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donator
Activity: 2058
Merit: 1007
Poor impulse control.
February 16, 2018, 03:38:52 AM
Well, I finally managed to log back on to the forum after a long break - and I'm surprised that no one has taken over the pools list! Come on people, this is a really important service and should be kept up to date! I don't have time anymore, but I'm sure someone here is capable. Message me if you'd like my input or advice, but get started soon -- the community needs a non-partisan pools list.
legendary
Activity: 2730
Merit: 1034
Needs more jiggawatts
February 11, 2018, 03:20:47 PM
are there any pools in middle of europe, near germany or in germany?

Bitminter has a server in Germany, at eu1.bitminter.com:3333

That said, having a server close to you will only reduce your stale work a tiny bit. So maybe you earn 0.02% more bitcoin.
legendary
Activity: 4592
Merit: 1851
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
December 31, 2017, 07:02:11 PM
and here from someone else who has done a much more thorough job....

   https://poolprofit.io/en/  
as has been stated elsewhere a while ago when that list was already pointed out ... it doesn't include any smaller pools ... nor my pool that comes out above slush Tongue
sr. member
Activity: 327
Merit: 250
December 31, 2017, 12:56:15 PM
and here from someone else who has done a much more thorough job....

   https://poolprofit.io/en/  
dsh
newbie
Activity: 46
Merit: 0
December 21, 2017, 11:42:12 PM
sr. member
Activity: 327
Merit: 250
December 19, 2017, 12:18:12 PM
legendary
Activity: 4592
Merit: 1851
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
December 16, 2017, 06:24:27 PM
Expected Time to Block:   66d 14h 17m 55s...............pffffffffffffft!!

i have infinite patience, but....
Funny part is that makes no difference as to how much bitcoin you get. Ah well, mine on....
Funny part is that it does make a difference.

Since it crosses multiple diff changes it devalues your reward, for your work done, dramatically.

Read up about "Bitcoin Difficulty" Tongue
legendary
Activity: 3164
Merit: 2258
I fix broken miners. And make holes in teeth :-)
December 16, 2017, 06:00:58 PM
Expected Time to Block:   66d 14h 17m 55s...............pffffffffffffft!!

i have infinite patience, but....
Funny part is that makes no difference as to how much bitcoin you get. Ah well, mine on....
sr. member
Activity: 327
Merit: 250
December 16, 2017, 05:09:18 PM
Expected Time to Block:   66d 14h 17m 55s...............pffffffffffffft!!

i have infinite patience, but....
legendary
Activity: 4592
Merit: 1851
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
December 16, 2017, 09:44:23 AM
True, however:

1) It's not Bitmain
2) It's a pretty fair system
3) Far more distributed than your normal pool (although I really haven't heard of a pool stealing work lately)

YMMV as always.
Lulz, when only a few mining servers cover most of the p2pool hash rate - the distributed argument doesn't count for much.
Over 2/3 of the BTC in the last p2pool block went to 2 addresses ... 4.65631712 + 6.14104235 out of 15.53807805 BTC
legendary
Activity: 3164
Merit: 2258
I fix broken miners. And make holes in teeth :-)
December 16, 2017, 09:00:32 AM
True, however:

1) It's not Bitmain
2) It's a pretty fair system
3) Far more distributed than your normal pool (although I really haven't heard of a pool stealing work lately)

YMMV as always.
legendary
Activity: 4592
Merit: 1851
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
December 16, 2017, 12:37:28 AM
There is of course also the option of running p2pool.org: Highly distributed, pays out new coins, pretty anonymous, and you can elect 0% to the pool development if you really want to. Also pays out all tx fees.
That's only for blocks you find on your own p2pool node.
Everyone else who finds a p2pool block, decides what % of the reward goes to the developer.

Also it's not fully distributed since a lot of people mine to other p2pool nodes rather than creating their own.

Edit: also there's issues with the main p2pool filling up blocks and using segwit ... ... ...
legendary
Activity: 3164
Merit: 2258
I fix broken miners. And make holes in teeth :-)
December 16, 2017, 12:30:31 AM
There is of course also the option of running p2pool.org: Highly distributed, pays out new coins, pretty anonymous, and you can elect 0% to the pool development if you really want to. Also pays out all tx fees.
newbie
Activity: 16
Merit: 0
December 15, 2017, 02:57:29 AM
Please avoid BTCC or BTCCHINA for mining.

I tried to mine BTCC a week ago and never received a payment. So far I have 0.002 BTCs on their hand.

When I contacted the customer support, they said I changed the wallet address and I need to wait for 3 days. After I wait for 3 days, they changed the excuse and said they change the payment policy from 0.001 to 0.01 BTCs.

They have no clear payment policy on their website. They could say whatever they want to avoid the payment.

Scammer at the finest.

sr. member
Activity: 327
Merit: 250
December 14, 2017, 11:03:30 PM
and to echo another persons perplexed query, why in blue blazes would anybody mine at antpool? or those other three big fat pools with lousy payout policies?
i am seriously curious. if you are one of those people, please leave a note of explanation for the rest of us. are we missing something?
this is not a snide put down. it's a serious question. why take such a large loss and lend power and BTCBTC to corporate avarice threatening the base principals of us all?



PLEASE don't mine at pools with a poor payout/fee policy. It only feeds the monster.
sr. member
Activity: 327
Merit: 250
December 14, 2017, 10:35:18 PM
i dusted the dirt off an older s1 and am running it at Kano's pool. Kano.is
If I can get the accumulated grime off of another old s1, i am going to run it solo on solo.ckpool.org  [thanks os2sam]
  [i wouldnt object to a big fat 12.5BTC if i get lucky, and in that case CK deserves his 1% for the help]


a word on the old s1 s....    they ran for 7 months unattended nonstop, then when a shelf collapsed they fell 3 ft onto a stone floor, i put them back and they kept on running.
today they generat 45c per day BTC and they burn 88c per day electric. if the solo unit hits, it will more than cover its cost in used plutonium.
newbie
Activity: 34
Merit: 0
December 14, 2017, 06:57:55 PM
Since i only got a little more than 1TH/s miningpower , should i consider larger or smaller pools to mine for more profit?
could you somehow guide me into the right direction to find out?
regards

pool size will only affect the frequency of your payments
larger pool... more smaller payments
smaller pool.. fewer larger payments
too small of a pool.. danger of going several difficulty periods before a payment [not a good thing]

be sure that your pool paysout tx fees.. a lot dont.
the twwo pools of appreciable size with the better pool fees are slushpool and viabtc.com
i split my miners between them to get the same overall payout with less chance of a run of bad luck.
if you can split your power id reccomend that but its up to the individual to decide.

Thats the safest thing i can reccomend while at the same time maximizing your profit.
for a quick start anyway you can place your miners and then take your time looking at all the pool policies. fees. and payouts.

using pplns plan is usually the best payback option .
using  pps type plans will give you a constant even payback regardless of the pools block find success but will in general cost you an extra 1% to 3% bite out of your overall payback.

see my post below a ways, and dont go for the sucker bets.


thank you !
that was really informative Smiley
will look into it but am allready a fan of slush.
viabtc looks good aswell
ill take a glimpse
sr. member
Activity: 327
Merit: 250
December 14, 2017, 03:36:06 PM
Since i only got a little more than 1TH/s miningpower , should i consider larger or smaller pools to mine for more profit?
could you somehow guide me into the right direction to find out?
regards

pool size will only affect the frequency of your payments
larger pool... more smaller payments
smaller pool.. fewer larger payments
too small of a pool.. danger of going several difficulty periods before a payment [not a good thing]

be sure that your pool paysout tx fees.. a lot dont.
the twwo pools of appreciable size with the better pool fees are slushpool and viabtc.com
i split my miners between them to get the same overall payout with less chance of a run of bad luck.
if you can split your power id reccomend that but its up to the individual to decide.

Thats the safest thing i can reccomend while at the same time maximizing your profit.
for a quick start anyway you can place your miners and then take your time looking at all the pool policies. fees. and payouts.

using pplns plan is usually the best payback option .
using  pps type plans will give you a constant even payback regardless of the pools block find success but will in general cost you an extra 1% to 3% bite out of your overall payback.

see my post below a ways, and dont go for the sucker bets.
newbie
Activity: 34
Merit: 0
December 14, 2017, 11:26:18 AM
Since i only got a little more than 1TH/s miningpower , should i consider larger or smaller pools to mine for more profit?
could you somehow guide me into the right direction to find out?
regards
legendary
Activity: 4592
Merit: 1851
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
December 13, 2017, 08:39:44 PM
thank you so much .
 Mergemining.com  <== i will try with this pool . since Nicehash down , I still not get any information from them.


please let us know what you find out.
last I thought, Merged mining yields about 4c per $100 advantage, but I may have missed something.
It also affects the performance of the pool and the pool's bitcoind block changes, due to running extra scamcoin clients for each extra scamcoin, and thus that also has a hidden cost/loss ...
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