What Are Mining Pools?

Key Takeaways Mining pools combine hashrate from multiple miners to deliver frequent, predictable payouts, over 99% of Bitcoin blocks are now mined by pools, making solo mining statistically impractical in 2026. Your choice of reward model (PPS, FPPS, PPLNS) and pool provider directly impacts profitability, with factors like fees, uptime, Stratum V2 support, and regulatory […]