# Mining pools

> Services that coordinate proof-of-work miners and payouts.

- Canonical page: [Mining pools](https://www.qrlecosystem.com/capabilities/mining-pool/)

## Projects
- [HeroMiners QRL Pool](https://www.qrlecosystem.com/projects/hero-miners/index.html.md): An independent QRL 1.x mining pool offering PPS+, PROPX, and solo mining, global endpoints, worker statistics, TLS ports, adjustable payout thresholds, fixed or dynamic difficulty, and miner notifications.
- [MiningOcean QRL Pool](https://www.qrlecosystem.com/projects/mining-ocean/index.html.md): An independent QRL 1.x PROP and solo mining pool with regional servers, dynamic or fixed difficulty, TLS ports, per-worker statistics, configurable payouts, and Telegram or email notifications.