Luxor vs MARA

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

Luxor4.2/5

MARA4.0/5

Feature	Luxor Visit	MARA Visit
Ratings
Our score	4.2/5	4.0/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Track record	4.5	4.5
Costs & fees	3.5	3.0
Transparency	4.5	4.5
Scale & reliability	4.5	5.0
Support	4.0	3.0
Specs
Type	Mining pool, Firmware & software	Public miner, Mining pool, Hosting
Coins	Not disclosed	BTC
Pool fee	2.5% (custom down to 0.7%, 0% with LuxOS)	Not disclosed
Payout schemes	FPPS, Fixed, Upfront	Not disclosed
Hashrate	>40 EH/s	Not disclosed
Stock ticker	Not disclosed	NASDAQ: MARA
Locations	United States	Texas, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, Kentucky, United Arab Emirates, Paraguay
Energy sources	Not disclosed	Grid power, Owned generation
Hardware models	Antminer S19, Antminer S19 Pro, Antminer Z15 Pro, Whatsminer M50S, Whatsminer M60	Not disclosed
Company
Founded	2017	2010
Headquarters	United States	United States
Investors	CMT Digital, Black Creek Digital, Hivemind Capital	Not disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	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	Operates 1.9 GW of energized power capacity across four continents Publicly traded on NASDAQ with audited quarterly financial disclosures Controls dedicated power generation to manage industrial electricity costs Maintains an enterprise pipeline reaching 4.8 GW across multiple sites
Cons	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	No retail mining pool access or public cloud-mining contracts Profitability remains exposed to Bitcoin price swings and halving cycles Site expansions remain subject to regional utility and interconnection approvals
Best for	Commercial ASIC mining operations, Miners seeking hashprice hedging tools, Data centers managing ERCOT power costs	Public equity investors seeking Bitcoin exposure, Hyperscalers needing powered colocation space, AI enterprises leasing high-density infrastructure

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