Reward types & explanation:
* '''CPPSRB''' - Capped Pay Per Share with Recent Backpay. [http://eligius.st/wiki/index.php/Capped_PPS_with_Recent_Backpay]
* '''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. [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39497.0]
* '''ESMPPS''' - Equalized Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like SMPPS, but equalizes payments fairly among all those who are owed. [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12181.msg378851#msg378851]
* '''POT''' - Pay On Target. A high variance PPS variant that pays on the difficulty of work retuened to pool rather than the difficulty of work served by pool [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=131376.0]
* '''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 BC. Since finding a block requires <current difficulty> shares ''on average'', a PPS method with 0% fee would be 25 BTC divided by <current difficulty>. 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. [http://eligius.st/wiki/index.php/Shared_Maximum_PPS]
* '''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. [http://eligius.st/wiki/index.php/Shared_Maximum_PPS]
[http://eligius.st/~luke-jr/samples/800MH-3/ Visual examples of the various payout methods]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Location !! GH/s<ref name="hashrate2"/>
! Merged Mining<ref name="merged"/>
! Reward Type !! Transaction fees!!PPS Fee!!Other Fee!! [[getwork|GWK]] !! [[Stratum|STM]] !! [[getblocktemplate|GBT]]
! Launched !! Variance !! Forum !! Website
|-
| [[50BTC]] || Germany/USA/Russia || 7000 || No || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || {{PoolFees}} || 3% || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
| 2011-11-11 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=54673 link] || [http://50btc.com/ link]
|-
| [[ABCPool.co]] || USA || 600 || No || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || {{PoolFees}} || 5% || || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
| 2011-08-02 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=33586 link] || [http://www.ABCPool.co/ link]
|-
| [[alvarez.sfek.kz]] || Kazakhstan || 1 || No || PPLNS || {{PoolFees}} || || 0% || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2012-04-19 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=80135 link] || [http://alvarez.sfek.kz/ link]
|-
| [[BitClockers]] || USA/Europe || 8 || [[NMC]] || PPS || {{PoolFees}} || 8% || || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2011-05-27 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=10127 link] || [http://bitclockers.com/ link]
|-
| [[BitcoinMining.Co]] || USA || 0 || [[No]] || PPS || {{PoolFees}} || 2% || || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2013-08-13 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=273259.0 link] || [http://bitcoinmining.co/ link]
|-
| [[BitcoinPool.com]] || USA || 70 || No || Prop. || {{PoolFees}} || || 0% || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2011-03-08 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcoinpool.com/forum/ link] || [http://www.bitcoinpool.com/ link]
|-
| [[Bitcoin Pooled Mining|Slush's pool (mining.bitcoin.cz)]]
| France || 250000 || [[NMC]] || Score || {{SharedFees}} || || 2% || || {{Yes}} ||
| 2010-11-27 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=1976 link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ link]
|-
| [[Bitparking]] || USA || 1200 || [[NMC]], IXC, [[Devcoin]]
| DGM || {{PoolFees}} || || 1.5% || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
| 2012-01-08 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=57148 link] || [http://mmpool.bitparking.com/pool link]
|-
| [[BitMinter]] || USA/Germany || 43000 || [[NMC]] || PPLNSG || {{SharedFees}} || || 1% || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-06-26 || Dynamic || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=27062 link] || [https://bitminter.com link]
|-
| [[BTCPoolman]] || UK/Europe || 25 || No || Prop. || {{SharedFees}} || || 2% || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
| 2013-03-01 || Diff 1 || [https://twitter.com/BTCPoolMan Twitter] || [https://www.btcpoolman.com/register Register]
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA/Canada/Europe || 964000 || [[NMC]]
| PPS/PPLNSG || shared on PPLNSG || 5% || 3% || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
| 2011-05-09 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic
| [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=49417 link] || [https://www.btcguild.com/ link]
|-
| [[BTC Oxygen]] || Europe || 70 || No || PPS || {{PoolFees}} || 2% || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
| 2012-11-01 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=127815 link] || [http://www.btcoxygen.com/ link]
|-
| [[BTCMine]] || USA || 40 || No || Score || {{PoolFees}} || || 0% || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2011-03-11 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=4251 link] || [http://btcmine.com/ link]
|-
| [[BTCDig]] || USA || 6000 || No || DGM || {{PoolFees}} || || 0% || || {{Yes}} ||
| 2013-07-04 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic 20SPM || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=249627 link] || [http://btcdig.com/ link]
|-
| [[BTCmow]] || Europe || 2 || No || PPLNS || {{PoolFees}} || || 2.5% || || {{Yes}} ||
| 2013-05-31 || Diff 1 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=221306.0 link] || [http://www.btcmow.com/ link]
|-
| [[btcmp.com]] || Germany || 175 || No || PPS || {{PoolFees}} || 4% || || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2011-06-28 || Diff 1 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ link]
|-
| [[BTCWarp]] || USA || 1 || No || Score || {{PoolFees}} || || 0% || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2011-07-29 || Diff 1 || [http://www.bitcoinbalkan.com/forum link] || [http://www.btcwarp.com/ link]
|-
| [[CoinLab Protected Pool]] || USA || || No || PPS || {{PoolFees}} || 2-5% || || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2012-08-09 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=99643 link] ||
|-
| [[Coinotron]] || Poland || 90 || No || DGM || {{PoolFees}} || || 0% || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2011-07-06 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=26727 link] || [http://www.coinotron.com link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 1159 || No || PPS/Prop. || {{PoolFees}} || 10% || 3% || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2011-02-26 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3889 link] || [http://deepbit.net/ link]
|-
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]]
| USA/Europe/Australia/Asia || 86000 || No || DGM/PPS || {{PoolFees}} || 5% || 0% || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-06-14 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic
| [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=16385 link] || [https://eclipsemc.com link]
|-
| [[Eligius]] || USA || 378000 || [[NMC]] 105% PPS || CPPSRB || {{SharedFees}} || 0% || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-04-27 || Dynamic: 32 shares/m || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=23768 link] || [http://eligius.st link]
|-
| [[GHash.IO]] || Netherlands || 827000 || No || PPLNSG || {{SharedFees}} || || 0% || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
| 2013-07-01 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [https://cexio.zendesk.com/forums link] || [https://ghash.io/ link]
|-
| [[Give Me COINS]] || USA || 1300 || No || PPLNS || {{SharedFees}} || || 1%|| {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2013-08-12 || Dynamic || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=272017.0 link] || [http://give-me-coins.com link]
|-
| [[Horrible Horrendous TT]] || USA || 400 || No || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || {{PoolFees}} || 1% || || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2012-08-29 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=95378 link] || [http://hhtt.1209k.com/ link]
|-
| [[Multipool]] || USA, Europe || 3000 || No || Prop. || {{PoolFees}} || || 1.5% || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2012-03-15 || User || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=311067.0 link] || [https://www.multipool.us/ link]
|-
| [[MaxBTC]] || USA || 150 || [[NMC]] || DGM || {{PoolFees}} || || 0% || {{Yes}} || ||
| 2012-03-15 || Diff 1 || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=68734 link] || [https://www.maxbtc.com/ link]
|-
| [[Ozcoin]] || USA/Europe/Australia || 54000 || No || DGM/PoT || shared on DGM || || 1%/2% || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
| 2011-06-07 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic
| [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=14085 link] || [https://www.ozcoin.net link]
|-
| [[P2Pool]] || Earth (P2P) || 750 || Solo<ref name="solomm"/> || PPLNS || {{SharedFees}} || || 0% || {{No}}<ref name="local"/> || {{No}}<ref name="local"/> || {{No}}
| 2011-06-17 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=18313 link] ||
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland || 950 || [[NMC]] || SMPPS || {{SharedFees}} || 1% || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-06-13 || Dynamic || [http://forum.polmine.pl/ link] || [https://polmine.pl/?setlang=en link]
|-
| [[pool.itzod.ru]] || Russia || 1700 || No || RSMPPS || {{SharedFees}} || 0% || || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-08-01 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=25127 RU] [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=44024.0 EN] || [https://pool.itzod.ru/ link]
|-
| [[Triplemining]] || Europe || 525 || No ||PPLNS<ref name="jackpot"/>|| {{PoolFees}} || || 0% || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-06-28 || Diff 1 for getwork/GBT, dynamic for stratum
| [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=23664 link] || [https://www.triplemining.com link]
|}
<references>
<ref name="hashrate2">Note that pool hashrate is largely irrelevant but can be seen as a popularity measurement. Note however that it is a theoretical security issue if one pool gains above 50% of the total computational power of the network, thus consider joining a pool based on other metrics.</ref>
<ref name="merged">Merged mining allows miners to mine on multiple [[block chains]] at the same time with the same hashing.</ref>

<ref name="stales">Pool also rewards stale shares</ref>
<ref name="local">Miner-operated proxy available.</ref>
<ref name="changeable">The difficulty of the shares can be changed by the user.</ref>
<ref name="solomm">Merged mining can be done on a "solo mining" basis (payouts in the merged chain are not pooled).</ref>

<ref name="jackpot">Triplemining keeps 1% to redistribute using a weekly jackpot and affiliations</ref>
</references>

== See also ==
*[[Pooled mining]]
*[http://blockorigin.pfoe.be/chart.php Hashrate distribution pie chart]

[[Category:Mining]]