Compass Mining vs Foundry

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

Feature	Compass Mining Visit	Foundry Visit
Ratings
Our score	3.6/5	4.3/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Track record	3.5	4.5
Costs & fees	3.5	4.5
Transparency	3.5	3.5
Scale & reliability	4.0	5.0
Support	3.5	3.5
Specs
Type	Hosting	Mining pool, Firmware & software
Coins	BTC	BTC, ZEC
Pool fee	1%	0%
Payout schemes	FPPS	FPPS
Minimum payout	Not disclosed	0.001 BTC
Hashrate	5.9 EH/s	Not disclosed
Locations	United States, Texas	United States
Company
Founded	—	2019
Headquarters	United States	United States
Investors	Not disclosed	Digital Currency Group
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	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	Controls 24% to 30% of global Bitcoin network hashrate Operates under a 0% headline pool fee structure Uses Full Pay-Per-Share accounting for predictable revenue settlement Low minimum payout threshold set at 0.001 BTC
Cons	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	Strict corporate KYC onboarding excludes retail and home ASIC miners High market share creates Bitcoin network hashrate centralization concerns Limited to Bitcoin and Zcash with no merged mining options Stratum V2 end-user access is not yet publicly deployed
Best for	Miners without commercial power access, Buyers seeking managed ASIC hosting, Firms deploying multi-rig Bitcoin fleets	North American institutional Bitcoin miners, Commercial hosting facility operators, Enterprise entities seeking FPPS payouts

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