CleanSpark vs Compass Mining

How CleanSpark vs Compass Mining compare on our ratings, mining company specs, funding, pros and cons.

Feature	CleanSpark Visit	Compass Mining Visit
Ratings
Our score	4.2/5	3.6/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Track record	4.5	3.5
Costs & fees	4.0	3.5
Transparency	4.5	3.5
Scale & reliability	5.0	4.0
Support	3.0	3.5
Specs
Type	Public miner	Hosting
Coins	BTC	BTC
Pool fee	Not disclosed	1%
Payout schemes	Not disclosed	FPPS
Hashrate	50 EH/s	5.9 EH/s
Stock ticker	CLSK	Not disclosed
Locations	Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Wyoming	United States, Texas
Company
Founded	2014	—
Headquarters	United States	United States
Investors	Not disclosed	Not disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Operates 50 EH/s of dedicated mining hashrate Fleet operates at an efficient peak of 16.07 J/TH Holds 1.8 GW of power under contract across four states Maintains 13,530 BTC in corporate treasury reserves	Manages 5.9 EH/s and 160 MW across 20 facilities Mining payouts go directly from pools to user-controlled wallets Discounted 1% FPPS fee arrangement through SpiderPool Contractual 95% uptime guarantee with service-level credit coverage
Cons	Offers no retail hosting services, pool mining, or cloud mining contracts Operations remain concentrated in the United States Revenues remain exposed to Bitcoin network difficulty and halving cycles Carries $2.28B in senior secured debt maturing in 2031	Physical hardware is held off-site, introducing hosting counterparty risk Exclusively supports Bitcoin mining without multi-asset support Hosting margins are exposed to power rates and network difficulty jumps Uptime is covered by a 95% guarantee with service-level credits for excessive downtime
Best for	Public equity investors seeking Bitcoin mining exposure, Institutional research on industrial Bitcoin data centers, Enterprise clients seeking HPC data center infrastructure	Miners without commercial power access, Buyers seeking managed ASIC hosting, Firms deploying multi-rig Bitcoin fleets

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