Pool comparison
AntPool vs Foundry USA Pool
The durable differences: who carries payout variance, whether you can verify what the pool does, and how long it has honored payouts. Hashrate share moves weekly — check a mempool explorer for today’s picture.
AntPoolFoundry USA Pool
Payout schemeFPPSFPPS
Running since●20142019
Origin●China (Bitmain)United States
Transparent / verifiableNoNo
Lightning payoutsNoNo
● = where they differ
AntPool
Bitmain’s own pool and perennially among the largest — the concentration concern and the convenience are the same fact.
Foundry USA Pool
The institutional US pool (a DCG company) — consistently among the largest by hashrate, aimed at industrial miners rather than hobbyists.