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legendary
Activity: 1344
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Mine at Jonny's Pool
November 25, 2016, 02:29:46 PM
#27
Of course they are.  If you look at AntPool... they've solved 26 blocks in the past 24 hours.  At 3% fees, that's 9.75BTC they've made that should have gone to miners.  If we expand that out to the past month, Ant has solved 794 blocks.  297.75BTC kept by the pool.  Take away some of that because of their empty blocks... but still.  Not a bad payday ($220,335 for a month's hashing with BTC at $740).
hero member
Activity: 658
Merit: 500
Visualize whirledps
November 24, 2016, 06:39:33 PM
#26
Here you can find most profitable pool: bitcoinchain.com/pools

these pools are by # of blocks found and have nothing to do with profitability.
They are mostly Chinese pools so if you are mining from other countries I would not use largest by size. I am a newbie but this list does not make sense to me.

Just because a pool finds the most blocks doesn't mean it is the most profitable pool. There are many other factors that go into determining what pool is the most profitable for individual miners.
My research shows that the Kano/CK pool is the most profitable for it's members.

Do your own research.
Good luck and best wishes! Smiley
Ah I think he means how much profit THE POOL IS MAKING which has absolutely nothing to do with the profit THE MINERS ARE MAKING.

AH.... That's a different kettle of fish. Most likely the Chinese pools that keep the transaction fees (that should go to the miners) are raking in the most cash.
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legendary
Activity: 4088
Merit: 1631
Ruu \o/
November 24, 2016, 06:36:56 PM
#25
Here you can find most profitable pool: bitcoinchain.com/pools

these pools are by # of blocks found and have nothing to do with profitability.
They are mostly Chinese pools so if you are mining from other countries I would not use largest by size. I am a newbie but this list does not make sense to me.

Just because a pool finds the most blocks doesn't mean it is the most profitable pool. There are many other factors that go into determining what pool is the most profitable for individual miners.
My research shows that the Kano/CK pool is the most profitable for it's members.

Do your own research.
Good luck and best wishes! Smiley
Ah I think he means how much profit THE POOL IS MAKING which has absolutely nothing to do with the profit THE MINERS ARE MAKING.
hero member
Activity: 658
Merit: 500
Visualize whirledps
November 24, 2016, 06:34:32 PM
#24
Here you can find most profitable pool: bitcoinchain.com/pools

these pools are by # of blocks found and have nothing to do with profitability.
They are mostly Chinese pools so if you are mining from other countries I would not use largest by size. I am a newbie but this list does not make sense to me.

Just because a pool finds the most blocks doesn't mean it is the most profitable pool. There are many other factors that go into determining what pool is the most profitable for individual miners.
My research shows that the Kano/CK pool is the most profitable for it's members.

Do your own research.
Good luck and best wishes! Smiley
jr. member
Activity: 66
Merit: 3
November 24, 2016, 06:29:29 PM
#23
Here you can find most profitable pool: bitcoinchain.com/pools

these pools are by # of blocks found and have nothing to do with profitability.
They are mostly Chinese pools so if you are mining from other countries I would not use largest by size. I am a newbie but this list does not make sense to me.
hero member
Activity: 658
Merit: 500
Visualize whirledps
November 24, 2016, 06:19:13 PM
#22
Here you can find most profitable pool: bitcoinchain.com/pools
As far as I can see that site says absolutely nothing about profit, only plotting pool size which has absolutely no correlation with profit.

Here is the link for the calculator Kano recommends for his pool. It is mostly specific to the Kano pool, but may apply and be accurate for others. Good luck!

http://tradebtc.net/bitcalc.php
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legendary
Activity: 4088
Merit: 1631
Ruu \o/
November 24, 2016, 06:14:33 PM
#21
Here you can find most profitable pool: bitcoinchain.com/pools
As far as I can see that site says absolutely nothing about profit, only plotting pool size which has absolutely no correlation with profit.
member
Activity: 104
Merit: 10
The Dutch Crypto Trader
November 24, 2016, 06:08:58 PM
#20
Hi all,
I just bought 3 Antminer S9 units and they are being shipped to my address in Ontario, Canada.
While looking at the videos how to set them up I noticed they will require registering with 3 pools in different priority.
Please advice on where it would be most beneficial to register.

Here you can find most profitable pool: bitcoinchain.com/pools
jr. member
Activity: 66
Merit: 3
November 24, 2016, 06:06:58 PM
#19
FYI guys

I bought 3 s9s from aliexpress. They got delivered to me within 8 days.
I have been running them for one week. At 13 th/s which is what the default setting.
They are not overheating.
Thank you for recommending Kano pool. I really like it: bad interface, everything old style, no fancy graphics but who cares when blocks get found Smiley
So I just bought another 50 machines from the same guy on Alibaba now since it is freight now and aliexpress will not ensure such a big order.
The seller provides amazing discounts not sure how and below manufactures price. Let me know if you need contact.
legendary
Activity: 2506
Merit: 1714
Electrical engineer. Mining since 2014.
November 17, 2016, 05:40:49 AM
#18
Www.eastshore.xyz

I know of one member that's bought theee machaines frlm them. I don't think they are the newest batches and it's debatable if they are really new and not cleaned well after being used. But three machines have been bought and three arrived and worked so.

I haven't ordered anything personally from them but have messaged them and they have been quick to reply to an enquiries (given the time zone difference).
He's talking about me.
I just received a second S9 11.85Th/s model from Eastshore.
Great condition and I have overclocked it to the max. it can do, 13.2Th/s.
The first S9 11.85Th/s which I bought from them is running at 14.1Th/s.

They are performing better than the S9 12.93Th/s model that I bought straight from Bitmain  Grin
The 12.93 model is actually underclocked right now and mining with Enermax Revolution 87+ 1000W PSU.

I have a total of 3x Antminer S9.

It is a sad thing though that Eastshore only has the 13Th/s autotune frequency model of S9 for sale right now.  Undecided
I personally don't like them because they are less controllable.
hero member
Activity: 2534
Merit: 623
November 17, 2016, 01:13:11 AM
#17
Www.eastshore.xyz

I know of one member that's bought theee machaines frlm them. I don't think they are the newest batches and it's debatable if they are really new and not cleaned well after being used. But three machines have been bought and three arrived and worked so.

I haven't ordered anything personally from them but have messaged them and they have been quick to reply to an enquiries (given the time zone difference).
jr. member
Activity: 66
Merit: 3
November 16, 2016, 06:33:25 PM
#16
makes sense
thank you so much it would take me weeks/months to learn this.

BTW all new S9s are now sold out EVERYwhere
I want to buy more but nowhere available but  aliexpress
Any other source has them in stock? I would prefer at least 90 day warranty
hero member
Activity: 2534
Merit: 623
November 16, 2016, 05:17:53 PM
#15
No put them under different worker names so you can identify if one is having a problem username.S9a, username.S9b, username.S9c or some other method of differentiating them from eachother.
hero member
Activity: 1498
Merit: 614
Liable for what i say, not for what you understand
November 16, 2016, 05:15:47 PM
#14
thank you guys
how long should a test last a month? a week?
I have 3 S9s should they be on the same worker id?

Depends on what you are testing: if you want to test them against cooling you might want to wait the season Cheesy

Anyway be prepared to see difficulty cAmeL CaSinG and so will do your daily mining profit Sad

I use a different worked id (under the same username of course) for each miner so you would easily study statistics for each miner.
jr. member
Activity: 66
Merit: 3
November 16, 2016, 05:11:32 PM
#13
thank you guys

how long should a test last a month? a week?

I have 3 S9s should they be on the same worker id?


legendary
Activity: 2506
Merit: 1714
Electrical engineer. Mining since 2014.
November 16, 2016, 05:11:00 PM
#12
This works too, a lot of people decides to mine at different nodes of the same pool:
Also Kano has few different nodes, so you can put them as backup if you want
USA: stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333
Netherlands: stratum+tcp://nl.kano.is:3333
Germany: stratum+tcp://de.kano.is:3333
Singapore: stratum+tcp://sg.kano.is:3333
Japan: stratum+tcp://jp.kano.is:3333

Personally i dont use that method because of delay to ping nodes in different locations than EU.

You are right, I'm from Finland and I'm using at the moment nl.kano.is (Kano.is pool) as a primary pool, de.kano.is (Kano.is pool) as a secondary pool and then the third pool is a solo mining pool de.ckpool.org (Solo.ckpool.org pool).
This is a one good choice for EU guys.
hero member
Activity: 2534
Merit: 623
November 16, 2016, 05:06:07 PM
#11
www.bitminter.com

Been mining with them since I started just under a year ago. Great pool. Going through a tough patch at the minute (but all pools do at some point). Well worth putting as a backup as the payouts will be bigger than other pools although less frequent.
hero member
Activity: 1498
Merit: 614
Liable for what i say, not for what you understand
November 16, 2016, 05:02:47 PM
#10
thanks
pool 3 suggestion would be appreciated also

Oh dont take what i said as a suggestion for your pools, take it as an example of what i use indeed.

This works too, a lot of people decides to mine at different nodes of the same pool:
Also Kano has few different nodes, so you can put them as backup if you want
USA: stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333
Netherlands: stratum+tcp://nl.kano.is:3333
Germany: stratum+tcp://de.kano.is:3333
Singapore: stratum+tcp://sg.kano.is:3333
Japan: stratum+tcp://jp.kano.is:3333

Personally i dont use that method because of delay to ping nodes in different locations than EU.

Pick your own pool(s) and use pool1, pool2, pool3 as sequential mining backups if anything goes wrong, so you wont loose your mining operation because a node becomes unreachable (miner's software would automatically switch to pool2 if pool1 falls down and it would automatically switch to pool3 if pool2 falls down).

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I am in Canada BTW
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I ping fine in Canada so propably the Germany and Netherland nodes would be ok for you as pool2 and 3
jr. member
Activity: 66
Merit: 3
November 16, 2016, 04:57:55 PM
#9
thanks
pool 3 suggestion would be appreciated also
I am in Canada BTW
legendary
Activity: 2506
Merit: 1714
Electrical engineer. Mining since 2014.
November 16, 2016, 04:48:30 PM
#8
Also Kano has few different nodes, so you can put them as backup if you want
USA: stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333
Netherlands: stratum+tcp://nl.kano.is:3333
Germany: stratum+tcp://de.kano.is:3333
Singapore: stratum+tcp://sg.kano.is:3333
Japan: stratum+tcp://jp.kano.is:3333
hero member
Activity: 1498
Merit: 614
Liable for what i say, not for what you understand
November 16, 2016, 04:32:56 PM
#7
thanks

so
Pool 1:   stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333
Pool1 worker:   MYUSERNAME.worker
Pool1 password:   x

what should I use for pool 2 and 3


It is recommended to use backup pools in case main pool goes down or becomes unreachable
so for example i use kano as pool1, slush as pool2 and a private pool as third backup.
jr. member
Activity: 66
Merit: 3
November 16, 2016, 04:00:25 PM
#6
thanks

so
Pool 1:   stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333
Pool1 worker:   MYUSERNAME.worker
Pool1 password:   x

what should I use for pool 2 and 3
hero member
Activity: 1498
Merit: 614
Liable for what i say, not for what you understand
November 16, 2016, 03:29:35 PM
#5
I registered at https://www.kano.is
how to set up my bitcoin address there?

You have to login and then Account>Settings you willsee the payout address
jr. member
Activity: 66
Merit: 3
November 16, 2016, 02:55:25 PM
#4
I registered at https://www.kano.is
how to set up my bitcoin address there?
jr. member
Activity: 66
Merit: 3
November 15, 2016, 11:29:25 PM
#3
thanks for the reply
 I should use Kano/CKPool  for #1
how about #2 and 3
should I use their secondaries?
hero member
Activity: 658
Merit: 500
Visualize whirledps
November 15, 2016, 06:47:47 PM
#2
Hi all,
I just bought 3 Antminer S9 units and they are being shipped to my address in Ontario, Canada.
While looking at the videos how to set them up I noticed they will require registering with 3 pools in different priority.
Please advice on where it would be most beneficial to register.

My recommendation would be Kano/CKPool for pool Number 1.
Address: stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333

I have four Antminer S9's on the pool. You can search the threads and find recommendations regarding pools and their pro's and con's. IMHO, it's Kano all the way if you don't live in China. And, you would do well to steer clear of Chinese pools.
jr. member
Activity: 66
Merit: 3
November 15, 2016, 02:28:39 PM
#1
Hi all,
I just bought 3 Antminer S9 units and they are being shipped to my address in Ontario, Canada.
While looking at the videos how to set them up I noticed they will require registering with 3 pools in different priority.
Please advice on where it would be most beneficial to register.
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