Slush Pool - Revision history

NotATether: Rebrand to Braiins Pool

2026-09-10T07:04:53Z

Rebrand to Braiins Pool

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	== Rebrand to Braiins Pool ==		== Rebrand to Braiins Pool ==
	On 21 July 2022 Braiins published that Slush Pool would be renamed Braiins Pool in September 2022. Co-founders Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec stated the goal was to unite mining tools under one brand. They wrote that mining operations would not change, that miners need not take action, and that Slush Pool stratum URLs would continue to work while Braiins URLs were added.<ref name="braiins">[https://pool.braiins.com/en/news/goodbye-slush-pool/ Braiins: Goodbye Slush Pool… hello Braiins Pool (21 Jul 2022)]</ref>		On 21 July 2022 Braiins published that Slush Pool would be renamed Braiins Pool in September 2022. Co-founders Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec stated the goal was to unite mining tools under one brand. They wrote that mining operations would not change, that miners need not take action, and that Slush Pool stratum URLs would continue to work while Braiins URLs were added.<ref name="braiins">[https://pool.braiins.com/en/news/goodbye-slush-pool/ Braiins: Goodbye Slush Pool… hello Braiins Pool (21 Jul 2022)]</ref>

	~~This wiki title remains a historical entry for the Slush Pool name. Current pool documentation and branding are maintained by Braiins.~~

	== See also ==		== See also ==

NotATether: Slush Pool History — Braiins Pool rename Sep 2022; drop stale hashrate

2026-09-09T13:37:09Z

Slush Pool History — Braiins Pool rename Sep 2022; drop stale hashrate

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	'''Slush Pool''' (earlier '''Bitcoin.cz Mining''' / Bitcoin Pooled Mining) was the first publicly known bitcoin [[Pooled mining\|mining pool]]. In September 2022 the operators renamed it '''Braiins Pool''' to unify mining products under the Braiins brand. Pool operations continued after the rename. The historical coinbase signature was "/slush/".		'''Slush Pool''' (earlier '''Bitcoin.cz Mining''' / Bitcoin Pooled Mining) was the first publicly known bitcoin [[Pooled mining\|mining pool]]. In September 2022 the operators renamed it '''Braiins Pool''' to unify mining products under the Braiins brand. Pool operations continued after the rename. The historical coinbase signature was "/slush/".

	==~~See Also~~==		== History ==
			The pool was announced on 27 November 2010 on BitcoinTalk as a cooperative mining server.<ref name="thread">[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976 Cooperative mining (join us!)]</ref> Early share accounting used an artificially low difficulty method that was later understood to be vulnerable to hopping. The pool moved to a score-based scheme so older shares in a round were worth less than newer ones. Balances accrued on the server and paid out when a user threshold was reached. A fixed fee around 2% was published in pool terms in the late 2010s.

			The pool's coinbase signature was historically "/slush/". It was widely cited as the oldest continuously operating public pool brand before the Braiins rename.

			== Rebrand to Braiins Pool ==
			On 21 July 2022 Braiins published that Slush Pool would be renamed Braiins Pool in September 2022. Co-founders Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec stated the goal was to unite mining tools under one brand. They wrote that mining operations would not change, that miners need not take action, and that Slush Pool stratum URLs would continue to work while Braiins URLs were added.<ref name="braiins">[https://pool.braiins.com/en/news/goodbye-slush-pool/ Braiins: Goodbye Slush Pool… hello Braiins Pool (21 Jul 2022)]</ref>

			This wiki title remains a historical entry for the Slush Pool name. Current pool documentation and branding are maintained by Braiins.

			== See also ==
	* [[Comparison of mining pools]]		* [[Comparison of mining pools]]
	* [[Pooled mining]]		* [[Pooled mining]]

	==External ~~Links~~==		== External links ==
			* [https://pool.braiins.com/en/news/goodbye-slush-pool/ Braiins announcement: Goodbye Slush Pool]
	* [https://~~slushpool~~.com/ ~~Slush Pool Official website]~~		* [https://pool.braiins.com/ Braiins Pool]
	* [https://~~www.bitcoinmining.com~~/ ~~Bitcoin Mining~~]
	* [https://~~www~~.~~youtube~~.com/~~watch?v=GmOzih6I1zs Video: What is Bitcoin Mining~~]

	==References==		== References ==
	<references />		<references />

	~~[[Category:Pool Operators]]~~
	[[Category:Mining pools]]		[[Category:Mining pools]]
	~~{{Pools}}~~

NotATether: Slush Pool — Braiins rebrand lead (not defunct); update website

2026-09-09T13:31:00Z

Slush Pool — Braiins rebrand lead (not defunct); update website

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	{{infobox company\|name=Slush Pool\|image=[[File:SP_logo.png\|256px]]		{{infobox company\|name=Slush Pool\|image=[[File:SP_logo.png\|256px]]
	\|industry=[[Mining pool]]		\|industry=[[Mining pool]]
	\|foundation=November ~~27,~~ 2010~~<ref name~~=~~"thread">[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976 Cooperative mining~~ (~~join us!~~)~~]</ref>~~		\|foundation=November 2010
	~~\|owner=[[User:Slush\|Slush]]~~		\|fate=Renamed to Braiins Pool (September 2022)
	\|website=https://~~slushpool~~.~~com/~~		\|website=https://pool.braiins.com/
	~~\|bottom={{subbox miner~~		}}
	~~\|outset=November 27, 2010~~
	~~\|firstblock=December 16, 2010~~
	~~\|firstblockn=97834~~
	~~\|hashrate=1.300 EH/s<ref>[https://slushpool~~.com/~~stats/?c=btc Slush Pool Statistics]</ref>~~
	~~\|peak=~~
	~~\|peakdate=~~

	~~}}}}~~'''Slush Pool'''~~, also formerly known as~~ '''Bitcoin.cz Mining'''~~, is~~ the ~~oldest~~ [[Pooled mining\|mining pool]]~~, and~~ the ~~first known~~ to ~~be publicly available. Slush Pool was announced on November, 27, 2010~~ under the name Bitcoin Pooled Mining Server<ref name="thread"/> and operated on a share strategy that involved an artificially low [[difficulty]] method that has since been determined to be vulnerable to cheating. The pool now follows a score-based method, where older shares (from beginning of the round) have a lower value than newer shares, which serves to demotivate a cheater from switching between pools inside a round. ~~Balances accumulate on~~ the server, and are sent out when a user-set threshold balance is reached. There is a fixed fee of 2%, as of December 10, 2017<ref>[https://slushpool.com/terms-of-service Slush Pool: Terms of service]</ref>.		'''Slush Pool''' (earlier '''Bitcoin.cz Mining''' / Bitcoin Pooled Mining) was the first publicly known bitcoin [[Pooled mining\|mining pool]]. In September 2022 the operators renamed it '''Braiins Pool''' to unify mining products under the Braiins brand. Pool operations continued after the rename. The historical coinbase signature was "/slush/".

	The [[coinbase]] signature ~~for this pool is:~~ "/slush/" ~~<ref>[https://blockchain.info/tx/8e058f90d3f287cd25a178b4396ed362bf90ee82b2f19aaf66f56424819f3d82 Example of decoded coinbase]</ref>~~.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

Slushpool at 22:42, 10 December 2017

2017-12-10T22:42:58Z

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	\|firstblock=December 16, 2010		\|firstblock=December 16, 2010
	\|firstblockn=97834		\|firstblockn=97834
	\|hashrate=~~1300~~ EH/s<ref>[https://slushpool.com/stats/?c=btc Slush Pool Statistics]</ref>		\|hashrate=1.300 EH/s<ref>[https://slushpool.com/stats/?c=btc Slush Pool Statistics]</ref>
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Slushpool at 19:40, 10 December 2017

2017-12-10T19:40:19Z

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	\|firstblock=December 16, 2010		\|firstblock=December 16, 2010
	\|firstblockn=97834		\|firstblockn=97834
	\|hashrate=1300 ~~PHash~~/s<ref>[https://slushpool.com/stats/?c=btc Slush Pool Statistics]</ref>		\|hashrate=1300 EH/s<ref>[https://slushpool.com/stats/?c=btc Slush Pool Statistics]</ref>
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Slushpool at 19:37, 10 December 2017

2017-12-10T19:37:51Z

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	{{infobox company\|name=Slush Pool\|image=[[File:SP_logo.png\|256px]		{{infobox company\|name=Slush Pool\|image=[[File:SP_logo.png\|256px]]

	\|industry=[[Mining pool]]		\|industry=[[Mining pool]]
	\|foundation=November 27, 2010<ref name="thread">[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976 Cooperative mining (join us!)]</ref>		\|foundation=November 27, 2010<ref name="thread">[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976 Cooperative mining (join us!)]</ref>

Slushpool: several updates, mainly name (and URL) change to Slush Pool

2017-12-10T19:35:08Z

several updates, mainly name (and URL) change to Slush Pool

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	{{infobox company\|name=~~Bitcoin Pooled Mining~~\|image=[[File:~~Slushspool~~.png\|256px]]		{{infobox company\|name=Slush Pool\|image=[[File:SP_logo.png\|256px]
	~~\|trading_name=Slush's pool~~
	\|industry=[[Mining pool]]		\|industry=[[Mining pool]]
	\|foundation=November 27, 2010<ref name="thread">[~~http~~://~~www.bitcoin~~.org~~/smf~~/index.php?topic=1976.0 Cooperative mining (join us!)]</ref>		\|foundation=November 27, 2010<ref name="thread">[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976 Cooperative mining (join us!)]</ref>
	\|owner=[[User:Slush\|Slush]]		\|owner=[[User:Slush\|Slush]]
	\|website=https://~~mining~~.~~bitcoin.cz~~/		\|website=https://slushpool.com/
	\|bottom={{subbox miner		\|bottom={{subbox miner
	\|outset=November 27, 2010		\|outset=November 27, 2010
	\|firstblock=December 16, 2010		\|firstblock=December 16, 2010
	\|firstblockn=97834		\|firstblockn=97834
	\|hashrate=~~15.0~~ PHash/s<ref>[https://~~mining~~.~~bitcoin.cz~~/stats/ Slush's Pool Statistics]</ref>		\|hashrate=1300 PHash/s<ref>[https://slushpool.com/stats/?c=btc Slush Pool Statistics]</ref>
	\|peak=		\|peak=
	\|peakdate=		\|peakdate=
	}}}}'''~~Bitcoin Pooled Mining~~''' ~~(BPM)~~, ~~better~~ known as '''~~Slush's pool~~''', is the oldest [[Pooled mining\|mining pool]], and the first known to be publicly available. Slush~~'s pool~~ was announced on November, 27, 2010 under the name Bitcoin Pooled Mining Server<ref name="thread"/> and operated on a share strategy that involved an artificially low [[difficulty]] method that has since been determined to be vulnerable to cheating. The pool now follows a score-based method, where older shares (from beginning of the round) have a lower value than newer shares, which serves to demotivate a cheater from switching between pools inside a round. Balances accumulate on the server, and are sent out when a user-set threshold balance is reached. There is a fixed fee of 2%, as of ~~March~~ 10, ~~2011~~<ref>[https://~~www~~.~~bitcoin.org/smf~~/~~index.php?topic=1976.msg63615#msg63615 Cooperative mining (update 2011~~-03-~~10)~~]</ref>.
			}}}}'''Slush Pool''', also formerly known as '''Bitcoin.cz Mining''', is the oldest [[Pooled mining\|mining pool]], and the first known to be publicly available. Slush Pool was announced on November, 27, 2010 under the name Bitcoin Pooled Mining Server<ref name="thread"/> and operated on a share strategy that involved an artificially low [[difficulty]] method that has since been determined to be vulnerable to cheating. The pool now follows a score-based method, where older shares (from beginning of the round) have a lower value than newer shares, which serves to demotivate a cheater from switching between pools inside a round. Balances accumulate on the server, and are sent out when a user-set threshold balance is reached. There is a fixed fee of 2%, as of December 10, 2017<ref>[https://slushpool.com/terms-of-service Slush Pool: Terms of service]</ref>.

	The [[coinbase]] signature for this pool is: "/slush/" <ref>[https://blockchain.info/tx/8e058f90d3f287cd25a178b4396ed362bf90ee82b2f19aaf66f56424819f3d82 Example of decoded coinbase]</ref>.		The [[coinbase]] signature for this pool is: "/slush/" <ref>[https://blockchain.info/tx/8e058f90d3f287cd25a178b4396ed362bf90ee82b2f19aaf66f56424819f3d82 Example of decoded coinbase]</ref>.
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	==External Links==		==External Links==

	* [~~http~~://~~mining~~.~~bitcoin.cz Bitcoin Pooled Mining~~ Official website]		* [https://slushpool.com/ Slush Pool Official website]
	* [https://www.bitcoinmining.com/ Bitcoin Mining]		* [https://www.bitcoinmining.com/ Bitcoin Mining]
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmOzih6I1zs Video: What is Bitcoin Mining]		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmOzih6I1zs Video: What is Bitcoin Mining]

Slushpool: Slushpool moved page Bitcoin Pooled Mining to Slush Pool: name Bitcoin Pooled Mining is no loger used

2017-12-10T19:18:49Z

Slushpool moved page Bitcoin Pooled Mining to Slush Pool: name Bitcoin Pooled Mining is no loger used

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Sunnankar: /* External Links */ Fix link

2015-05-29T00:37:53Z

External Links: Fix link

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	* [http://mining.bitcoin.cz Bitcoin Pooled Mining Official website]		* [http://mining.bitcoin.cz Bitcoin Pooled Mining Official website]
	* [~~http~~://www.bitcoinmining.com/ Bitcoin Mining]		* [https://www.bitcoinmining.com/ Bitcoin Mining]
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmOzih6I1zs Video: What is Bitcoin Mining]		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmOzih6I1zs Video: What is Bitcoin Mining]

Sunnankar: /* External Links */ Fix typo

2015-05-28T01:25:04Z

External Links: Fix typo

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	==External Links==		==External Links==

	* [http://mining.bitcoin.cz Bitcoin Pooled Mining ~~Oficial~~ website]		* [http://mining.bitcoin.cz Bitcoin Pooled Mining Official website]
	* [http://www.bitcoinmining.com/ Bitcoin Mining]		* [http://www.bitcoinmining.com/ Bitcoin Mining]
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmOzih6I1zs Video: What is Bitcoin Mining]		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmOzih6I1zs Video: What is Bitcoin Mining]