Pearl mining pools compared: fees, payouts and who finds the blocks
Eleven Pearl pools side by side: fee, payout scheme, minimum payout, supported miners, hashrate and blocks found in the last 7 days.
Pearl has eleven public pools, and they differ in more than the fee. Some pay a fixed amount for every share, others share each block they find. Some pay out at 1 PRL, others let you pick. This guide puts them side by side, with numbers PearlStation reads from the pools and from the Pearl chain on 26 October 2026.
The pools at a glance
| Pool | Fee | Payout scheme | Minimum payout | Blocks, last 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kryptex | 3% | PPS+ | 1 PRL | 49.7% |
| PearlHash | 1% | PROP, after every epoch | 1 PRL | 20.2% |
| Pearl Fortune | 2% | PPLNS or PPS | see pool | 7.8% |
| Lucky Pool | 1% | PROP | see pool | 5.9% |
| HeroMiners | 0% | PPS+ or PROPX | you choose | 5.0% |
| Jetski | 1% | PPLNS | see pool | 2.2% |
| AlphaPool | 1% | PROP, every 4 hours | 1 PRL (you can set 1 to 10,000) | under 0.1% |
| skypool.org | 1% | PPS | see pool | under 0.1% |
| BaikalMine | 0.5% | PPLNS | see pool | none |
| 2Miners | 1% | PPLNS | see pool | none |
| F2Pool | 1% | PPS | see pool | not tracked |
Blocks are 3,699 blocks from 19 to 26 October, matched to the pool that found them. 9% came from solo miners and pools we cannot name yet. How that works: Who finds Pearl's blocks?
Which payout scheme suits you
- PPS and PPS+ pay the same for every share you send, whether the pool finds blocks or not. Your income is steady, and the pool carries the luck. That is why PPS pools usually charge a higher fee.
- PROP and PPLNS share each block the pool finds among the miners who helped. A lucky week pays more, an unlucky one less. Over months it often pays a little more than PPS, but only on a pool that finds blocks regularly.
A small pool on PPLNS or PROP can go days without a block. The "Blocks, last 7 days" column shows which pools find them often enough to make that work.
Size and hashrate
On 26 October two pools were far bigger than the rest: Kryptex with about 37,900 PH/s and 31,000 miners, and PearlHash with about 16,400 PH/s and 26,600 miners. Pearl Fortune is third with about 8,900 PH/s, then Lucky Pool (5,900 PH/s), HeroMiners (3,800 PH/s) and Jetski (1,200 PH/s). The smaller pools are each under 100 PH/s. Live numbers for every pool are on the Pools page.
Which miners each pool documents
- Kryptex: SRBMiner-MULTI, BzMiner and OneZeroMiner, with servers in eight regions.
- PearlHash: WildRig Multi (no WildRig developer fee on this pool) and its own Pearlhash miner.
- Pearl Fortune: SRBMiner-MULTI and BzMiner, on port 8888.
- AlphaPool and 2Miners: SRBMiner-MULTI.
Other pools work with the same miners but do not list them. Start files for each pool are in the Pool guide.
How to choose
- New to Pearl, or a small rig: a PPS or PPS+ pool with a low minimum payout. You get paid for every share, and the first payout comes sooner.
- Several rigs and patient: a PROP or PPLNS pool that finds blocks every day. A lower fee adds up over time.
- Want to set your own payout threshold: AlphaPool or HeroMiners.
- Merge mining: Lucky Pool (with Nock) or Jetski (optional, with Nock or Nacre).
Fees and schemes change. PearlStation reads them from the pools themselves, so the Pools page is always current. Referral links never change the order or the picks.
Check your own pool
Add your wallet in Settings and PearlStation finds the pools you mine on by itself. The Pools page then shows, in bold, what you really earn per PH/s on each pool you mine on, from your actual payouts. That is the fairest way to compare two pools you have tried.
