Compass Mining vs Luxor

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

Luxor4.2/5

Feature	Compass Mining Visit	Luxor Visit
Ratings
Our score	3.6/5	4.2/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Track record	3.5	4.5
Costs & fees	3.5	3.5
Transparency	3.5	4.5
Scale & reliability	4.0	4.5
Support	3.5	4.0
Specs
Type	Hosting	Mining pool, Firmware & software
Coins	BTC	Not disclosed
Pool fee	1%	2.5% (custom down to 0.7%, 0% with LuxOS)
Payout schemes	FPPS	FPPS, Fixed, Upfront
Hashrate	5.9 EH/s	>40 EH/s
Locations	United States, Texas	United States
Hardware models	Not disclosed	Antminer S19, Antminer S19 Pro, Antminer Z15 Pro, Whatsminer M50S, Whatsminer M60
Company
Founded	—	2017
Headquarters	United States	United States
Investors	Not disclosed	CMT Digital, Black Creek Digital, Hivemind Capital
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	SOC 1 and SOC 2 compliance verifies security and financial accounting controls Pool fees can be reduced to 0% when paired with LuxOS firmware Upfront payout schemes offer non-dilutive liquidity against future hashrate production Over 40 EH/s in hashrate provides consistent block discovery and payout regularity
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	Standard unbundled FPPS pool fee of 2.5% is above market discount averages Grid management and retail power services are restricted to ERCOT and SPP regions Derivatives and fixed contracts involve counterparty credit exposure Upfront payout agreements require strict minimum uptime and delivery commitments
Best for	Miners without commercial power access, Buyers seeking managed ASIC hosting, Firms deploying multi-rig Bitcoin fleets	Commercial ASIC mining operations, Miners seeking hashprice hedging tools, Data centers managing ERCOT power costs

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