Foundry vs HIVE Digital Technologies

How Foundry vs HIVE Digital Technologies compare on our ratings, mining company specs, funding, pros and cons.

Feature
Ratings
Our score4.3/54.1/5
User ratingNo reviews yetNo reviews yet
Track record4.54.5
Costs & fees4.54.0
Transparency3.54.5
Scale & reliability5.04.5
Support3.53.0
Specs
TypeMining pool, Firmware & softwarePublic miner, Hosting
CoinsBTC, ZECBTC
Pool fee0%Not disclosed
Payout schemesFPPSNot disclosed
Minimum payout0.001 BTCNot disclosed
HashrateNot disclosed25.1 EH/s
Stock tickerNot disclosedNASDAQ: HIVE, TSX: HIVE
LocationsUnited StatesCanada, Sweden, Paraguay
Energy sourcesNot disclosedHydroelectric
Hardware modelsNot disclosedASIC, NVIDIA GPUs
Company
Founded20192017
HeadquartersUnited States—
InvestorsDigital Currency GroupNot disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros
  • 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
  • Operates 440 MW of renewable data center capacity across three continents
  • Generated 25.1 EH/s in installed Bitcoin mining hashrate as of March 2026
  • Diversified revenue across Bitcoin mining and enterprise BUZZ HPC GPU hosting
  • Publicly listed on Nasdaq and TSX with audited financial reporting
Cons
  • 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
  • Does not offer retail mining pool services or private hosting contracts
  • Bitcoin mining revenues are exposed to network difficulty increases and halvings
  • Brand is frequently targeted by unauthorized third-party phishing schemes
Best forNorth American institutional Bitcoin miners, Commercial hosting facility operators, Enterprise entities seeking FPPS payoutsEquity investors seeking Bitcoin mining exposure, Enterprises requiring GPU cloud compute, Institutions tracking green data center infrastructure

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