CleanSpark vs EMCD

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

EMCD3.7/5

Feature	CleanSpark Visit	EMCD Visit
Ratings
Our score	4.2/5	3.7/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Track record	4.5	4.5
Costs & fees	4.0	2.5
Transparency	4.5	3.5
Scale & reliability	5.0	4.0
Support	3.0	4.0
Specs
Type	Public miner	Mining pool, Firmware & software
Coins	BTC	BTC, LTC, DOGE, BCH, ETC, KAS, DASH, ZEC
Pool fee	Not disclosed	1.5% to 4%
Payout schemes	Not disclosed	FPPS, PPS+, PPLNS
Hashrate	50 EH/s	32 EH/s
Stock ticker	CLSK	Not disclosed
Locations	Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Wyoming	Not disclosed
Hardware models	Not disclosed	Antminer
Company
Founded	2014	2017
Headquarters	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	Controls over 2% of total Bitcoin network hashrate Continuous operations and tracked pool performance since 2017 Merged mining enabled for simultaneous LTC and DOGE yields Supports multiple reward distribution models including FPPS and PPLNS
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	Bitcoin mining pool fee is 4% on standard tiers Merged mining payouts require meeting withdrawal thresholds on both assets simultaneously Platform wallet and Coinhold products require custodial trust Mining accounts are subject to mandatory AML and CTF verification checks
Best for	Public equity investors seeking Bitcoin mining exposure, Institutional research on industrial Bitcoin data centers, Enterprise clients seeking HPC data center infrastructure	ASIC operators seeking daily FPPS payouts, Scrypt miners targeting merged LTC and DOGE, Farms needing integrated fleet monitoring tools

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