xmr.pw

xmr.pw is a small no-fluff Monero mining pool. The two stratum modes are clearly separated: Solo (`pool.xmr.pw:5353` TLS / `:5555` TCP) for miners who want direct block ownership with full luck variance, and P2Mining (`pool.xmr.pw:4343` TLS / `:4242` TCP) which is a thin pool-side accounting layer on top of P2Pool — the actual block-finding decentralisation lives in P2Pool itself, the pool just gives you wallet-side visibility and a simpler configuration story. Optional Tari merge mining is supported on the P2Pool side.

Why we list this at B and not higher: hashrate footprint is tiny (~1 MH/s active across 4 miners as of 2026-05-31 — that's ~0.02% of the ~5.3 GH/s network), so this isn't the place for a large farm chasing steady payout cadence. It IS the place for a hobbyist or principled-decentralisation miner who's been burned by post-minexmr hashrate concentration on the big two pools, wants TLS-by-default endpoints, and wants the P2Pool model exposed without having to learn the P2Pool CLI cold. The operator is responsive on the listed Telegram/Discord channels and ships infrastructure changes publicly (TLS port advertisement, Tari merge mining toggle, stat dashboard).

Trust mechanism: read-only public stats, P2Pool-backed mode keeps actual blockfinding decentralised (operator can't selectively withhold blocks the way a fully-internal PPLNS pool could), open-source mining client paths (XMRig + xmrig-proxy on the miner side, P2Pool on the node side). Standard mining-pool custody warning still applies — your earnings sit in the pool's payout queue between blocks; use a payout-threshold you're comfortable losing if the operator vanishes. The Solo mode removes even that risk for miners with enough hashrate to find blocks alone.

Useful when you're optimising for hashrate decentralisation more than payout smoothness, or you want to mine Monero with Tari merge mining as a free side reward stream, or you just want a clean TLS-by-default stratum to point a hobby rig at.