Topic: **P2Pool vs. Traditional Pool** (Read 946 times)
I use p2pools as often as I can. I have not tried one of yours, but gpool.net has a very nice layout of their site. All the info miners are looking for is easy to find.
Here is my 2BTC on the whole p2pool thing, For the past 2 months I have building a custom interface + profit switching for p2pool. Over that time i have gotten my fare share of complaints about P2Pool. ( High DOA, random payouts, Stratum work restarts....) I personally like p2pool over traditional pools but constant loss of users and complaints are making me rethink using p2pool as our back end. I have also noticed once p2pool gets many miners and passes the 200MH mark miners see so many DOA and rejects it scares them off.
Does anyone else have any more input?
For me not keeping the coins on the pool and not registering to the pool is a + for the p2pools but on the other hand it requires having a wallet installed for each coin that you mine and for me that's a problem. I don't have wallets for each and every coin that I mine. Probably it also depends on the hash rate, which is low in my case 
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.It is true that it requires a wallet for each coin, however unless you're using a profit switching pool, you still need a wallet to get payouts with traditional pools as well, unless I'm missing something? Also, it is true that lower hash rates tend to see longer times to receive payouts via pplns, I do understand that.
For me not keeping the coins on the pool and not registering to the pool is a + for the p2pools but on the other hand it requires having a wallet installed for each coin that you mine and for me that's a problem. I don't have wallets for each and every coin that I mine. Probably it also depends on the hash rate, which is low in my case .
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So I've been running a few p2pool's for a month or so and I've noticed something that I don't understand. The user adoption of p2pool seems to be a lot less than traditional pools and I can't figure out why.
First I don't really want to start some kind of flame war for or against p2pool or traditional pools. I'm really just curious why people think p2pool's for BTC, LTC and all other scrypt coins get less attention than others. What I've noticed is that there is a lot of misunderstanding about how they work. Since I've been running the other pools, I get a lot of questions about why they don't have to register for an account. I also get a lot of payout questions for people not understanding PPLNS. They're asking why they haven't seen any kind of payout for hashing at 100KH/s for 20 minutes....
In my opinion, I think it's just a lack of understanding on how it works by new comers and that leads people to shy away from using p2pool's. Now I have nothing against traditional pools. Some people prefer a PROP payout or the GUI of MPOS like pools. I certainly get that. Some people have a good relationship with the good pools that are hosted and want to keep their hashing power there. I certainly get that as well. If you've found a good reliable pool and love it, then stick with them. However, I personally believe that with all the new coins launching, all the new pools popping up and scams running rampant, people might enjoy the safety of a p2pool if they understood how it works and how the server wallet doesn't keep any coins and shares are communicated across the nodes. So in the instance that a node goes down, there is no loss of coins or shares for a miner.
So I'm just curious what the community thinks as to why p2pool's aren't more popular and perhaps what us p2pool owners might be able to do to get more information out there to get their popularity to rise. I appreciate any constructive feedback.
First I don't really want to start some kind of flame war for or against p2pool or traditional pools. I'm really just curious why people think p2pool's for BTC, LTC and all other scrypt coins get less attention than others. What I've noticed is that there is a lot of misunderstanding about how they work. Since I've been running the other pools, I get a lot of questions about why they don't have to register for an account. I also get a lot of payout questions for people not understanding PPLNS. They're asking why they haven't seen any kind of payout for hashing at 100KH/s for 20 minutes....
In my opinion, I think it's just a lack of understanding on how it works by new comers and that leads people to shy away from using p2pool's. Now I have nothing against traditional pools. Some people prefer a PROP payout or the GUI of MPOS like pools. I certainly get that. Some people have a good relationship with the good pools that are hosted and want to keep their hashing power there. I certainly get that as well. If you've found a good reliable pool and love it, then stick with them. However, I personally believe that with all the new coins launching, all the new pools popping up and scams running rampant, people might enjoy the safety of a p2pool if they understood how it works and how the server wallet doesn't keep any coins and shares are communicated across the nodes. So in the instance that a node goes down, there is no loss of coins or shares for a miner.
So I'm just curious what the community thinks as to why p2pool's aren't more popular and perhaps what us p2pool owners might be able to do to get more information out there to get their popularity to rise. I appreciate any constructive feedback.
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