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- Category
- Bitcoin Mining Pools
- Entity
- Not verified
- Official website
- foundrydigital.com
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Scored 63 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
Foundry USA Pool
FPPS Bitcoin mining pool from Foundry
Bitcoin Mining Pools
#7 Overall
Ranked #7 of 8 Bitcoin mining pools in the published ranking
63
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
Is Foundry USA Pool right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you?8/10; the category best is 9
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained?2/10 here; AntPool scores 5
- Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it?4/10 here; Luxor Mining Pool scores 5
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What will Foundry USA Pool cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Your monthly mining revenue
- $1k
How safe is Foundry USA Pool?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Foundry USA Pool
Compare all 4- 5Luxor Mining Pool2 points above · stronger on fee completeness txfee MEV (4 against 2)65$300
- 6Braiins Pool1 point above · stronger on fee completeness txfee MEV (4 against 2)64$300
- 8AntPool4 points below · stronger on fee completeness txfee MEV (5 against 2)59
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Why this rank
Why Foundry USA Pool ranks #7
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (15.1 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on 1 of 4.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
308+7.689.09#6/8Loading evidence…
264+3.333.04#1/8Loading evidence…
242+1.545.59#8/8Loading evidence…
204+2.564.08#3/8Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−1behind Braiins Pool, #6
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 61–64 and ranks #6–#7
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Foundry USA Pool’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you? 8 → 9 on its ladder · passes Braiins Pool+164#7 → #6
Does the coinbase transaction pay you, or does the pool hold your coin until it decides to release it? 4 → 6 on its ladder · passes Braiins Pool+266#7 → #5
Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained? 2 → 4 on its ladder · passes Braiins Pool+266#7 → #5
Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it? 4 → 6 on its ladder · passes Braiins Pool+265#7 → #6
Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you? 8 → 5 on its ladder · AntPool passes it−357#7 → #8
Does the coinbase transaction pay you, or does the pool hold your coin until it decides to release it? 4 → 1 on its ladder · AntPool passes it−358#7 → #8
Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it? 4 → 0 on its ladder · AntPool passes it−458#7 → #8
Smallest climb: “Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you?” 8 → 9 passes Braiins Pool, #6.
Strengths
2 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you? — 8/10, category best 9/10
Tradeoffs
2 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained? — 2/10 against a category best of 9/10
- Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it? — 4/10 against a category best of 8/10
Record watch-outs
- You cannot find out what Foundry will charge you until after you have been onboarded, and below 0.01 BTC you are paid only once a month. The fee is nowhere: the knowledge base has a section called Pool Fees containing one article that explains only that 'Foundry USA Pool™ evaluates pricing tiers every quarter based on your Group level hashrate' and that adjustments take 'up to 10 business days', with no rate, no tier boundaries and no table, while the marketing page advertises a 'Clear & consistent fee structure'. Foundry's own Trust Center documentation confirms why: fees are held per sub-account and aggregated 'using the selected sub-accounts' fees' — it is a negotiated number, not a published one. Alongside it, the 0.01 BTC threshold is a delay: at the 2026-09-29 difficulty one 200 TH/s machine needs about 106 days to reach it, so until then its balance is paid only in the month-end run (each address holding at least 2,730 sats on the last day of the month), and there is no Lightning route. And the second-order surprise, if the miner joined believing FPPS means the pool absorbs everything: what governs the balance Foundry holds in the meantime is not published anywhere. Foundry's public Terms and Conditions ('Effective Date: February 1, 2023') govern website use only and say nothing about balances, segregation, insolvency or forfeiture — they simply point at 'any customer agreements' the miner will only see under NDA-grade onboarding, while reserving to Foundry 'in its sole discretion' the right to block access 'at any time and for any reason'. The coin itself sits in one pool address the whole time: on 2026-09-29 all 100 recent Foundry blocks (968,688–969,095) paid bc1qtm7ye0wm085hhv88japwkalmwkt3amec5z9c7a3unv05tfg6y2pstr3xfz and no miner address, then leaves via an unnamed 'market-leading payment processor' to an address the Foundry team must approve first.
Competitive position
Where Foundry USA Pool leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 814.0 of 20 · constant here
Published criteria#7 / 811.3 of 30 · best 18.0
Friction#1 / 82.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 83.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 88.3 of 18 · constant here
Where Foundry USA Pool leads
- Does the coinbase transaction pay you, or does the pool hold your coin until it decides to release it?#1 / 8
- Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it?#3 / 8
Where it trails
- Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you?#6 / 8
- Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained?#8 / 8
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
Braiins Pool#6 of 8 · score 64 · 1.0 point ahead
Foundry USA Pool leads on
- Does the coinbase transaction pay you, or does the pool hold your coin until it decides to release it?4 vs 2
Braiins Pool leads on
- Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you?9 vs 8
- Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained?4 vs 2
Largest single reason Braiins Pool is ahead: published criteria (+1.8 display points).Scenario cost: Foundry USA Pool has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Luxor Mining Pool#5 of 8 · score 65 · 2.0 points ahead
Foundry USA Pool leads on
- Does the coinbase transaction pay you, or does the pool hold your coin until it decides to release it?4 vs 2
Luxor Mining Pool leads on
- Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you?9 vs 8
- Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained?4 vs 2
- Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it?5 vs 4
Largest single reason Luxor Mining Pool is ahead: published criteria (+2.9 display points).Scenario cost: Foundry USA Pool has no verified pricing for this scenario.
AntPool#8 of 8 · score 59 · 4.0 points behind
Foundry USA Pool leads on
- Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you?8 vs 5
- Does the coinbase transaction pay you, or does the pool hold your coin until it decides to release it?4 vs 3
- Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it?4 vs 3
AntPool leads on
- Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained?5 vs 2
Largest single reason Foundry USA Pool is ahead: published criteria (+3.9 display points).Scenario cost: AntPool has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader
80 vs 63 · gap 17.0Why OCEAN ranks above Foundry USA Pool
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 17.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisOCEANGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight11.318.0−17.4, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisOCEANPoints
Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you? · w3089−0.96, worse
Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained? · w2429−5.38, worse
Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it? · w2048−2.56, worse
Net6380−17.0
Your scenario
Foundry USA Pool is not priced for this scenario
The pool fee on your mining revenue for a year. Excludes payout fees, any transaction-fee or MEV income the pool keeps, and your own hardware and power. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Your monthly mining revenue · your input$1k
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 29 September 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDCategory median and cheapestNot statedOnly 2 of 8 rows publish a comparable price; a median and a cheapest row need at least 3.
6 of 8 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 29 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #6 to #7 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 29 September 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you?strength 8 · weight 30Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Does the coinbase transaction pay you, or does the pool hold your coin until it decides to release it?strength 4 · weight 26Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained?strength 2 · weight 24Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it?strength 4 · weight 20Report an error—29 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Liveness failure (Foundry USA Pool 4/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.Scored by Who builds the block you are hashing on — and what do they leave out of it? · 20%
- Custody failure (Foundry USA Pool 4/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.Scored by Does the coinbase transaction pay you, or does the pool hold your coin until it decides to release it? · 26%
- Insolvency failure (Foundry USA Pool 8/10): the firm or issuer that owes you cannot pay.Scored by Which payout scheme — and therefore who eats a bad-luck or orphaned-block run, the pool or you? · 30%
Not assessed by this ranking: Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Is the headline fee the whole fee — or are transaction fees, accelerator revenue and MEV quietly retained? (24%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- FEE — no rate is published on any Foundry-owned page read on 29 September 2026. The knowledge base's Pool Fees article (https://
pool-faq .foundrydigital .com /how-is-my-pricing-tier-calculated, fetched 29 September 2026) states only: "Foundry USA Pool™ evaluates pricing tiers every quarter based on your Group level hashrate (all subaccounts in a Group contribute to total hashrate) average in the previous quarter." and "It may take up to 10 business days into a new quarter for any pricing adjustments to take effect." Neither the tiers nor the rate attached to any tier is published. The fee is applied at settlement (https:// pool-faq .foundrydigital .com /what-is-foundry-usa-pools-payout-methodology, fetched 29 September 2026): "Finally calculate the Subaccount FPPS Payout Amount denominated in BTC by multiplying the Daily PPS Base per Subaccount (1) with the FPPS rate (2), net of pool fees." || SCHEME — same page: "Foundry USA Pool pays out to all pool members according to the Full-Pay-Per-Share (FPPS) payout scheme." with "FPPS rate = 1 + (Sum of Block Transaction Fees / Sum of Block Subsidies)" (https:// pool-faq .foundrydigital .com /how-is-fpps-rate-calculated), computed over "the 24hr contract period. (midnight-to-midnight UTC time)" and "excluding the highest 3 observations and lowest 3 observations, including empty blocks." || MINIMUM PAYOUT (https:// pool-faq .foundrydigital .com /what-are-the-minimum-payout-thresholds, fetched 29 September 2026): "The minimum withdraw threshold is 0.01 BTC."; "1M sats (0.01 BTC) per address on regular days."; "2730 sats (0.00002730 BTC) per address on the last day of each month."; "Important: If even one address falls below the threshold, no payout occurs for the entire sub-account until all addresses meet the requirement." Cadence (https:// pool-faq .foundrydigital .com /when-do-payouts-occur, fetched 29 September 2026): "The Foundry USA Pool's daily payout window for earned BTC is between 9:00-17:00 UTC time." The marketing page https:// foundrydigital .com /foundry-usa-pool- 3 / returned HTTP 403 on 29 September 2026.Foundry USA Pool — official page at pool-faq.foundrydigital.com ↗ · 29 September 2026 - Prices published in
- USDFoundry USA Pool — official page at pool-faq.foundrydigital.com ↗ · 29 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- FOUNDRY AUTHORS EVERY TEMPLATE, PUBLISHES NO PROTOCOL DOCUMENTATION A NON-CUSTOMER CAN READ, AND MARKETS DECENTRALISATION ANYWAY. Template authorship: the chain shows a single template-authoring entity.
- Supported chains
- bitcoin
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Not published
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
9 methodology entries
- 29 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 63, #7 of 8. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
- 16 September 2026
2026.09.15Dimension scores carry tenths, and eleven more categories are re-read from primary sources · platform-wide- changed Dimension scores resolve to tenths of a point (O-04b), and weightedTotal is rounded to six decimal places before the order is read. 518 published scores move across 107 categories that were not re-read; none of them moves by more than 4 points, and most move by 1.
- fixed 66 published scores change in the eleven re-read categories, against a verbatim source each. The largest moves are Reflexer RAI (−16), Beefy and Unrekt (−11), Aztec (−10) and Golem (+9) — all of them rows whose sources had moved since their last read.
- changed Published order moves in 38 of 119 categories and three #1s change: smart_contract_audits (Zellic → Certora) and travel_rule_compliance (Sumsub Travel Rule → CodeVASP) on the finer resolution, kyc_compliance (Veriff → Sumsub) on the re-read.
- added availabilitySource (O-04g): for a reader who states a country, a row whose availability in that country rests on a region tag its record gives no source for sorts below every sourced row. It is inert in every order published here, which states no country.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt mining_pools:foundry_usa:2026.10.18:a243c616467d
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