A long-established pool that genuinely offers cloud hashrate and hosted mining, but its cloud terms are buyer-hostile (non-refundable, suspension still burns the term, operator-measured 95% SLA) and its English disclosure of pricing and entity is thin.
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by the bestcloudmining editorial desk · curated review · prose updated 2026-10-02 · facts as of 2026-10-02 · how we verify
AntPool is one of the largest Bitcoin mining pools, operated by Antpool Technologies Pte. Ltd. of Singapore and independently verifiable through login-free public statistics APIs [2][4]. It is a pool for your own hardware - not a hashrate seller. Our earlier fee data carried two errors that the live API corrected: the BTC PPLNS fee is two percent rather than zero, and the advertised budget-rate PPS-plus tier does not exist for normal BTC mining [1].
Nothing - you connect your own miners to the pool. Supported coins span BTC (about 195 EH/s at check), BCH, LTC, ZEC, Monero, Kaspa and more, each with its own reward scheme [1]. There is no hashrate for sale under this listing; the separate cloud product has its own review. The pool's public statistics are the strongest proof mechanism in the category - hashrate charts and a live block feed with on-chain-verifiable block hashes, no login required [2][3].
The service agreement is with Antpool Technologies Pte. Ltd., Singapore law, SIAC arbitration [4]. BTC payout minimum is 0.005 BTC, paid daily in a Beijing-time window [2]. Basic pool mining stays anonymous (wallet-address mining documented), while fund/finance products require identity verification and the finance product excludes US, Canadian, Chinese, Hong Kong and Singapore residents [4]. RVN payouts were suspended in August 2026; the coin list drifted over the year (DCR gone, Monero/Kaspa/ALPH/FB added) [4].
Public, unauthenticated JSON endpoints expose per-coin fees, pool hashrate (about 195 EH/s on BTC at check), hashrate history and block stats with txHashes you can verify on-chain [1][2][3]. What you cannot verify: per-user hashrate delivery (user-scoped stats need login) and any audit of the pool's self-reported figures [2]. The entity is named in the service agreement embedded in the site [4].
The pool mines continuously - the public block feed shows fresh blocks with verifiable txHashes on our check day [3]. 2026 events were pool-level, not user losses: a two-block reorg won by Foundry over AntPool in March, AntPool mining a non-signaling block during the BIP-110 fork episode in August, and a one-block reorg wave amid a SpiderPool clash in September, with coverage noting top-two pools hold nearly half of hashrate [4][5]. AntPool joined the Stratum v2 Working Group in May 2026 and suspended Ravencoin payouts in August [4][6]. No fund-loss or scam verdicts surfaced [4].
Per the public API: BTC PPLNS 2% or FPPS 4% [1], with PPS+ reserved for BTC smart-pool products at the same 4% normal fee per the operator coupon text [1]; ZEC PPS+ is 3% and several altcoins run PPLNS at 0% (BCH, XMR) in the same machine-readable table [1]. BTC minimum payout 0.005 BTC, daily in a Beijing-time window [2]. No KYC for anonymous wallet mining [4]. Our earlier table - PPLNS 0% on BTC and a budget-rate PPS-plus - is corrected by the operator's own data [1].
As a pool, AntPool is large, transparent at the infrastructure level and verifiable without an account [1][2][3] - with a self-measured culture (its cloud SLA is self-confirmed), pool-level concentration controversies, and an earn-product arm with heavier restrictions [4]. For own-hardware mining it is a legitimate, verifiable choice; treat the market-concentration debate and the BIP-110 episode as context for how much hashrate any single pool should hold [4].
| Documented price | see provider site |
|---|---|
| Payouts | Daily, automatic settlement during Beijing time 8:00-17:00 · threshold 0.005 BTC (BTC, confirmed by bundle + valuation API); per-coin elsewhere |
| Notes | Corrected 2026-10-02 from live poolcoins API: BTC PPLNS 2% / FPPS 4% (PPLNS 0% belongs to BCH/XMR); PPS+ exists only for BTC smart-pool products, normal fee 4% per operator coupon text (2.5% not found anywhere); ZEC PPS+ 3%; per-coin table: BCH PPLNS 0%/FPPS 4%, LTC PPS 3%, ETC PPS 1.5%, DASH PPS 2%, KAS PPLNS 3%, KDA/HNS/RVN PPS 3%, CKB PPS 1%, ALPH/FB PPLNS 1%, DGB PPLNS 1%. BTC min payout 0.005 BTC, daily Beijing 8:00-17:00 window. Coin drift: DCR gone, RVN suspended 2026-08-14, XMR/KAS/ALPH/FB/HNS/KDA added. |
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Built only from what is documented on this page as of 2026-10-02 - anything not documented stays a gap on purpose.
Everything happens on antpool.com - we count the click, nothing else changes for you.
Documented level: optional - Anonymous wallet-address mining documented for the pool; Fund Account + finance products require identity verification. Register before you pay.
Accepted: BTC, LTC, BCH. Check the network and the deposit address inside your account, never from an email.
maintenance BTC PPLNS 2% / FPPS 4% / PPS+ 4% (smart pool); altcoin PPLNS 0-3% per coin · refund: Cloud mining is explicitly non-changeable and non-refundable once paid. A term you did not read is money you cannot get back.
Proof is documented as partial - Strongest verification story: login-free public endpoints (poolcoins fee/hashtable, poolHashChart ~195 EH/s BTC. Compare the first payout with the pool or wallet before scaling up.
Payout frequency: Daily, automatic settlement during Beijing time 8:00-17:00. Threshold: 0.005 BTC (BTC, confirmed by bundle + valuation API); per-coin elsewhere. Refunds: Cloud mining is explicitly non-changeable and non-refundable once paid.
Then run the math: mining calculator · contract vs. HODL · all hashrate market providers.
Short answer: Based on our checks as of 2026-10-02: AntPool scores 6.5/10 in our weighted review. We logged 5 red flags (listed above). User reports and operator background are documented with dated sources in the meta-review below.
| Status | active |
|---|---|
| Operator | AntPool · HQ Singapore (high) |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Proof | partial |
| KYC | optional |
A real, operating provider can still lose you money: with a contract you own no hardware, revenue follows coin price and difficulty, and most published contracts are priced so the seller comes out ahead. "Legit" means the operator exists and pays what its terms promise - not that the deal is profitable. 12 dated sources back this page; they are listed under sources.
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Ready to try AntPool? Start small, verify one payout, and only scale up once the hashrate or compute actually matches what you paid for.
Based on our checks as of 2026-10-02: AntPool scores 6.5/10 in our weighted review. We logged 5 red flags (listed above). User reports and operator background are documented with dated sources in the meta-review below.
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