<p><a href="https://blockchain.info/pools" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://blockchain.info/pools</a> gives you all the info you need, we're not as bad as in the ghash.io days (>51%). I count 17 pools with >1% hash rate, however the four biggest pools have a combined total of >50%.</p>

<p>Another thing to bear in mind, is that people with substantial hashing power (such as Antpool), could just be hiding their actual hashrate in other pools, we've seen  some pop up with some pretty large amounts of power in short order, and hundreds of petahashes swapping between pools.</p>

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<p>According to Greg Maxwell mining pool consolidation had reached the point of 22 large pools, as of the Bitcoin FDTN. conf. Nov. 2015.</p>

<p>What is the state of the current situation?  Has there been a further worrisome decline in this metric?</p>

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What is the trend in Mining Pools?
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# What is the trend in Mining Pools?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-02)

According to Greg Maxwell mining pool consolidation had reached the point of 22 large pools, as of the Bitcoin FDTN. conf. Nov. 2015.

What is the state of the current situation? Has there been a further worrisome decline in this metric?

**Tags:** mining-pools, decentralization


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-07-02. Score: 1

<https://blockchain.info/pools> gives you all the info you need, we're not as bad as in the ghash.io days (>51%). I count 17 pools with >1% hash rate, however the four biggest pools have a combined total of >50%.

Another thing to bear in mind, is that people with substantial hashing power (such as Antpool), could just be hiding their actual hashrate in other pools, we've seen some pop up with some pretty large amounts of power in short order, and hundreds of petahashes swapping between pools.


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