Spread hashrate sounds like good idea to minimize bad luck (and decentralize bitcoin network) but it still will be existent. Do you plan to have some buffer in case that income < calculated payout?
Mentioned pools have merged altcoin mining enabled. What will happen with that altcoins?
The payout calculation based on theoretical income (100% PPS after deducting upkeep cost) is the best possible and most fair one for the buyer, since it shifts all potential risk to operator. If you ever ran in situations where your mining rig idled over a longer period of time (pool DDoS'd, ISP down, PSU shutdown) or you sent your shares for days to a pool that suffered a withholding attack, you'll know how preferable this offer is (or why PPS pools used to have fees in the 5% range). Even if there was some potential to earn 1-2% on altcoins (no idea what they are worth meanwhile), I think it is not enough to compensate the involved risks.
@amhash: could you please comment on the following points:
1) IPO price
Prospectus says 1.25 mBTC, while price displayed at IPO order is 1.3 mBTC. Is this a rounding error, or do you adapt the price towards $0.5?
2) exchange risk
Would it be possible to move AMHash shares into some external vault (like done with AM direct shares)?
3) volume discount
Given the fair pricing, this might sound shameless but worth trying: do you offer discounts for larger block buys (like what we had with AM IPO)?
Thanks.