<p>According to the blockchain.info's <a href="http://blockchain.info/pools?timespan=4days" rel="nofollow">chart</a>, as of Feb 2013 the top mining pools apparently are:</p>

<ul>
<li>BTC Guild</li>
<li>50BTC</li>
<li>Deepbit</li>
<li>Slush</li>
<li>EclipseMC</li>
</ul>

<p>I can't say for the "good community" since that's obviously quite subjective.</p>

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2014-01-31T16:01:23.533Z
What about GHash.io? What do you mean "the top mining pools apparently are"? Thanks for the link anyways.
Lzh
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Hah!!! I just realized that having big mining pools like GHash.io is bad for BitCoin's survival! Don't join GHash :) Sorry I are noobs.
Lzh
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<p>I'm looking to join a bitcoin mining pool. Which are the top five mining pools with good community support?</p>

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As of Feb 2013, which are the top 5 bitcoin mining pools to join with a good community?
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# As of Feb 2013, which are the top 5 bitcoin mining pools to join with a good community?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-02-22)

I'm looking to join a bitcoin mining pool. Which are the top five mining pools with good community support?

**Tags:** mining-pools


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-02-22. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

According to the blockchain.info's [chart](http://blockchain.info/pools?timespan=4days), as of Feb 2013 the top mining pools apparently are:

* BTC Guild
* 50BTC
* Deepbit
* Slush
* EclipseMC

I can't say for the "good community" since that's obviously quite subjective.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: What about GHash.io? What do you mean "the top mining pools apparently are"? Thanks for the link anyways.  
> **username_2**: Hah!!! I just realized that having big mining pools like GHash.io is bad for BitCoin's survival! Don't join GHash :) Sorry I are noobs.  

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