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PPS | Geometric | PPLNS | Double geometric | Proportional | Slush's | SMPPS | ESMPPS | |
Hoppability | None | None | Low/None | None | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Share-variance | Very low | Adjustable | Adjustable | Adjustable | Medium | High | Low | Low |
Pool-variance | None | Adjustable | High | Adjustable | High | High | Low | Low |
Maturity time | None | Low | Adjustable | Adjustable | Medium | Low | Very high | Very high |
Operator risk | High | Adjustable | None | Adjustable | None | None | None | None |
Variance+risk | High | High | Medium | Adjustable | Medium | High | Low | Low |
Variance+risk+maturity | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Complexity | Low | Medium | Medium | High | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Instability | Medium | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | High | High |
Author's rating | 4/5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Pay Tx | Pay | ||||||
Pool | Fee | reward? | Variable difficulty? | Local work? | orphans? | Min withdrawal | Merged mining? |
Mergemining.com | 1% | Yes | p2pool | p2pool | No | NA, hourly payout | Yes (see post in this thread) |
Multipool.us | 1.5% | No | User defined | Stratum | No | Unknown | No |
pool.cryptopros.com | 1.5% | Yes | Unknown | Stratum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Pay Tx | Pay | ||||||
Pool | Fee | reward? | Variable difficulty? | Local work? | orphans? | Min withdrawal | Merged mining? |
BTC Dig.com | 0% | No | 20SPM / User defined | Stratum | No | 0.001 | No |
mmpool.org | 1.5% | Yes | 12 SPM | Stratum | No | 0.005 | Yes |
Pay Tx | Pay | ||||||
Pool | Fee | reward? | Variable difficulty? | Local work? | orphans? | Min withdrawal | Merged mining? |
BCMonster.com | 0.5% | Yes | 12 SPM | Stratum | No | 0.0001 | No |
BitClubPool | 0% | No | 18 SPM | Stratum | No | 0.002 | No |
Bitminter | 1% | Yes | 20 SPM / user defined | Stratum | No | 0.0001 | Yes |
GBMiners | 0.9% | Yes | 18 SPM | Stratum | No | 0.01 | No |
GIVE-ME-COINS.com | 0% | Yes | 16 SPM / user defined | Stratum | No | 0.01 | Currently disabled |
Jonny Bravo's Mining Emporium | 0.5% | Yes | 12 SPM | Stratum | No | 0.001 | No |
Kano | 0.9% | Yes | 18 SPM | Stratum | No | paid out each block | No |
p2Pool | 0% | Yes | p2Pool | p2Pool | No | Unknown | No |
RigPool.com | 0.5% | Yes | 4 SPM | Stratum | No | 0.001 | No |
Pool | Fee | Pay Tx | Variable | Local | Pay | Min | Merged | Variant |
Reward? | difficulty? | work? | orphans? | withdrawal | mining? | explanation | ||
ckpool.org | 0% | Yes | 18 SPM | Stratum | No | 0.0000546 | No | [Link] |
Pay Tx | Pay | ||||||
Pool | Fee | reward? | Variable difficulty? | Local work? | orphans? | Min withdrawal | Merged mining? |
BTC.com | 4% | Yes | User defined | Stratum | Yes | 0.00005 | Yes |
Discus Fish | 4% | No | Dynamic | Stratum | Yes | 0.0005 | Yes |
Pay Tx | Pay | ||||||
Pool | Fee | reward? | Variable difficulty? | Local work? | orphans? | Min withdrawal | Merged mining? |
Eligius | 0% | Yes | 32 SPM | GBT & Stratum | Yes | Unknown | Yes |
Pay Tx | Pay | ||||||
Pool | Fee | reward? | Variable difficulty? | Local work? | orphans? | Min withdrawal | Merged mining? |
Tricky's Bitcoin Pool | 0% | Yes | Variable | Stratum / gbt | No | 0.001 | No |
Pay Tx | Pay | ||||||
Pool | Fee | reward? | Variable difficulty? | Local work? | orphans? | Min withdrawal | Merged mining? |
Slush | 2% | Yes | 20 SPM | Stratum | No | 0.01 | No |
Pay Tx | Pay | ||||||
Pool | Fee | reward? | Variable difficulty? | Local work? | orphans? | Min withdrawal | Merged mining? |
Crypto-Miners Club | 0.5% | Yes | 12 SPM / user defined | Stratum | No | 0.01 | No |
NiceHash Solo | 0.5% | Yes | 18 SPM | Stratum | No | 1 block reward | No |
Solo.ckpool | 0.5% | Yes | 18 SPM | Stratum | No | 1 block reward | No |
Pay Tx | Pay | ||||||
Pool | Fee | reward? | Variable difficulty? | Local work? | orphans? | Min withdrawal | Merged mining? |
Cloudminer.com | 3% | Yes | 18 SPM | Stratum | Yes | 0.0005 | No |
NiceHash | 2% | No | User defined | Stratum | Yes | 0.0001 | No |