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== Basics ==
* Founded in 2013 ([https://news.bitcoin.com/a-short-history-of-the-worlds-largest-bitcoin-mining-pools/?utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=Push%20Notifications This post] says 2014)

* Chinese [[Mining Pool|mining pool]] run by [[Bitmain]]
* From [https://news.bitcoin.com/a-short-history-of-the-worlds-largest-bitcoin-mining-pools/?utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=Push%20Notifications this post]  (9-2019) by [[Bitcoin.com]]:
"''History: Another Bitmain-owned operation, Antpool is Jihan Wu’s original [[mining pool]]. It provides an array of advanced tools for experienced [[Miner|miners]], particularly those who are [[mining]] at scale. Sub-account mining to a depth of three levels and anonymous mining are all supported, along with same-day payouts.''

''Trivia: Despite being accused of contributing to mining [[centralization]], Bitmain launched Antpool in 2014 with a “commitment to help [[decentralize]] the [[bitcoin]] network … and put the majority of [[Hash Power|hashing power]] into the hands of consumers.”"''
* Coins [[mined]]: [[BTC]], [[BCH]], [[LTC]], [[ETH]], [[ETC]], [[ZEC]], [[DASH]], [[SCC]], [[Monero Classic (XMC)|XMC]], [[Bytom (BTM)|BTM]]
* Was part of [[The Hong Kong Agreement|Hong Kong consensus]]
* Was part of the Chinese [[Miner|miners]] that signed a statement that they want 8MB [[Block|blocks]]. Signatories included the large mining companies [[F2Pool|F2pool]], [[BTCChina]], [[Huobi]], and [[BW]].

== Team, partners, etc. ==
* [[Jihan Wu]]; ex-founder
* [[Micree Zhan]]; founder and kept it when Wu was [https://decrypt.co/52885/ousted-founder-of-bitmain-buys-back-control-in-600-million-settlement-reports bought out] (30-12-2020).
* Partner with [[Rootstok (RSK)|Rootstok]], [[Maxime Coin (MXM)]]
* Is listed as a 'Cooperative Partner' on the [http://monero-classic.org/index_en.html website] of [[Monero Classic (XMC)|Monero Classic]] (9-2019).
* [https://coinspice.io/news/bitcoin-cash-mining-pools-to-implement-infrastructure-fund-12-5-of-bch-coinbase-rewards/ Initial backer] (22-1-2020) of the [[IFP]] for [[BCH]].
*[https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1552008114060369920?s=21&t=UlWJnLUjYyz2wn-JT283GA Announced] it has invested $10 million in the [[Proof-of-Work (PoW)|proof-of-work]] [[Ethereum Classic (ETC)|Ethereum Classic]] ecosystem and plans to invest more (27-7-2022). This was kicked off by the looming [[Ethereum (ETH)|Ethereum]] merge making PoW [[Ethereum]] [[miners]] obsolete there.
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