How to keep the coin safe : wallet or pool.
Is it possible to have % return with pool ? witch pool is seroius ?
PIVX is proof of stake, which means you will receive a reward for staking your coins in the wallet. 90% of each block of 5 PIVX (i.e., 4.5 Piv) is distributed between masternodes and stakers according to PIVX's 'see-saw' mechanism. Currently, the
absolute reward increment is higher for masternodes (2.34 vs. 2.16), but the
rate of receiving rewards is higher for staking, because not all possible coins are being staked. Thus, it is currently slightly more profitable overall to stake than to run a masternode. To stake, you need to leave the wallet running as much as possible, preferably 24/7. You can accomplish this yourself, or you can pay someone else to do it for you.
It is
ALWAYS safer to keep your PIVX (or any other coin) in your own wallet, for which you, and only you, possess the private keys. When you use a staking pool, you are sending your coins to someone else's wallet over which you have no control, and you are trusting that they will be honest and/or that the service will not shut down. You are also paying them a fee for a service that you could be performing for yourself for free (aside from electricity costs). The ONLY time you should consider using a staking pool is if you have very few Piv, and it would take too long to receive a reward by staking them yourself. Even then it's doubtful if the risks of losing control of your coins outweigh the benefits of a few small reward payments.
Regardless, the % return will always be lower in a staking pool because you are paying them a cut of your profits in return for doing the work for you. Again, the cost/benefit equation for whether to use a staking pool will be a function of 1) how many Piv you have; 2) the costs associated with staking in your region (i.e., electricity cost + availability of a computer that you can leave running); and 3) the level of risk you are willing to tolerate.
I don't feel as strongly as others on this forum that you should
never use a staking pool, but I think it is a risky choice and, personally, I wouldn't do it. Those who do go this route should do so only after understanding all the risks and carefully weighing the costs and benefits.
How long it take to transfer coin to Bittrex from wallet or pool.
Transferring PIVX from a PIVX wallet you control to another PIVX wallet is very fast--like, a few seconds. When an exchange is involved, the process often takes longer. I haven't used Bittrex for a while (I prefer Binance) but I don't remember it taking more than 10-15 minutes +/- for PIVX transactions to be confirmed (generally they're faster going from the exchange to your wallet, and slower going from your wallet to the exchange).
When a pool is involved, there is no clear answer. Again, YOU DO NOT CONTROL YOUR OWN COINS when you use a pool. If you want to remove them from the pool, you need to essentially ask the pool admins if you can please have your coins back. It takes some time for your request to be processed, so you're usually looking at 24-48 hours (yes, hours, not minutes) until you receive your coins. It could be longer if they are understaffed, or have technical problems, or are dishonest, or for any number of other reasons. Likewise, transferring into a staking pool is a slower process than transferring anywhere else.
