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Topic: Merged Mining? (Read 530 times)

sr. member
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Merit: 250
June 05, 2013, 07:46:13 AM
#6
Good point. Wouldn't surprise me at all.

I've started mining with bitminter, which gives you namecoins as well, though they don't seem to be worth much
newbie
Activity: 42
Merit: 0
June 05, 2013, 05:21:55 AM
#5
Awesome.

Thanks for that. Interesting.

So why isn't every mining pool out there doing merged ming?

I wonder if pool could do double mining covertly, e.g. give you jsut BTC and keep other profit?
legendary
Activity: 1106
Merit: 1004
June 05, 2013, 04:42:30 AM
#4
Honestly I don't know... you should ask your pool operator directly what are his motives.
sr. member
Activity: 266
Merit: 250
June 05, 2013, 01:25:56 AM
#3
Awesome.

Thanks for that. Interesting.

So why isn't every mining pool out there doing merged ming?
legendary
Activity: 1106
Merit: 1004
June 05, 2013, 01:21:29 AM
#2
It costs the same, and you get double rewards.
See http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/273/how-does-merged-mining-work
sr. member
Activity: 266
Merit: 250
June 05, 2013, 01:16:14 AM
#1
Can anyone please explain to me the deal with merged mining? Bitminter.com says that they also mine Namecoins because they come at no extra effort. What is actually going on there? Is it just as profitable to mine both at the same time?

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