DiscusFish, also known as F2Pool, is based in China. DiscusFish has mined about 19.5% of all blocks over the past six months.
Antpool is another Chinese based mining pool, maintained by
BitMain. Antpool mines about 18.5% of all blocks.
BitFury is one of the largest producers of
Bitcoin mining hardware
and chips. BitFury currently mines about 13% of all bitcoins in three
data centers across Georgia. It is a private mining pool and can’t be
joined by hobby miners. BitFury is the world’s biggest bitcoin miner.
BTCC is China’s third largest Bitcoin exchange. Its mining pool currently mines about 11.5% of all blocks.
BW, established in 2014, is another mining company based in China. It currently mines about 8% of all blocks.
Sweden is home to KnCMiner, a Bitcoin mining manufacturer based in
Stockholm. KnCMiner currently mines about 6% of all blocks. KnCMiner is
not a pool and mines bitcoins in their own warehouses.
Slush was the first mining pool and currently mines about 5% of all blocks.
21 Inc. is 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 4% of all bitcoins.
Eligius was one of the first mining pools created. It currently mines about 3% of all blocks.
GHASH.IO used to be the largest mining pool, with over 50% of the
network. However, concerns over a 51% attack caused many miners to
transfer their hash power to other pools.
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