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Topic: Do Pools Generally Keep The "Generated Fees" Associated With Each Block? (Read 1675 times)

full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
This is going to HAVE to change.

Eventually all the BTC we mine will be fees!
newbie
Activity: 18
Merit: 0
On Wuked's pool I got the whole 8 decimals paid when we found the first block.
same thing happened to the 2nd one (assuming it confirms ok)
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 252
Yes.

I guess this is because

1) Getting the value of the transaction is harder than just setting it to 50BTC.
2) Pools aren't trivial to run, and they deserve some benefits.

I'm running a trial on my pool where we pay out the fees on the block as well as the 50BTC, but I don't know how sustainable it is in the long term.

A lot of pools only payout up to 2 decimal places. If a user leaves your pool, can they withdraw all 8 decimal places of their BTC?

This irks me too.

It's like a hidden tax for using their services if you cannot cash out 100% of your earnings.

I am sure that as the bitcoin client progresses however that the larger pools will implement such things.
legendary
Activity: 826
Merit: 1004
Yes.

I guess this is because

1) Getting the value of the transaction is harder than just setting it to 50BTC.
2) Pools aren't trivial to run, and they deserve some benefits.

I'm running a trial on my pool where we pay out the fees on the block as well as the 50BTC, but I don't know how sustainable it is in the long term.

A lot of pools only payout up to 2 decimal places. If a user leaves your pool, can they withdraw all 8 decimal places of their BTC?
legendary
Activity: 1750
Merit: 1007
BTC Guild currently keeps tx fees, and will likely do so until the total of donations + fees are more than 2% per block.   My current plan is to eventually set it up so any txfees which push the income per block over 2% will be split with the pool.  Until then (and even after that point), I disclose exactly how much BTC the pool has generated in TX Fees on our block statistics page.
legendary
Activity: 1862
Merit: 1114
WalletScrutiny.com
pools are evil. at least that's my conclusion.

as long as nobody bothers to debunk my concerns in the other thread, i will stick with this conclusion.

if the profit/year when using a pool is:
* more, they are evil to the bitcoin system.
* less, they are evil to their contributors.

in any case they might or might not be part of cartels and be evil to both on the long run.

sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 252
Yes.

I guess this is because

1) Getting the value of the transaction is harder than just setting it to 50BTC.
2) Pools aren't trivial to run, and they deserve some benefits.

I'm running a trial on my pool where we pay out the fees on the block as well as the 50BTC, but I don't know how sustainable it is in the long term.

Good to know, thanks for the response!
member
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
Yes.

I guess this is because

1) Getting the value of the transaction is harder than just setting it to 50BTC.
2) Pools aren't trivial to run, and they deserve some benefits.

I'm running a trial on my pool where we pay out the fees on the block as well as the 50BTC, but I don't know how sustainable it is in the long term.
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 252
I have seen a lot of "0%" pools pop up recently...

All of them seem to state "you are getting exactly what you deserve" ... "you get 50 BTC divided by the amount of work you contributed" ...

But there is nothing that mentions dividing of transaction fees, anywhere.

So am I correct in believing that the owners of every major pool simply pocket the transaction fees? (And ask for a "donation" on top of that?! (some of them!))
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