Topic: [NEW] Directpool.net -BTC- Fee 1% [Pay TX, PPLNS, NMC, Vardiff] Giving back (Read 8911 times)

I think it's dead. But there is another pool for solo mining where I put my antminer. The pool found their very first block and it all goes to the miner who found it.
http://bitsolo.net

DirectPool has done major updates to the pool and it is almost ready to be "relaunched". More info will be posted within a few days.

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Is DirectPool still operating? I signed up and will mine from there with my Bitmain S1 180 Gh/s. If pool gets lucky, more shares of BTC for existing less than 10 miners. I can leave the miner on forever and ever just to support decentralization of network.

Unfortunately you have been misinformed. This pool uses a centralized server the same as every other standard pool. If you really wish to "support decentralization of network" then the only option is to use the p2pool software here:   https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/1500-th-p2pool-decentralized-dos-resistant-hop-proof-pool-18313

This is currently the ONLY truly decentralized mining "pool". 

copy/paste from here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6182907


Bumping your own pool with fake accounts?  Bit sad  

Maza isn't "yet".

Very soon, DirectPool will be fully packed with merge mineable coins. (plus more)

We will announce very soon with the big news!

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I started using Directpool last week, and I'm very impressed! Fantastic live statistics, great interface and a competitive community.

I highly recommend you check it out if you haven't already!

I could be way off base here, but I'm under the impression that Maza is merge mineable with Bitcoin. If true, I'd like to see that happen.

That's great to hear, thanks!

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Edit:

Currently working on adding more merge mineable coins. More updates on this will be provided soon.

DP has excellent customer service support so far... Quick to respond and made requests fast! Looking forward to putting in more hashing power here...

I think the community voting on initiatives could be adopted by more pools as an added layer.  That way the good can be spread no matter where someone mines.  It is just a way to organize these donation efforts in a better way.  Not force anything on anyone.  If each month 20 things are nominated, and top 5 get a cut of the pooled funds from all the pools involved that would go a long way to being effective. And then you can have rules that anything that was a top 5 and got funds can't get any more for the next 3 months to spread things around.  Popular things can still gain quarterly, but not dominate. Can have a weighted scale too that positions 1-5 get a scaled value so its not 95% go to #1 and the next 4 share 5%.  (something like 35%, 25%, 15%, 10%, 5% and 10% go to the pool operators for any pool that is free but pools can chose to charge what they want, but not get that part of the donation for example)

The above avoids a small pool trying to convince miners to jump aboard by taking the idea of community funding to established pools so no risk to miners

If Direct Pool is to gain traction, they would probably have to do a pledge drive in where they sign up enough people willing to all switch at once.  Not full proof by any means since attracting miners can be like herding cats but if the pledge results was high enough it would be the 'a crowd attracts a crowd' approach

The pools Web UI looks great... There is every graph and bell and whistle any miner would want to look at from a monitoring stand point...With that, 2 thumbs up.....But at the pools current hash rate. it could be 2 months before the pool finds a block.....NOW...if you can some how merge this front end with the 51% attack proof, DDos proof , Decentralized  P2Pool network... I think you would have something to Advertize on all the AP news sites....

But as it stands its almost solo mining.....



I would use this pool just because of the way it looks.....
I would not use this pool because of long block finding times.....