Bitcoin Mining Pool distribution monthly reports

[notblox1]

Month of November arrived and it is time to check state of bitcoin mining pools again.
FoundryUSA remains in the first place with 25% hashrate that is similar like in previous month.
AntPool is in second place with almost 19% of hashrate, that is small drop from October but they remain in second place.
F2Pool is third biggest pool with 13.64% and after than ViaBTC isin fourth place with 12% hasharte.
Spider pool is first pool with less than 10% hashrate and they are in same 5th place like last month, followed by Luxor pool with 7.58%.
All other pools are smaller in size and Binance pool now have 2.27%.


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[notblox1]

We are in Decembar, last month of year 2025, and it is time for one more report for bitcoin mining pools.
FoundryUSA stays on top with 22.14% hashrate that is slight increase from last report.
AntPool is in second place with 21.37% of hashrate, and ViaBTC made it to third place with 12.21% hashrate.
F2Pool dropped to fourth place with  10.69% hasharte, and SpiderPool is now fifth with 8.4% hashrate.
Luxor has just above 6%, Binance increased to 5.34%, and all other pools are smaller in size.


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[FP91G]

I decided to look at the first TOP 10 pools: Foundry USA, AntPool, F2Pool, ViaBTC, SpiderPool, SECPOOL, MARA Pool, Luxor, Binance Pool, Brains Pool, this is 94% of the total hashrate.

Chinese pools :
AntPool,F2Pool,ViaBTC,SpiderPool,Binance Pool   54,5 % of the total hashrate.

American pools:
Foundry USA,MARA Pool,Luxor  33,3 % of the total hashrate.

SECPool - Russia  4,85 % of the total hashrate.
Braiins Pool - Czech Republic  1,52 % of the total hashrate.

[notblox1]

Happy New year everyone!
We entered month of January and it is time to check bitcoin mining pools for the first time in 2026.
It is not surprise to see FoundryUSA in first place but they increased dominance to over 31% now.
AntPool remains in second place and they dropped from 21.37% to 13.73% in this month.
ViaBTC has similar 13% percent in third place, and that is followed by F2Pool with 9.8% in fourth place.
SECPOOL made a jump to 7.84%, and SpiderPool is the last pool with over 5% of hashrate.
All other pools are smaller in size with Binance pool having around 2% hashrate.


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[notblox1]

Month of February is already here and it is time for another overview of bitcoin mining pools.
We have a bug jump with FoundryUSA that now holds more than 40% of total hashrate in first place, that is 9% more than last month.
AntPool remains in second place with 15.28% hashrate, so first two pools have 55.56% together, this is not a good thing!
F2Pool is in third place with 13.89% followed by ViaBTC with 8.33%, that is a switch from previous month.
SpiderPool has grown more with 7.64% and below we have all smaller pools, Binance dropped to 0-69% now.


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[notblox1]

March is already here, another war in middle east just started, but we are looking at bitcoin mining pools.
This time we have some huge changes and big drop in Foundry USA pool, from last report they dropped from 40.28% to 23.88%, but they remian biggest bitcoin pool.
AntPool remains in second place with 18.66% hashrate, that is small increase from last report.
F2Pool is in staying on third place with 13.43% that is similar percentage like in previous report.
ViaBTC is next in line with 12.69% followed by SpiderPool with 10.45%, and Binance pool thathave a nice comeback with 5.22% hashrate.
All other pools are smaller in size and you can see exact numbers on screenshot:


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[FP91G]

Foundry USA has a lot of mining capacity in Texas. Due to winter storm Fern, which brought freezing temperatures to the US, many miners were forced to shut down their equipment.

March will be warmer, so we should see hashrate growth again at US pools in the next report.

[notblox1]

Foundry USA has a lot of mining capacity in Texas. Due to winter storm Fern, which brought freezing temperatures to the US, many miners were forced to shut down their equipment.

March will be warmer, so we should see hashrate growth again at US pools in the next report.

I didnt know about that severe weather conditions, so thank you for informing us about that.
We are going to continue observing if things changes in out next report and if hashrate increases again.
For me it is better to have more pools sharing hashrate than one big pool that dominates all others.

[FP91G]

Foundry USA has a lot of mining capacity in Texas. Due to winter storm Fern, which brought freezing temperatures to the US, many miners were forced to shut down their equipment.

March will be warmer, so we should see hashrate growth again at US pools in the next report.

I didnt know about that severe weather conditions, so thank you for informing us about that.
We are going to continue observing if things changes in out next report and if hashrate increases again.
For me it is better to have more pools sharing hashrate than one big pool that dominates all others.

Open any chart now and you'll see that difficulty is rising again. This suggests that many miners are restarting their equipment.
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/charts/difficulty

You can always find more detailed statistics on this resource. It includes data even on the smallest mining pools.
https://miningpoolstats.stream/bitcoin

[notblox1]

April arrived and I have to say big news that two biggest pools Foundry USA and AntPool just shut down their operation! 

Dont worry, I was just joking, and there are no big changes compared to March report.
FoundryUSA remains on top with almost 24% of hashrate, followed by AntPool with almost 20% hashrate.
F2Pool is stainyg in third place with14.34% that is few percent increase from March, and SpiderPool in in fourth place with 10.43% hasharte.
Rest of the pools have bellow 10% with ViaBTC having around 8%, MARA Pool 5.52% and Binance pool now has 3.68%, less than in March.
We could see more changes in coming months because of higher energy prices.


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[notblox1]

New report is here for month of May.
Foundry USA remains in first place with increased hashrate of 30.61%, and it is followed by Antpool with 21% in second place.
This two pools already have over 51% of hashrate, and after them SECPOOL made a jump to third place with 8.84% hashrate.
ViaBTC is forth biggest pool with 8.16% hashrate, and it is sharing it with F2Pool and Spiderpool that both have same 8.16% hashrate.
Mara pool is after them with 6.8%, with all other pool having less than 5%, and I think many small pools stopped working.


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[notblox1]

Month of June is already here and it is time for another report from Bitcoin mining pools.
Foundry USA is still the biggest mining pool but hashrate dropped a lot to just above 21%, and Antpool is now only a few percent below with 17.65%.
SpiderPool is now in third place, I think for the first time since I am tracking, and they have 12.5% hasharte.
F2Pool is forth biggest pool with 11% hashrate, and after them we have ViaBTC with 8%, and another new OCEAN pool with 6.62% hashrate, same as Mara Pool.
Secpool is the last one with over 5% and than we have smaller pools, including Binance pool with 1.47% hashrate.


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[notblox1]

Summer and month of July is here  is here and it we are again checking the state of Bitcoin mining pools.
Foundry USA remains he biggest mining pool but hashrate with 22.9%, but only slightly bigger from second place Antpool with 22.14%.
F2rPool is now in third place, I think for the first time since I am tracking, and they have 12.5% hasharte.
F2Pool is forth biggest pool with 12,21% hashrate, and after them is SpiderPool with 10.69%, and ViaBTC have exact same 10.69%
All other pools are smaller than 5% with Braiins Pool having 4.58% and Binance pool 3% of hasharte.


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[notblox1]

We entered month of August and it is time to check another summer state of Bitcoin mining pools.
Foundry USA remains he biggest mining pool with 26.71%, that is small increase from last month, and second place is now taken by F2Pool with 19.25% and nice jump from last month.
AntPool dropped to third place and they now have 13% hashrate, and after them we have SpiderPool in 4th place with 9.32% hashrate.
ViaBTC in next with 6.83% with drop from last report, and MARA pool is last pool with over 5% hasharte.
All other pools are smaller than 5% and Binance pool have 1.24% hashrate.


https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

[Hashblock]

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https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

The numbers are worth watching, but I think we have to be careful about equating mining pool share with actual mining centralisation. A pool can represent many independent miners, so 20%+ pool share doesn’t necessarily means the pool operator controls 20% of the network’s hash power.

For me the most important issue is how much control the large pools have over block construction and transaction section. If miners can use things like stratum V2 to have more control over what goes into the block, then the risk from pool concentration will be reduced.
So I think we also have to be watching both numbers; who has the hashrate, and who actually has control over the blocks being produced.

[FP91G]

https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/pools

The numbers are worth watching, but I think we have to be careful about equating mining pool share with actual mining centralisation. A pool can represent many independent miners, so 20%+ pool share doesn’t necessarily means the pool operator controls 20% of the network’s hash power.

For me the most important issue is how much control the large pools have over block construction and transaction section. If miners can use things like stratum V2 to have more control over what goes into the block, then the risk from pool concentration will be reduced.
So I think we also have to be watching both numbers; who has the hashrate, and who actually has control over the blocks being produced.

Why would a publicly American company engage in attacks on its own business?
Pools will already choose the maximum possible profit, and miners will not spend money on additional infrastructure to set up a node and control transactions.
Monitor the hashrate after August 15th, miners consuming 1 gigawatt of power in Moscow and the surrounding region are expected to shut down.