Comparison of mining pools

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Name Location Hashrate (GHash/sec)[1][2] Reward Type Transaction fees Fee PPS Fee Prop / Score Audits[3] Protocol Launched Forum Thread Homepage
BitClockers Unknown 18 Prop. kept by pool - 2%  ? RPC (+LP) 2011-05-27 Link Link
Bitcoin Mining Pool USA 93 Prop. kept by pool - 0%[4]  ? RPC (+LP) Unknown Link Link
Bitcoin Pooled Mining (Slush) Unknown 1139 Score kept by pool - 2%  ? RPC (+LP) 2010-11-27 Link Link
Bitcoins.lc EU 84 Prop. kept by pool - 0%  ? RPC (+LP) 2011-05-27 Link Link
BTC Guild USA 721 Prop. kept by pool - 0%[5]  ? RPC (+LP) 2011-05-09 Link Link
Continuum Unknown 8 PPS / Score kept by pool 5% 0%  ? RPC (+LP) 2011-05-17 Link Link
DeepBit Unknown 2369 PPS / Prop. kept by pool 10% 3%  ? RPC (+LP) 2011-02-26 Link Link
Eligius USA / Europe 150 - EU:43 / USA:106 Prop. kept by pool - ~0.0003% Yes[6] RPC (+LP) 2011-04-27 Link Link
Swepool Sweden 48 PPS kept by pool 8% -  ? RPC (+LP) 2011-05-14 Link Link
Simplecoin Unknown 19 Prop kept by pool - 0%  ? RPC (+LP) 2011-06-02 Link Link
Mining Team Reddit USA / Europe 28 Prop kept by pool - 0%  ? RPC (+LP) 2011-05-25 Link Link
BTCMine Unknown 388 Prop kept by pool - 2%  ? RPC (+LP) 2011-03-11 Link Link
  1. Hashrate is given in gigahash/second.
  2. 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.
  3. Auditing can be accomplished by third-parties if the pool publishes proofs-of-work for every share.
  4. Donations are possible
  5. Donations are possible to unlock features
  6. Access to Eligius proofs-of-work is available on request.

See also