[Upated March 25th, 2011]

Pools:

• BitPenny
  Status: Open
  - http://www.bitpenny.com  http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitPenny
• DeepBit
  Status: Open, accepting new registrations
  Compensation: Proportional reward mode as well as fixed-rate Pay-Per-Share.
  Current pool strength: 62 Ghash/s [up from 56 on Mar 22nd]
  - http://www.deepbit.net  http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/DeepBit
• Bitcoin Pooled Mining (aka Slush’s pool)
  Status: Open.
  The pool now charges a flat 2% fee.
  Notice: Miners should support “keep alive”, which the latest versions of the miner software supports.
  Current pool strength: 142 Ghash/s  [Up from 127 on Mar 22nd]
  - http://mining.bitcoin.cz  http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Pooled_Mining
• BTCMine
  Status: Open, alpha testing
  Compensation: Shared block and pay per share payouts.
  - http://www.BTCMine.com  http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BTCMine
  Current pool strength: 2 GHash/s  [Up from 1 on Mar 22nd]
• Bitcoin Pool
  Status: Open, beta testing
  Compensation: Shared block payouts.
  - http://www.BitcoinPool.com  http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Pool
  Current pool strength: 10 GHash/s  [Up from 4 on Mar 22nd]

Miners:

• m0mchil’s Python OpenCL GPU miner
  Latest release: v2011-03-25    [Updated Mar 25th]
  - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1334.0
  - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OpenCL_miner
  Kiv’s GUI Frontend
  Latest release: March 21, 2011
  - http://github.com/downloads/Kiv/poclbm/poclbm-gui-20110321.exe
• Diablo’s Java OpenCL GPU Miner
• Latest release: March 25, 2011
  - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1721.0
  - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/DiabloMiner
• jgarzik’s CPU Miner
  Latest release: v0.8.2, March 22nd, 2011 [Updated March 22nd, 2011]
  - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1925.0
  - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cpu_Miner
• puddinpop’s CPU/4way/CUDA/OpenCL Miner
  Latest release: 2011-02-27
  - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2444.0
  - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Remote_miner
• ufasoft’s CPU Miner
  - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3486.0
  - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Ufasoft_miner
• BitcoinPool’s modified poclbm-mod GPU miner
  Latest release: v2011-03-24
  - http://www.bitcoinpool.com/file.php?id=6 (win32 / source)
  - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Poclbm-mod

Guides

• Introduction
  - http://www.weusecoins.com/mining-guide.php
• Windows:
• - Miner: http://www.newslobster.com/random/how-to-get-started-using-your-gpu-to-mine-for-bitcoins-on-windows
  - Pool: http://www.newslobster.com/bitcoin/how-to-set-up-pooled-bitcoin-mining-in-windows
• Linux:
  - Ubuntu 10.10:
  -   Miiner: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg47489#msg47489
  - Debian sid:
  -   Miner: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3502.0 
• Mac:
  http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1721.msg58074#msg58074
  - Homebrew: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3958.0 

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