KuCoinPool

KuCoinPool (KuCoin Pool / KuPool)

KuCoinPool is the name used for KuCoin’s proof-of-work (PoW) mining-pool business line—i.e., pooled mining infrastructure that aggregates miners’ hashrate and distributes rewards according to the pool’s payout rules. In KuCoin’s own ecosystem framing, the mining-pool layer is positioned alongside the KuCoin exchange and KuMining (cloud-mining/related offering), forming an integrated “hashrate → mining → asset management” stack. (prnewswire.com)

Category: miner–validator

In practical terms, KuCoinPool is primarily a miner-side infrastructure service (a mining pool), rather than a proof-of-stake validator operator. Its public materials emphasize hashrate, stratum connectivity, and PoW reward distribution mechanics. (kucoin.com)

Historical notes and naming

• Service operations pause (KuCoin Pool): KuCoin announced a temporary halt of “KuCoin Pool” effective August 15, 2023 (16:00 UTC), “until further notice.” (kucoin.com)
• Earlier infrastructure updates: KuCoin published operational notices such as the mining service system upgrade completed September 14, 2022 (00:00 UTC), including updated BTC stratum endpoints under the kupool.com domain (e.g., stratum+tcp://sha256d.kupool.com:443). (kucoin.com)
• Re-launch / rebrand (KuPool): In October 23, 2025, KuCoin publicly announced KuPool as a “new mining pool service within the KuCoin ecosystem,” describing a focus on transparent, secure, and verifiable mining infrastructure and “traceable profit-sharing” mechanisms. (prnewswire.com)

Assets and merged-mining support (as described by KuCoin)

KuCoin’s KuPool announcement describes support for major and merged-mining cryptocurrencies, explicitly listing examples such as LTC and DOGE (and also mentioning PEPE, Lucky, BELLS in the same description). (prnewswire.com)