Foundry USA Captures the Top Bitcoin Mining Pool Position Over the Last 30 Days

Recent onchain data shows that Foundry USA has managed to command the top bitcoin mining pool position with 755 bitcoin block rewards mined during the last 30 days.

The United States Commands a Large Concentration of Bitcoin Miners, 66 Exahash Recorded in the US on January 24

According to chainbulletin.com’s mining map, there is a large concentration of the Bitcoin network’s hashrate located in the United States. At the time of writing, data shows that 66.22 exahash per second (EH/s) or 35.4% of the global hashrate resides in the U.S., while 17.87 EH/s or 9.55% is located in Canada. Between Canada and the United States, the countries command 44.95% of the global hashrate.

The top network-based pooling servers include Binance, Btc.com, SBI Crypto, Viabtc, Poolin, Slushpool, Antpool, F2pool, and Foundry USA. The 30-day statistics showing hashrate distribution indicate that the aforementioned pools command the top eight largest mining pools worldwide. Metrics further show that Foundry USA found 755 blocks and captured the top pool position last month with 16.87% of the hashrate.

Network-based pooling servers located in the U.S. include Binance, Btc.com, SBI Crypto, Viabtc, Poolin, Slushpool, Antpool, F2pool, and Foundry USA. The 30-day statistics showing hashrate distribution show that the aforementioned pools command the top eight largest mining pools worldwide. Metrics indicate that Foundry USA found 755 blocks and captured the top pool position last month with 16.87% of the hashrate.

Following Foundry USA’s 30-day stats was Antpool’s 659 blocks found or 14.72% of the BTC hashrate. F2pool found the same amount of blocks as Antpool last month and captured 14.72% of the network hashrate as well. Binance Pool came in fourth this past month with 11.55% of the hashrate or 517 blocks found. Lastly, the fifth-largest mining pool during the last 30 days was Poolin as it captured 511 block rewards or 11.42% of the global hashrate.

F2pool, Antpool Follow Foundry’s Lead

Following Foundry USA’s 30-day stats was Antpool’s 659 blocks found or 14.72% of the BTC hashrate. F2pool found the same amount of blocks as Antpool last month and captured 14.72% of the network hashrate as well. Binance Pool came in fourth this past month with 11.55% of the hashrate or 517 blocks found. Lastly, the fifth-largest mining pool during the last 30 days was Poolin as it captured 511 block rewards or 11.42% of the global hashrate.

Despite the increased mining difficulty last week and the significant drop in BTC’s price, bitcoin miners worldwide have managed to keep the tempo high. At the time of writing, the global hashrate is running at 194 exahash per second (EH/s) in terms of computational power. 24-hour metrics show that Foundry USA has an even larger share of hashrate with 22.76% of today’s global hashrate or 42.42 EH/s.

**Editor’s note: This editorial and its headline were changed in order to update a few miscalculated errors.