I think for a newbie, a free pool is best to get your feet "wet" lol.
I love puns. But seriously, Mine at a free one first, get your first pay out (0.01 or more in some places) and you can breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that everything is working.
Then, join a pool you have researched. I just learned today that Reddit has a pool. Cool.
Topic: Best Pool For a Beginner? (Read 8653 times)
mineco.in is my personal favourite right now. It pays out absolutely everything including transaction fees.
So you choose to pay fees while you could pay none just because 1 user writes he likes it? 
Anyways, I recommend Eligius, automatic payouts without having to do anything (if you stop mining after 1 week you receive the remainder) > all.
Btw. it's perfectly possible wo mine in several pools at once to decrease variance.
u mine for money right?! and then u choose a server where u will get less money XDAnyways, I recommend Eligius, automatic payouts without having to do anything (if you stop mining after 1 week you receive the remainder) > all.
Btw. it's perfectly possible wo mine in several pools at once to decrease variance.
don't know why there are even some ppl who join pools with fees. but if u compare deepbit.net with 3000gh/s vs eligius.st with 300gh/s the world seems to be full of philanthropists.
anyway i recommend eligius.st too, not because i like it *g, but: no fees, no registration needed, lots of stats, automatic payout, no mining for a week and the remains get paids out!
downside: need 1btc for paidout or wait a week, in the last couple days some blocks were invalid.
also for me, it has the highest sharevalue:
6,984*10^9 BTC average for every share submitted eligius.st
6,465*10^9 BTC average for every share submitted bitcoins.lc
3,862*10^9 BTC average for every share submitted deepbit.net they have pps too @ 5,129..*10^9 BTC (which i should have used *G)
those are the 3 i use. i tested bitcoinpool.com too, but since i lost 1/4 of my earning to fees...
Im just looking to give it a quick go before im done for today. Will look into the Pool's properly and choose the right one.
So you choose to pay fees while you could pay none just because 1 user writes he likes it?
Anyways, I recommend Eligius, automatic payouts without having to do anything (if you stop mining after 1 week you receive the remainder) > all.
Btw. it's perfectly possible wo mine in several pools at once to decrease variance.
Anyways, I recommend Eligius, automatic payouts without having to do anything (if you stop mining after 1 week you receive the remainder) > all.
Btw. it's perfectly possible wo mine in several pools at once to decrease variance.
Ok just signed up for Slushes Pool. Going to give it a quick now then.
I personally like Slush's pool (mining.bitcoin.cz) , and BTCguild (BTCGuild.com). Slush has a 2% fee while BTCGuild is free, but I like Slush's pool enough for the fee not to bother me. Deepbit is a good pool too, but has the highest fee at 3%, but Id suggest staying away for the time being, because deepbit has too much marketshare to be healthy for bitcoin as a whole.
Just joined BitCoin have read a little about it and im now looking to join a Pool. Not quite if different Pool's offer different things, im just looking for the best one for a beginner like myself.
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