Zulupool

Zulupool (beta.zulupool.com)

Zulupool (often styled ZuluPool / ZULUPooL) is a SHA-256 merged-mining pool best known in the Hathor (HTR) ecosystem and, more broadly, among SHA-256 miners who mine Bitcoin-compatible chains. In a “miner–validator” sense, it is not a proof-of-stake validator; rather, it is an entity coordinating proof-of-work miners and producing/validating blocks on the networks it mines by contributing hashpower via pooled infrastructure. (hathor.network)

What it does

• Mining pool coordination: It provides pool endpoints and payout infrastructure so individual miners can contribute hashpower and receive proportional rewards (typical pooled mining model). (hathor.network)
• Merged mining focus (Hathor): Hathor is designed to be merge-mined with SHA-256, allowing miners to receive HTR rewards while mining SHA-256 chains (i.e., “extra” rewards alongside the parent chain’s mining). Zulupool is commonly listed as one of the notable pools used for HTR merged mining. (hathor.network)
• Multi-coin SHA-256 merged mining: Third-party pool directories describe Zulupool as enabling simultaneous mining across multiple SHA-256 coins without reducing overall block-finding performance, and list coins such as BTC, BCH variants, BSV, DGB, etc., while also earning HTR through Hathor merged mining. (ultramining.com)

Recognition in ecosystem listings

• Hathor’s own miner documentation explicitly mentions “Zulu” as one of the popular mining pools for HTR. (hathor.network)
• Public pool-stat aggregators list zulupool among pools supporting HTR on SHA-256. (mining-pool-stats.com)

Name confusion / impersonation note (historical context)

In 2021, during Bitcoin SV (BSV) chain reorganization attacks, reporting described an attacker using the “Zulupool” name; multiple accounts emphasized this was an impostor and not the legitimate Zulupool associated with Hathor merged mining. (coindesk.com)