2010.
Marek "Slush" Palatinus is solo mining in Prague, realizes it's pointless, and writes a system that lets small miners pool their machines and split the reward.
First bitcoin mining pool in the world. it's still running, now as Braiins Pool.
BTCPrague / BTC Prague
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2026-09-03 12:07:33 UTC
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