USA Bitcoin mining pools surge to over 50% of hash rate

Foundry USA and Antpool mining pools have over 50% of the hash rate share

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Quick Take

  • Looking at the hash rate share of the mining pools, we are starting to see a clear divergence between the top two.
  • Combined, Foundry USA and Antpool have over 50% of the hash rate share; Foundry USA has 108 EH/s, equating to 30% of the share.
  • While, AntPool has 79 EH/s, which equates to 22% of the hash rate share.
  • Interestingly, both these mining pools are situated in the USA, where we see increased scrutiny of Bitcoin mining.
  • The next most popular Bitcoin mining pools are; F2Pool and ViaBTC, which are situated in China, with a combined hash rate share of just over 20%.
Hash Rate of mining Pools: (Source: Mempool.Space)
Hash Rate of mining Pools: (Source: Mempool.Space)