Coinbase, Circle, and BitPay are some of the prominent names in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Even more important are the miners who form the basis for a strong foundation of bitcoin industry.



However, there are some never-heard-before companies who are actively competing to control bitcoin. Some of them have been listed here:

F2Pool: Also known as DiscusFish, it is run by Wang Chun and Mao Shihang. In July this year,it generated the largest bitcoin transaction everin its effort to clear up a spam attack that was intended to obstruct the network.

AntPool: Operated by Bitmain, it is a China-based mining hardware company, and claims that its technology accounts for56% of global bitcoin miners. It also claims to be the top cloud miner in the world.

BitFury: It is the best-capitalised mining hardware company in the business, and raised $20 million in July 2015.

KnCMiner: It is a mining hardware company based out of Sweden that raised a $15 million (£9.6 million) Series B in February this year led by Accel Partners.

Ghash.io: Set up in July 2013 and last year,it temporarily acquired control of 51% of the entire bitcoin network.





Other than these, Kano CKPool, P2Pool.org, BitMinter, 8baochi, Slush and many others are in the race to become the biggest name in the industry.