In the week leading up to its closure, Binance’s Bitcoin mining pool mined just one block. My take: this looks more like a redistribution of hash power and block share than simply “turning off a few machines.” But the source material does not say where that share is going.
According to a CoinDesk report on November 9, the pool has nearly disappeared from the Bitcoin block-production rankings and is scheduled to shut down on November 10. The report gives only “one block in a week” and the closure date. This summary does not include its share of total hash power, where its miners are moving, or how its fee revenue has changed. So we can confirm that it is close to exiting, but not who will take over its share.
My observation is that smaller pools face a challenge inherent in probability: the smaller their share of hash power, the harder it is to mine blocks consistently, and the more volatile miners’ earnings become. This can make miners more likely to move to larger pools, creating a cycle of “shrinking share—fewer blocks—miners leaving.” But this inference assumes that miners are indeed sensitive to the consistency of block production. The source material provides no data on miners leaving this pool, so this can only serve as an explanation of the mechanism, not as an established fact.
Three things are worth tracking next: whether the distribution of hash power across the network becomes more concentrated after the shutdown, whether block intervals show unusual fluctuations, and whether the share of pool fees changes. If hash power remains broadly distributed and block production stays on a normal cadence, the impact of this exit is likely limited. If concentration rises noticeably, the structural impact of smaller pools exiting will need to be reassessed. This article does not constitute investment advice.
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Sources:
CoinDesk (originally published November 9 at 12:54 Beijing time)
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/11/09/binance-s-bitcoin-mining-pool-finds-just-one-block-in-a-week-as-shutdown-nears
According to a CoinDesk report on November 9, the pool has nearly disappeared from the Bitcoin block-production rankings and is scheduled to shut down on November 10. The report gives only “one block in a week” and the closure date. This summary does not include its share of total hash power, where its miners are moving, or how its fee revenue has changed. So we can confirm that it is close to exiting, but not who will take over its share.
My observation is that smaller pools face a challenge inherent in probability: the smaller their share of hash power, the harder it is to mine blocks consistently, and the more volatile miners’ earnings become. This can make miners more likely to move to larger pools, creating a cycle of “shrinking share—fewer blocks—miners leaving.” But this inference assumes that miners are indeed sensitive to the consistency of block production. The source material provides no data on miners leaving this pool, so this can only serve as an explanation of the mechanism, not as an established fact.
Three things are worth tracking next: whether the distribution of hash power across the network becomes more concentrated after the shutdown, whether block intervals show unusual fluctuations, and whether the share of pool fees changes. If hash power remains broadly distributed and block production stays on a normal cadence, the impact of this exit is likely limited. If concentration rises noticeably, the structural impact of smaller pools exiting will need to be reassessed. This article does not constitute investment advice.
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#BTC #CryptoMarket
Sources:
CoinDesk (originally published November 9 at 12:54 Beijing time)
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/11/09/binance-s-bitcoin-mining-pool-finds-just-one-block-in-a-week-as-shutdown-nears
