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Topic: Who pays me when pool mining? (Read 654 times)

legendary
Activity: 4634
Merit: 1851
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
April 13, 2015, 05:29:25 PM
#4
It depends on the implementation.  As you saw p2pool pays you directly from the generated 25BTC.
So does Eligius, it seems; see, e.g., this. AntPool, however, takes the entire reward to one address; see, e.g., this. That latter method seems much more prone to fraud.
Paying in the coinbase and paying from the coinbase makes no difference to fraud at all.
The pool makes the transaction in both cases ...

Paying later really isn't much difference either since you can look at the payout method and (if related to the payout) the block find history, and determine what you should be paid.
All 3 are transactions created by the pool and similar fraud can be done in all 3.
sr. member
Activity: 507
Merit: 253
April 13, 2015, 04:35:49 PM
#3
It depends on the implementation.  As you saw p2pool pays you directly from the generated 25BTC.
So does Eligius, it seems; see, e.g., this. AntPool, however, takes the entire reward to one address; see, e.g., this. That latter method seems much more prone to fraud.
legendary
Activity: 1344
Merit: 1024
Mine at Jonny's Pool
April 13, 2015, 04:23:11 PM
#2
It depends on the implementation.  As you saw p2pool pays you directly from the generated 25BTC.  Other pools pay you from their wallets when coins mature - Kano does this.
sr. member
Activity: 507
Merit: 253
April 13, 2015, 02:21:16 PM
#1
When I pool mine, do my payments come from the pool operator's personal account? From the pool's wallet? Or from somewhere else?

When using P2Pool, the payments appear in bitcoin-qt as though I had mined the block myself.

(cf. the Bitcoin StackExchange question)
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