333 with your user name and a dummy (x or 123) password. Or use a specific region:

us1.bitminter.com:3333 (United States)
us2.bitminter.com:3333 (United States)
ca1.bitminter.com:3333 (Canada)
eu1.bitminter.com:3333 (Europe)

A closer server can slightly reduce stale (rejected) work. A reject ratio around 0.10% is normal. Check live stats to see your reject ratio in the current shift.

If you have firewall issues try port 443 instead of 3333.

New users can mine with just the user name. That's because you start out with a worker that has the default setting enabled. To use a specific worker mine with your user name, an underscore, then a worker name, e.g. John_asic3. There is no password check. You can put X or 123 as password.

What is BitMinter?

Bitminter is a bitcoin mining pool that aims to make it easy for anyone to make bitcoins. Bitminter is one of the oldest pools. Since we opened in 2011 over 450 000 people have registered accounts with us. We hope that you will join us too!

What do I need?

ASICs took over in 2013. Mining one bitcoin with just a PC now takes millions of years. You'll want a 1 TH/s or faster ASIC machine to start a small mining-at-home operation. Have a look at Antminer from Bitmain and AvalonMiner from Canaan. Used ASICs are available at ebay and similar places.

Reward System

Your work is recorded in shifts. When we create a new block you get a share of the income proportional to how much of the work in the last 10 completed shifts is yours. This reward system is known as PPLNS with shifts. 99% of the mining income (including transaction fee income) is paid out to users. Donations are optional and will unlock various perks.

Using bitcoins

You can pay for goods and services with bitcoins. Try the open market OpenBazaar or the freelancer market Rein. Get bitcoin-themed items from BTC Trinkets. Or what about Overstock, Expedia, Mega. Find more with CoinMap.

Bitcoin pool

Bitcoin mining pools are a way for Bitcoin miners to pool their resources together and share their hashing power while splitting the reward equally according to the amount of shares they contributed to solving a block.

A "share" is awarded to members of the Bitcoin mining pool who present a valid proof of work that their Bitcoin miner solved. Bitcoin mining in pools began when the difficulty for mining increased to the point where it could take years for slower miners to generate a block.

The solution to this problem was for miners to pool their resources so they could generate blocks quicker and therefore receive a portion of the Bitcoin block reward on a consistent basis, rather than randomly once every few years.

Network Consensus

If you solo-mine, meaning you do not mine with a Bitcoin mining pool, then you will need to ensure that you are in consensus with the Bitcoin network. The best way is to use the official BitCore client.

If you participate in a Bitcoin mining pool then you will want to ensure that they are engaging in behavior that is in agreement with your philosophy towards Bitcoin.

For example, some rogue developers have threatened to release software that could hard-fork the network which would likely result in tremendous financial damage.

Therefore, it is your duty to make sure that any Bitcoin mining power you direct to a mining pool does not attempt to enforce network consensus rules you disagree with.

Segregated Witness

When segwit is activated, you will want to be able to mine and relay segwit-style blocks. The following mining software has been upgraded to support segwit.

Please note that software that supports the GetBlockTemplate (GBT) RPC must be upgraded to support the BIP9 and BIP145 changes to GBT. All the programs linked above that support GBT have been upgraded.

Segwit is already activated and enforced on testnet, so you may find it useful to test your infrastructure upgrade by mining with some small amount of hashrate on testnet. Alternatively, Bitcoin Core 0.13.1’s regression test mode (regtest) also supports segwit by default.

Bitcoin Mining Pools

There are many good Bitcoin mining pools to choose from. Although it's tempting to pick the most popular one, it's better for the health of the network to mine with smaller pools so as to avoid potentially harmful concentration of hashing power.

The hash rate distribution is best when split among more Bitcoin mining pools.

Bitcoin Mining Pool Hash Rate Distribution

Bitcoin Mining Pool Options

For a fully decentralized pool, we highly recommend p2pool.

The following pools are believed to be currently fully validating blocks with Bitcoin Core 0.11 or later:

BTCC: BTCC is a Bitcoin exchange, wallet, and mining pool located in China. Its mining pool currently controls around 15% of the network hash rate.

Slush Pool: Slush Pool is run by Satoshi Labs, a Bitcoin company based in the Czech Republic. Slush Pool was the first mining pool and maintains around 7% of the network hash rate.

Antpool: [WARNING] - Bitmain operates Antpool and some consider them to be a malicious actor in the Bitcoin ecosystem because of the AntBleed scandal where they were intentionally including malware within mining equipment they sell. In a corporate communication, Bitmain claimed this was a feature and not a bug. This malware would enable Bitmain to remotely shut down equipment of customers or competitors thus increasing their own profitability. Additionally, such behavior could pose a risk to the entire Bitcoin network.

Eligius: Eligius was one of the first Bitcoin mining pools and was founded by Luke Dashjr, a Bitcoin Core developer. Today, the pool controls just under 1% of the network hash rate.

BitMinter: BitMinter, once one of the largest Bitcoin mining pools, now controls less than 1% of the network hash rate.

Kano CKPool: Kano CKPool was founded in 2014 and currently has around 3% of the network hash rate under its control.

F2Pool: F2Pool is the second largest Bitcoin mining pool, with around 25% of the network hash rate. Its user interface is in Chinese, making it difficult for English speakers to join.

BW Pool: BW Pool controls around 7% of the network hash rate. Like F2Pool, its user interface is in Chinese, making it difficult for English speakers to join.

Bitfury: Although seen publically in block explorers and hash rate charts, BitFury is a private mining pool and cannot be joined.

Bitcoin Mining Pool Payment Methods

Calculating your share of the bitcoins mined can be complex. In an ongoing effort to come up with the fairest method and prevent gaming of the system, many calculation schemes have been invented. The two most popular types are PPS and DGM. PPS, or 'pay per share' shifts the risk to the mining pool while they guarantee payment for every share you contribute.

PPS payment schemes require a very large reserve of 10,000 BTC in order to ensure they have the means of enduring a streak of bad luck. For this reason, most Bitcoin mining pools no longer support it.

One of the few remaining PPS pools is EclipseMC. DGM is a popular payment scheme because it offers a nice balance between short round and long round blocks. However, end users must wait for full round confirmations long after the blocks are processed.

PPS: The Pay-per-Share (PPS) approach offers an instant, guaranteed payout for each share that is solved by a miner. Miners are paid out from the pools existing balance and can withdraw their payout immediately. This model allows for the least possible variance in payment for miners while also transferring much of the risk to the pool's operator.

PROP: The Proportional approach offers a proportional distribution of the reward when a block is found amongst all workers, based off of the number of shares they have each found.

PPLNS: The Pay Per Last N Shares (PPLN) approach is similar to the proportional method, but instead of counting the number of shares in the round, it instead looks at the last N shares, no matter the boundaries of the round.

DGM: The Double Geometric Method (DGM) is a hybrid approach that enables the operator to absorb some of the risk. The operator receives a portion of payouts during short rounds and returns it during longer rounds to normalize payments.

SMPPS: The Shared Maximum Pay Per Share (SMPPS) uses a similar approach to PPS but never pays more than the Bitcoin mining pool has earned.

ESMPPS: The Equalized Shared Maximum Pay Per Share (ESMPPS) is similar to SMPPS, but distributes payments equally among all miners in the Bitcoin mining pool.

RSMPPS: The Recent Shared Maximum Pay Per Share (RSMPPS) is also similar to SMPPS, but the system prioritizes the most recent Bitcoin miners first.

CPPSRB: The Capped Pay Per Share with Recent Backpay uses a Maximum Pay Per Share (MPPS) reward system that will pay Bitcoin miners as much as possible using the income from finding blocks, but will never go bankrupt.

BPM: Bitcoin Pooled mining (BPM), also known as "Slush's pool", uses a system where older shares from the beginning of a block round are given less weight than more recent shares. This reduces the ability to cheat the mining pool system by switching pools during a round.

POT: The Pay on Target (POT) approach is a high variance PPS that pays out in accordance with the difficulty of work returned to the pool by a miner, rather than the difficulty of work done by the pool itself.

SCORE: The SCORE based approach uses a system whereby a proportional reward is distributed and weighed by the time the work was submitted. This process makes later shares worth more than earlier shares and scored by time, thus rewards are calculated in proportion to the scores and not shares submitted.

ELIGIUS: Eligius was designed by Luke Jr., creator of BFGMiner, to incorporate the strengths of PPS and BPM pools, as miners submit proofs-of-work to earn shares and the pool pays out immediately. When the block rewards are distributed, they are divided equally among all shares since the last valid block and the shares contributed to stale blocks are cycled into the next block's shares. Rewards are only paid out if a miner earns at least. 67108864 and if the amount owed is less than that it will be rolled over to the next block until the limit is achieved. However, if a Bitcoin miner does not submit a share for over a period of a week, then the pool will send any remaining balance, regardless of its size.

Triplemining: Triplemining brings together medium-sized pools with no fees and redistributes 1% of every block found, which allows your share to grow faster than any other Bitcoin mining pool approach. The administrators of these Bitcoin mining pools use some of the Bitcoins generated when a block is found to add to a jackpot that is triggered and paid out to the member of the pool who found the block. In this way, everyone in the pool has a better chance to make additional Bitcoins, regardless of their processing power.

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Why do I earn more at Bitcoin.com Pool?

We pay 98% of the block reward and have an extremely high share acceptance rate. Our hashrate contracts also have the most competitive prices in the industry.

Why are you selling cloud mining contracts? Why not keep the profit for yourself?

We are selling cloud mining contracts to grow our hashrate. We will use the sales revenue to immediately purchase more mining hardware.

Bitcoin Mining Pools

Now that you have Bitcoin mining hardware, your next step is to join a Bitcoin mining pool.

What is a Mining Pool?

Mining pools are groups of cooperating miners who agree to share block rewards in proportion to their contributed mining hash power.

While mining pools are desirable to the average miner as they smooth out rewards and make them more predictable, they unfortunately concentrate power to the mining pool’s owner.

Miners can, however, choose to redirect their hashing power to a different mining pool at anytime.

Pool Concentration in China

Before we get into the best mining pools to join, it’s important to note that most mining pools are in China. Many only have Chinese websites and support. Mining centralization in China is one of Bitcoin’s biggest issues at the moment.

There are about 20 major mining pools. Broken down by the percent of hash power controlled by a pool, and the location of that pool’s company, we estimate that Chinese pools control

81% of the network hash rate:

The Biggest Mining Pools

The list below details the biggest Bitcoin mining pools. This is based on info from Blockchain’s pool share chart:

We strongly recommend new miners to join Slush Pool despite it not being one of the biggest pools. It was the first Bitcoin mining pool and remains one of the most reliable and trusted pools, especially for beginners.

BTC.com is a public mining pool that can be joined. However, we strongly recommend joining Slush Pool instead.

Antpool is a mining pool based in China and owned by BitMain. Antpool mines about 25% of all blocks.

ViaBTC is a somewhat new mining pool that has been around for about one year. It’s targeted towards Chinese miners.

Slush was the first mining pool and currently mines about 3% of all blocks.

Slush is probably one of the best and most popular mining pools despite not being one of the largest.

DiscusFish, also known as F2Pool, is based in China. F2Pool has mined about 5-6% of all blocks over the past six months.

BTC.top is a private pool and cannot be joined.

7. Bitclub.Network

Bitclub Network is a large mining pool but appears to be somewhat shady. We recommend staying away from this pool.

BTCC is a pool and also China’s third largest Bitcoin exchange. Its mining pool currently mines about 7% of all blocks.

Bitfury is a private pool that cannot be joined. Bitfury currently mines about 2% of all blocks.

10. BW Pool

BW, established in 2014, is another mining company based in China. It currently mines about 2% of all blocks.

Bitcoin Mining Pool Comparison

The comparison chart above is just a quick reference. The location of a pool does not matter all that much. Most of the pools have servers in every country so even if the mining pool is based in China, you could connect to a server in the US, for example.

Get a Bitcoin Wallet and Mining Software

Before you join a mining pool you will also need Bitcoin mining software and a Bitcoin wallet.

Mining Pools vs Cloud Mining

Many people read about mining pools and think it is just a group that pays out free bitcoins. This is not true! Mining pools are for people who have mining hardware to split profits.

Many people get mining pools confused with cloud mining. Cloud mining is where you pay a service provider to miner for you and you get the rewards.

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Which Countries Mine the most Bitcoins?

Bitcoin mining tends to gravitate towards countries with cheap electricity.

As Bitcoin mining is somewhat centralized, 10-15 mining companies have claimed the vast majority of network hash power.

With many of these companies in the same country, only a number of countries mine and export a significant amount of bitcoins.

China mines the most bitcoins and therefore ends up “exporting” the most bitcoins.

Electricity in China is very cheap and has allowed Chinese Bitcoin miners to gain a very large percentage of Bitcoin’s hash power.

It’s rumored that some Chinese power companies point their excess energy towards Bitcoin mining facilities so that no energy goes to waste.

China is home to many of the top Bitcoin mining companies:

It’s estimated that these mining pools own somewhere around 60% of Bitcoins hash power, meaning they mine about 60% of all new bitcoins.

Georgia is home to BitFury, one of the largest producers of Bitcoin mining hardware and chips. BitFury currently mines about 15% of all bitcoins.

Sweden is home to KnCMiner, a Bitcoin mining company based in Stockholm. KnCMiner currently mines about 7.5% of all bitcoins.

The US is home to 21 Inc., a Bitcoin mining company based in California.

21 runs a large amount of miners, but also sells low powered bitcoin miners as part of their 21 Bitcoin computer.

Most of the hash power from the 21 Bitcoin computers is pointed towards 21’s mining pool. 21 Inc. mines about 3% of all bitcoins.

Other Countries

The countries above mine about 80% of all bitcoins.

The rest of the hash power is spread across the rest of the world, often pointed at smaller mining pools like Slush (Czech Republic) and Eligius (US).

A Note on Pools

While we can see which mining pools are the largest, it’s important to understand that the hash power pointed towards a mining pool isn’t necessarily owned by the mining pool itself.

There are a few cases, like with BitFury and KnCMiner, where the company itself runs the mining operation but doesn’t run a mining pool.

Bitcoin miners can switch mining pools easily by routing their hash power to a different pool, so the market share of pools is constantly changing.

To make the list of top 10 miners, we looked at blocks found over the past 6 months using data from BlockTrail.

The size of mining pools is constantly changing. We will do our best to keep this posted up-to-date.

If you cloud mine then you don’t need to select a pool; the cloud mining company does this automatically.

Why are Miners Important?

Bitcoin miners are crucial to Bitcoin and its security. Without miners, Bitcoin would be vulnerable and easy to attack.

Most Bitcoin users don’t mine.

However, miners are responsible for the creation of all new bitcoins and a fascinating part of the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Mining, once done on the average home computer, is now mostly done in large, specialized warehouses with massive amounts of mining hardware.

These warehouses usually direct their hashing power towards mining pools.

Antpool Review

Despite recent controversy, Antpool remains the largest Bitcoin mining pool in terms of its Bitcoin network hash rate. Antpool holds roughly 15% of the total hash rate of all Bitcoin mining pools.

About Antpool

Antpool mined its first block in March 2014, meaning that it emerged roughly four years after the first mining pool; Slushpool.

Antpool is run by Bitmain Technologies Ltd., the world’s largest Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer, and a large portion of their pool is run on Bitmain’s own mining rigs.

Antpool supports p2pool and stratum mining modes with nodes that are spread all over the world to ensure stability (US, Germany, China etc.).

Also, Antpool’s user interface is surprisingly slick considering that the underlying company thrives mostly off of hardware sales.

How to Join Antpool

The pool is free to join and the process is simple.

First, you need to acquire Bitcoin mining hardware. Then you need to download mining software. If you need help deciding, I suggest you take a look at our hardware and software guides.

Hardware is important because it determines the size of your contribution to the pool’s hash rate. Software is important because it enables you to direct your hardware’s hash power towards the pool you prefer. So make sure to make the right choice in order to optimize your rewards.

Finally, sign up at antpool.com to get started.

What are Antpool’s Fees?

Antpool claims that it does not charge any fees for using its pool. Although there is some truth to this claim, it is not 100% correct.

While Antpool does not directly charge fees, it also does not disclose the Bitcoin transaction fees that are collected. Basically, clients are left in the dark. Currently, every Bitcoin block has a 12.5 BTC reward which Antpool does share with you when it finds a block.

Lately, however, Bitcoin transaction fees have been rising and an additional 1-2 bitcoins are collected per block by pools. At this time, Antpool keeps 1-2 bitcoins form transaction fees for itself, which are not shared with miners who have hash power pointed toward the pool.

It can be argued that these rates prevent the service from being usable for small-time and big-volume users. Consequently, some users on bitcointalk.org heed that the undisclosed fees make the service unwise to use for the time being.

What is the Payout Threshold?

The pool does not appear to have a payout threshold and pays out every day around 10 AM UTC.

The minimum withdrawal amount is 0.0005 BTC (other sources say 0.001 BTC).

Can you do Solo Mining on Antpool?

Solo mining means you mine for bitcoins without joining a pool. So if you use Antpool you are not solo mining by default.

Generally, you will receive more frequent payouts by joining a pool.

What is the Controversy around Antpool?

Antpool has refused to enable arguably beneficial upgrades to Bitcoin for reasons based on claims that have been largely disproved. Notably, this has taken place with somewhat of a vindictive attitude.

More specifically, the controversy revolves around Segwit – a feature that requires miner activation to be enabled. Despite the fact that most Bitcoin users want this feature activated, Antpool, among other pools, appears to be blocking this feature.

Antpool began signaling for Bitcoin Unlimited in early March 2017 for reasons that have not been elucidated by Bitmain CEO (and cofounder Jihan Wu).

Antpool claims that it will only signal for Segwit if there is a hardfork, which is a proposition that most users oppose. Furthermore, allegations that the owner refuses to sell hardware to Segwit supporters have also begun to circulate.

By using Antpool, you allow the pool to decide your hardware’s approach to these matters, meaning that the pool that you used dictates the type of Bitcoin protocol that your hardware employs. If you wish to decide which implementation your hardware should signal for, you can use a pool that leaves the choice to its users, like the Slush mining pool.

Bitfury Information

According to BlockTrail, Bitfury is the third largest Bitcoin mining pool and mines about 11% of all blocks.

The main difference between the Bitfury pool and other mining pools is that Bitfury is a private pool.

Bitfury, the company, makes its own mining hardware and runs its own pool. So, unlike Slush or Antpool, Bitfury cannot be joined if you run mining hardware at home.

Bitfury 16nm ASIC Chip

Unrelated to its pool, Bitfury sells a 16nm ASIC mining chip.

Although Bitfury controls a large portion of the Bitcoin network hash rate, its committed to making Bitcoin decentralized :

BitFury is fundamentally committed to being a responsible player in the Bitcoin community and we want to work with all integrated partners and resellers to make our unique technology widely available ensuring that the network remains decentralized and we move into the exahash era together.

Valery Vavilov, CEO of BitFury

BTCC Mining Pool Review

BTCC Mining Pool is run by BTCC, a Bitcoin company based in China. The company also runs a Bitcoin exchange, wallet, prints physical bitcoins and more!

Worldwide Servers

BTCC runs servers all over the world so your mining hardware can connect easily to the BTCC pool.

So even though BTCC is based in China, don’t be worried that you can’t use or join the pool:

Our mining pool currently has customers from the United States, South America, Europe, China, and Africa.

Bobby Lee, BTCC CEO

Shared Transaction Fees

One great thing about BTCC pool is that it shares Bitcoin transaction fees with its miners.

In every Bitcoin block, around 1-2 BTC worth of transaction fees are also rewarded to the pool.

Some pools keep these fees for themselves and DO NOT share with their miners! BTCC evenly splits the transaction fees among its miners, just like it splits the 12.5 BTC reward.

Slush Pool Review

Slush Pool is run by Satoshi Labs and was the world’s first ever Bitcoin mining pool. It’s advanced yet also a great pool for beginners.

How to Join and Use Slush Pool

Slush Pool is easy to join.

First, register an account.
Configure your mining software to point your hardware’s hash power to Slush Pool.
Enter your Bitcoin wallet address that will receive the payouts.

Here is a helpful video that shows you how to get started:

Slush Mining Pool URLs

According to Slush’s website, there are the current URLs for the mining pool. You will want to point your software towards the URL location closest to you. This will maximize your mining profits.

USA, east coast:

Europe

China, mainland

Asia-Pacific/Singapore:

What are Slush Pool’s Fees?

Slush Pool charges 2% of all payouts.

This may seem like a lot but unlike other pools it shares the transaction fees with its miners. At current levels, these amount to 1-2 BTC more per block.

Satoshi Labs

Satoshi Labs runs Slush Pool. They also make the Bitcoin TREZOR hardware wallet and Coinmap.org.

Ethereum Mining Pool

Many people want to use the pools above for Ethereum too. But, most of the pools listed above are only for Bitcoin mining. Please see our post on Ethereum mining pools for more info on ETH specific pools.

Litecoin Mining Pool

Like Ethereum, none of the pools above support litecoin. For LTC mining you will need separate hardware and a separate pool.

Bitcoin Mining Pool Taxes

You’ll have to consult an accountant or lawyer in your area. But most likely you will have to pay income tax on income from mining pools just like you would for any other type of income.

Comparison of mining pools

Reward types & explanation:

CPPSRB - Capped Pay Per Share with Recent Backpay. [1]
DGM - Double Geometric Method. A hybrid between PPLNS and Geometric reward types that enables to operator to absorb some of the variance risk. Operator receives portion of payout on short rounds and returns it on longer rounds to normalize payments. [2]
ESMPPS - Equalized Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like SMPPS, but equalizes payments fairly among all those who are owed. [3]
POT - Pay On Target. A high variance PPS variant that pays on the difficulty of work returned to pool rather than the difficulty of work served by pool [4]
PPLNS - Pay Per Last N Shares. Similar to proportional, but instead of looking at the number of shares in the round, instead looks at the last N shares, regardless of round boundaries.
PPLNSG - Pay Per Last N Groups (or shifts). Similar to PPLNS, but shares are grouped into "shifts" which are paid as a whole.
PPS - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BTC. Since finding a block requires shares on average, a PPS method with 0% fee would be 12.5 BTC divided by . It is risky for pool operators, hence the fee is highest.
Prop. - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.
RSMPPS - Recent Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like SMPPS, but system aims to prioritize the most recent miners first. [5]
Score - Score based system: a proportional reward, but weighed by time submitted. Each submitted share is worth more in the function of time t since start of current round. For each share score is updated by: score += exp(t/C). This makes later shares worth much more than earlier shares, thus the miner's score quickly diminishes when they stop mining on the pool. Rewards are calculated proportionally to scores (and not to shares). (at slush's pool C=300 seconds, and every hour scores are normalized)
SMPPS - Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like Pay Per Share, but never pays more than the pool earns. [6]
FPPS - Full Pay Per Share. Similar to PPS，but not only divide regular block reward (12.5 BTC for now) but also some of the transaction fees. Calculate a standard transaction fee within a certain period and distribute it to miners according to their hash power contributions in the pool. It will increase the miners' earnings by sharing some of the transaction fees.

A statistically valid analysis of some pools and their payout methods: Bitcoin network and pool analysis

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The Best Bitcoin Mining Pools (Top 5 Reviewed)

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Whether you’re interested in becoming a Bitcoin miner for the first time or you’re simply seeking a new Bitcoin mining pool, we’re here to help! In this article, we’ll examine the top five Bitcoin mining pools. It’s worth noting that this article is about mining with your own Bitcoin mining hardware and not cloud mining.

What is a Bitcoin mining pool?

For those who are new to cryptocurrency, mining pools are groups of miners who pool their resources together in order to generate blocks more quickly. Miners then receive more regular rewards than they would mining solo, as rewards are shared among members. How much of the block reward miners receive depends on how much their hashing power has contributed to solving a block.

Before choosing a Bitcoin mining pool

There are different mining pools for different cryptocurrencies. Here are a few factors to consider when you’re choosing a mining pool:

Size: Bigger pools offer more regular payments. However, the payout is smaller because it’s shared among more members. Smaller pools offer less frequent payments but larger payouts. Whichever you choose, the return should even out in the long term.

Reward Method: The main reward types to be found at different mining pools include the following:

Pay-per-Share (PPS): Each time a share is submitted, a user is paid a fixed amount.
Proportional: The user is paid based on the proportion of shares they found.
Score based: A proportional method weighed by the time a share is submitted.
Pay per Last N Shares (PPLNS): Similar to proportional, but each share can be rewarded on multiple rounds.

Fees: Some Bitcoin mining pools charge fees, and some don’t. Fees can range from as little as 0% to 3%. Keep in mind that not all mining pools are up front about their fee structures.

Be sure to also consider the reliability of the mining pool, how much security it offers, and how easy it is to withdraw funds. By exploring these areas, you can better decide if you can make a profit from Bitcoin mining.

Top 5 Bitcoin Mining Pools

Slush Pool

Announced in 2010, Slush Pool was the very first Bitcoin mining pool and undoubtedly led the way for many Bitcoin mining pools. Run by Satoshi Labs, it’s based in the Czech Republic and follows a score-based system to discourage pool switching.

This is a medium-sized pool that maintains just over 7% of the network hash rate. There’s a fixed fee of 2% for every transaction, which is shared with the miners. With regard to withdrawing, a threshold can be set, with balances sent out when this is reached. Slush Pool also provides a service to mine Zcash (ZEC), which can be mined for free. Slush Pool’s dashboard is also very user friendly and provides excellent detail with regular updates. While it may not be the largest of the Bitcoin mining pools, it’s certainly considered one of the best.

Pros:

The first Bitcoin mining pool; very established
Score-based method reduces the risk of cheating
Excellent user-friendly dashboard

Cons:

The 2% fee may be too much for some people

Antpool is a Chinese Bitcoin mining pool operated by Bitmain Technologies. It has around 22% of the network hash rate, making it the biggest Bitcoin mining pool at the time of writing. One advantage of this mining pool is that you can choose between PPLNS (0% fee) and PPS (2.5% fee), both of which have their own advantages.

In terms of payments, they’re made once per day if the amount exceeds 0.001 Bitcoin. Those new to Bitcoin mining will appreciate the clean interface. The dashboard clearly displays earnings and hash rates. There are also a variety of security options, including two-factor authentication, email alerts, and wallet locks. As one of the established players, Antpool is a reliable option for Bitcoin mining beginners.

Pros:

You can choose between the PPLNS and PPS reward types
Nice interface that’s easy for beginners to navigate
Plenty of security options, including two-factor authentication

Cons:

Payouts tend to be smaller because it’s such a big mining pool

Kano CKPool

Also known as KanoPool, Kano CKPool was founded in 2014. This medium-sized Bitcoin mining pool operates a Pay per Last N Share model (PPLNS), charging a 0.9% fee with shared transaction fee rewards. It has around a 3% network hash rate, mining two to three blocks per day.

Unlike some mining pools, Kano CKPool does not offer merged mining. This means you can only mine Bitcoin with this particular pool. With regard to payout, there’s no threshold. As such, you’ll receive small, frequent payments for your mining.

This is a relatively simple pool with an interface that could do with an update as it’s not the most user friendly. It doesn’t have much in the way of features, but it does have two-factor authentication for an extra layer of security.

Pros:

No payout threshold means regular payouts
Good support and a very welcoming community
Relatively low fees compared to some mining pools

Cons:

The interface isn’t the most user friendly

A large Chinese Bitcoin mining pool, F2Pool opened in 2013. With 14% of the network hash rate, it’s currently the second-largest Bitcoin mining pool available. Operating a PPS reward system, F2Pool takes a 4% fee, which is on the high side.

Aside from Bitcoin, F2Pool has servers for mining Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Zcash (ZEC). There’s a daily automatic payout, and the minimum withdrawal is 0.001 BTC. Unlike some Chinese Bitcoin mining pools, it has an English interface. The layout is quite simple, with information presented in a clear and concise manner, making it a particularly good option for beginners.

Pros:

Option of mining LTC, ETH, and ZEC
Chance of regular payouts
Very low payout threshold

Cons:

At 4%, the fees are higher than most mining pools

Eligius is a Bitcoin mining pool based in the United States. It’s very easy to join as no registration is required. Founded in 2011, it was one of the first Bitcoin mining pools. The pool controls just under 1% of the network hash rate, which means that relatively speaking, it’s one of the smaller mining pools.

One of the main advantages of Eligius is that there are no fees. Users receive 100% of the block reward, including transaction fees. Eligius operates a PPS reward system with a minimum payout of 0.04 BTC. This higher minimum payout means that you’ll need a reasonable amount of hashing power to see a return quickly. Apart from Bitcoin, Eligius also allows the merged mining of Namecoin (NMC).

Pros:

Easy to join as no registration is required
It’s free: miners aren’t charged any fees
Merged mining of Namecoin for additional coins

Cons:

Not for everyone—it will require a fair amount of hash power to be worthwhile

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What are Bitcoin Mining Pools?

Last updated 10th March 2014

One of the first questions that anyone interested in mining cryptocurrencies faces is whether to mine solo or join a 'pool'. There are a multitude of reasons both for and against mining pools. However, if the hash rate distribution across the bitcoin network is anything to go by (and it is) then most miners are opting to join a pool. Here's what you need to know.

Pros and cons

If you're deciding whether to join a mining pool or not, it can be helpful to think of it like a lottery syndicate – the pros and cons are exactly the same. Going solo means you won't have to share the reward, but your odds of getting a reward are significantly decreased. Although a pool has a much larger chance of solving a block and winning the reward, that reward will be split between all the pool members.

Therefore, joining a pool creates a steady stream of income, even if each payment is modest compared to the full block reward (which currently stands at 25 XBTC).

It is important to note that it is important for a mining pool to not exceed over 51% of the hashing power of the network. If a single entity ends up controlling more than 50% of a cryptocurrency network's computing power, it could – theoretically – wreak havoc on the whole network. In early 2014, many voiced concerns that the GHash.io bitcoin mining pool was approaching this threshold, and miners were urged to leave the pool.

Currency difficulty

In bitcoin's case, the current difficulty level is so high that it's practically impossible for soloists to make a profit mining. Unless, of course, you happen to have a garage full of ASICs sitting in Arctic conditions. If you're a beginner, joining a mining pool is a great way to reap a small reward over a short period of time. Indeed, pools are a way to encourage small-scale miners to stay involved.

What to mine?

Of course, bitcoin is not the only currency out there – it's easy to find lists of mining pools for your chosen cryptocurrency.

One method of mining that bitcoin facilitates is "merged mining". This is where blocks solved for bitcoin can be used for other currencies that use the same proof of work algorithm (for example, namecoin and devcoin). A useful analogy for merged mining is to think of it like entering the same set of numbers into several lotteries.

First-time miners who lack particularly powerful hardware should look at altcoins over bitcoin – especially currencies based on the scrypt algorithm rather than SHA256. This is because the difficulty of bitcoin calculations is far too high for the processors found in regular PCs.

If you're not sure which currency to mine, there is a pool called 'Multipool' which will automatically switch your mining hardware between the most profitable altcoin. Multipool updates every 30 minutes, and over time you'll see balance grow in multiple altcurrencies. If required, the pool does allow you to fix your hardware on just one altcurrency too.

However, Mark from nut2pools.com said of this type of switching pool: "Loyal coin followers hate them because as soon as the difficulty of a coin drops, the profitability of it rises. Then all the multipools swing round, push the difficulty through the roof in a few hours, then leave again. It leaves the loyal coin followers having to mine the difficulty back down again at very low profitability."

Pool rewards

When deciding which mining pool to join, you need to weigh up how each pool shares out its payments and what fees (if any) it deducts.

There are many schemes by which pools can divide payments. Most of which concentrate of the amount of 'shares' which a miner has submitted to the pool as 'proof of work'.

Shares are a tricky concept to grasp. Keep two things in mind: firstly, mining is a process of solving cryptographic puzzles; secondly, mining has a difficulty level. When a miner 'solves a block' there is a corresponding difficulty level for the solution. Think of it as a measure of quality. If the difficulty rating of the miner's solution is above the difficulty level of the entire currency, it is added to that currency's block chain and coins are rewarded.

Additionally, a mining pool sets a difficulty level between 1 and the currency's difficulty. If a miner returns a block which scores a difficulty level between the pool's difficulty level and the currency's difficulty level, the block is recorded as a 'share'. There is no use whatsoever for these share blocks, but they are recorded as proof of work to show that miners are trying to solve blocks. They also indicate how much processing power they are contributing to the pool – the better the hardware, the more shares are generated.

The most basic version of dividing payments this way is the 'pay per share' (PPS) model. Variations on this puts limits on the rate paid per share; for example, equalised shared maximum pay per share (ESMPPS), or shared maximum pay per share (SMPPS). Pools may or may not prioritise payments for how recently miners have submitted shares: for example, recent shared maximum pay per share (RSMPPS). More examples can be found on the bitcoin wiki.

The other factor to consider is how much the pool will deduct from your mining payments. Typical values range from 1% to 10%. However, some pools do not deduct anything.

Starting to mine with a pool

Having decided which currency to mine and which pool you'll work for, it's time to get started. You need to create an account on the pool's website, which is just like signing up for any other web service. Once you have an account, you'll need to create a 'worker'. You can create multiple workers for each piece of mining hardware you'll use. The default settings on most pools are for workers to be assigned a number as their name, and 'x' as their password, but you can change these to whatever you like.

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