# Compass Mining

> Now everyone can mine bitcoin

Compass Mining is a Bitcoin mining platform that sells mining hardware and hosts it in managed facilities. It lets individuals and businesses mine Bitcoin without running their own infrastructure.

Compass Mining is a Bitcoin mining service that combines hardware sales with hosting. Customers buy mining machines through the platform and have them installed in partner data centers, where power, cooling, and maintenance are handled for them. The aim is to make Bitcoin mining practical for people and companies who do not want to build or operate their own facilities.

Hosting runs across a network of around 20 facilities, with an uptime guarantee for hosted machines. Compass also offers repairs and hardware upgrades to keep fleets running, along with flexible payment plans that spread the cost of buying equipment over time.

A built-in marketplace lets customers buy and sell miners, giving them a way to scale up, exit, or rebalance their fleet as hardware generations and mining economics change. Hardware and hosting prices are published upfront, with fast deployment of new machines.

Compass Mining serves retail miners getting started with a few machines and larger operators managing many units. Its stated mission is to spread Bitcoin mining across more participants so that the network's hash rate is less concentrated.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Mining
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2020-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/compass_mining

## Products

- [Compass Mining Platform](https://thegrid.id/profiles/compass_mining): Compass Mining Platform provides Bitcoin mining hardware procurement, hosting verification, and marketplace services for individuals and businesses. The system connects miners with hosting facilities while offering hardware sales and resale capabilities. (Node Hardware, Live, Main Product)

## Links

- [Main](https://compassmining.io)
- [Documentation](https://support.compassmining.io/hc/en-us)
- [Blog](https://education.compassmining.io/education)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/compass_mining)
- [Instagram](https://instagram.com/realcompassmining)
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@CompassMining)

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