First... Much respect to the kano pool. I'm still new-ish to mining and learning more each day so I'm looking for some feedback. I'm not going to mention names but just looking for the differences here and absolutely none of this is meant in a bad way...
Two pools to compare. One has a lot of hashing power and the other does not. One gets a lot of block and the other does not or at least lately.
If I mine on the one that has a lot of miners and we're finding lots of blocks I get a steady payout but my shares are smaller. Lately it has increased and although we're getting lots of blocks and processing them faster in some cases my share has shrunk a bit.
So the real questions are...
If I mine on a smaller pool that may not find as many blocks are the rewards really large enough to make up for the times when the pool is not finding the blocks? I'm just a little guy right now with 1 Antminer S9 and 3 more on the way. I'm learning a lot from everyone and think the kano pool and miners are dedicated, loyal and they stay for a reason so is this the case?
An example for my current pool...
We get a block that's 19.35259244 BTC. Took 00:34:59 to process it and my take was 0.00016099 BTC.
Does it take much longer to process a block with less hashing power? Would my share be much larger due to less miners to share with? I know some of this is based on how many transactions are in the block and other factors.
Apologies for my lack of knowledge but I am learning and I appreciate any feedback.
Hello and welcome!
There are a few big differentiators between this pool and the larger pool.
1 - This pool has smaller fees. In the long run, you will come out ahead.
2 - The pool operator here is active and transparent. He tells you everything, and then some, about what is going on. The other pool op presumably still exists, but I don't see him posting much.
3 - I believe the blocks found here will be larger than the blocks found there.
Also, to answer your other question, the payouts here, while fewer and "farrer" between, will equal or more to that of the other pool.
Lastly, by mining here, you help a tiny pool. Too much power at a pool causes them to be tempted to do things they shouldn't do. (Like disappear from the community.)
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