DeepBit
DeepBit was a bitcoin mining pool. It aimed for a simple reward scheme and fast payouts. At times it was among the largest pools on the network and briefly held more than half of the network hashrate, which drew community attention to centralization risk even in that early period.
History
DeepBit opened for beta testing in February 2011.[1] The pool offered proportional payouts with a fee and a pay-per-share mode with a rate shown on the website.
Community reports later described the pool as abandoned. The operator's BitcoinTalk profile showed last activity in March 2014, and discussion threads pointed to a last known block around 28 November 2013. The website later showed 0 Gh/s.[2]
ASIC project
In September 2012 the operator announced plans for a custom ASIC called Reclaimer.[3] In April 2013 the project was cancelled, citing lack of public interest.[4]