Foundry vs OCEAN

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

Foundry4.3/5
VS
OCEAN3.9/5
Feature
Ratings
Our score4.3/53.9/5
User ratingNo reviews yetNo reviews yet
Track record4.53.5
Costs & fees4.54.0
Transparency3.55.0
Scale & reliability5.03.5
Support3.53.5
Specs
TypeMining pool, Firmware & softwareMining pool
CoinsBTC, ZECBTC
Pool fee0%1% (DATUM) to 2%
Payout schemesFPPSTIDES
Minimum payout0.001 BTC0.01048576 BTC (on-chain)
HashrateNot disclosed22.15 EH/s
LocationsUnited StatesNot disclosed
Company
Founded20192023
HeadquartersUnited States—
InvestorsDigital Currency GroupJack Dorsey
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
  • Non-custodial payouts sent straight from block coinbase transactions
  • No user accounts or identity verification required to connect
  • Fee drops to 1% when building block templates using DATUM
  • SOC 1 Type 2 and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance attestations completed
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
  • Subject to block variance since rewards only pay out when blocks are found
  • Standard 2% pool fee is higher than many custodial competitors
  • Minimum on-chain payout threshold requires 0.01048576 BTC for active miners
  • DATUM block construction requires running and maintaining a personal Bitcoin node
Best forNorth American institutional Bitcoin miners, Commercial hosting facility operators, Enterprise entities seeking FPPS payoutsMiners seeking non-custodial payouts, Operators running independent Bitcoin nodes, Small miners using Lightning payouts

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