Curated mining pools, hand-picked by SoloChance.org.
Awesome Experimental Pools from SoloChance.org
Pools built and hosted by SoloChance.org with unique payment schemes and experimental approaches to mining.
| Pool | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| The first pool to gamify Bitcoin mining — it invented stratum gaming, where the top 100 addresses by share score each receive an equal cut of the block reward. | Visit → | |
| A Bitcoin Cash port of Bitcoin Parasite Pool — the block finder gets 1 BCH, and the rest is shared proportionally by contribution. | Visit → |
The Classic Experience
Established, trusted pools with a long track record — for miners who want reliable, time-tested options.
| Pool | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Block finder earns 1 BTC outright — the rest is shared proportionally with all miners since the last block. Zero fees, Lightning Network payouts, and a 10-sat withdrawal minimum. Built for home miners under the motto "Plebs eat first." | Visit → | |
| The Prometheus of solo Bitcoin mining, built by Con Kolivas — who also created cgminer. The ckpool and cgminer duo have shaped the foundation of Bitcoin mining as we know it. | Visit → | |
| Open-source, zero-fee solo Bitcoin mining pool — find a block and keep 100% of the reward. Self-hostable for full sovereignty, or use the hosted version at web.public-pool.io. | Visit → | |
| A globally deployed solo Bitcoin mining pool with a 1.5% fee. Uses BGP Anycast across 9 worldwide endpoints to automatically route miners to the closest server for minimum latency. | Visit → |