# CryptoNote Mining Pool

[Cryptocurrency miners](/recipes/cryptominer) will "pool" their GPU resources ("_hashpower_") into aggregate "_mining pools_", so that by the combined effort of all the miners, the pool will receive a reward for the blocks "mined" into the blockchain, and this reward will be distributed among the miners.

[CryptoNote](https://cryptonote.org/) is an open-source toolset designed to facilitate the creation of new privacy-focused  [cryptocurrencies](https://cryptonote.org/coins)

(_CryptoNote = 'Kryptonite'. In a pool. Get it?_)

![CryptoNote Mining Pool Screenshot](/images/cryptonote-mining-pool.png)

The fact that all these currencies share a common ancestry means that a common mining pool platform can be used for miners. The following recipes all use variations of [Dvandal's cryptonote-nodejs-pool ](https://github.com/dvandal/cryptonote-nodejs-pool)

## Mining Pool Recipies

* [TurtleCoin](/recipes/turtle-pool/), the no-BS, fun baby cryptocurrency
* [Athena](/recipes/cryptonote-mining-pool/athena/), TurtleCoin's newborn baby sister