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Comparison of mining pools

2011-12-16T14:31:56Z

Manifold:

Reward types & explanation:
* '''PPS''' - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BC. Since finding a block requires <current difficulty> shares ''on average'', a PPS method with 0% fee would be 50 BTC divided by <current difficulty>. It is risky for pool operators, hence the fee is highest.
* '''SMPPS''' - Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like Pay Per Share, but never pays more than the pool earns. [http://.st/wiki/index.php/Shared_Maximum_PPS]
* '''ESMPPS''' - Equalized Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like SMPPS, but equalizes payments fairly among all those who are owed. [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12181.msg378851#msg378851]
* '''CPPSRB''' - Capped Pay Per Share with Recent Backpay.
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.
* '''PPLNS''' - Pay Per Last N Shares. Similar to proportional, but instead of looking at the number of shares in the round, instead looks at the last N shares, regardless of round boundaries.
* '''Score''' - Score based system: a proportional reward, but weighed by time submitted. Each submitted share is worth more in the function of time ''t'' since start of current round. For each share score is updated by: score += exp(t/C). This makes later shares worth much more than earlier shares, thus the miner's score quickly diminishes when they stop mining on the pool. Rewards are calculated proportionally to scores (and not to shares). (at slush's pool C=300 seconds, and every hour scores are normalized)
[http://eligius.st/~luke-jr/samples/800MH-3/ Visual examples of the various payout methods]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Location !! GH/s<ref name="hashrate2">Note that pool hashrate is largely irrelevant but can be seen as a popularity measurement. Note however that it is a theoretical security issue if one pool gains above 50% of the total computational power of the network, thus consider joining a pool based on other metrics.</ref> !! Merged Mining<ref name="merged">Merged mining allows miners to mine on multiple [[block chains]] at the same time with the same hashing.</ref> !! Reward Type !! Transaction fees !! Fee PPS !! Fee Prop / Score !! Protocol !! Launched !! Forum !! Website
|-
| [[21bitcoin|21bitcoin]] || CN, HK || 2 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-20 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=33586.0 Link] || [http://21bitcoin.com/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[ABCPool.co|ABCPool.co]] || USA || 290 || ? || PPS<ref name="stales">ABCPool also rewards stale shares</ref> || kept by pool || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || RPC+LP || 2011-08-02 || [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=33586.0 Link] || [http://www.ABCPool.co/ Link]
|-
| [[ArsBitcoin|ArsBitcoin]] || USA || 400 || No || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || RPC+LP || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18567.0 Link] || [https://arsbitcoin.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcash.cz|Bitcash.cz]] || Czech Republic || 10 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-21 || [http://bitcash.cz/forum/ Link] ||
[http://bitcash.cz/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoin-Station|Bitcoin-Station]] || Germany || 5 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 2% || RPC+LP || 2011-09-11 || || [https://bitcoin-station.com/ Link]
|-

| [[Betcoin.co_Pool|Betcoin.co Pool]] || USA || 5.9 || ? || PPLNS || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-07 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26439.0 Link] || [http://pool.betcoin.co/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitarama|Bitarama.com]] || USA || 0.021 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || || RPC+LP || 2011-08-02 || || [http://www.bitarama.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitclockers|BitClockers]] || USA, EU || 241 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 2% || RPC+LP || 2011-05-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=10127.0 Link] || [http://bitclockers.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoin_Pool|Bitcoin Mining Pool]] || USA || 196 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || RPC+LP || Unknown || [http://bitcoinpool.com/forum/ Link] || [http://www.bitcoinpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoin_Pooled_Mining|Bitcoin Pooled Mining (Slush)]] || EU/London || 1290 || [[NMC]] || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || RPC+LP || 2010-11-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=1976.0 Link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoinitalia]] || Italy || 0.45 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-12 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26634.0 Link] || [http://www.btcfarm.us/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 221 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-05-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=10121.0 Link] || [http://www.bitcoins.lc/ Link]
|-
| [[BitLotto Pool]] || Los Angeles || 0.4 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || || RPC+LP || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13794.0 Link] || [http://www.bitlottopool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BitMinter]] || USA || 65 || [[NMC]] || PPLNS || shared || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-18 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=27062.0 Link] || [https://bitminter.com Link]
|-
| [[Bitp.it]] || USA || 20 || ? || ESMPPS || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12181.0 Link] || [https://pool.bitp.it Link]
|-
| [[BitPenny]] || USA || 10 || No || CPPSRB || 97% shared || 3% || || Proprietary<ref name="local">Proprietary-protocol pools (BitPenny and p2pool) provide JSON-RPC to miners locally.</ref> || 2011-02-08 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=36371.0 Link] || [http://bitpenny.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 1109 || No || PPS || kept by pool || 5% || || RPC+LP || 2011-05-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7760.0 Link] || [http://www.btcguild.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 152 || ? || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || RPC+LP || 2011-03-11 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=4251.0 Link] || [http://www.btcmine.com/ Link]
|-
| [[btcmp.com]] || Germany || 40 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcserv|BTCServ]] || Germany || 30 || Converted to BC || PPS || kept by pool || 0% || || RPC+LP || 2011-07-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=27101.0 Link] || [http://btcserv.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 2.5 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]
|-
| [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ CHWpool] || Chile || 0 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-30 || || [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Coinotron|Coinotron]] || Poland || 33 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-06 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26727.0 Link] || [http://www.coinotron.com Link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 3215 || No || PPS / Prop. || kept by pool || 10% || 3% || RPC+LP || 2011-02-26 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=3889.0 Link] || [http://deepbit.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 90 || [[NMC]] || Double Geo || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=16385.0 Link] || [https://eclipsemc.com Link]
|-
| [[Eligius]] || Germany || 405  || [[NMC]] || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0.000001%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || RPC+LP, Binary || 2011-04-27 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6667.0 Link] || [http://eligius.st Link]
|-
| [[MasterPool]] || Germany || 20 || [[NMC]] || PPLNS || shared || || 1 or 2%<ref name="payoutfee">Fee is a payout fee. Instant payout: 2%. Scheduled payout (each night): 1%</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-07-18 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42667.0 Link] || [https://www.masterpool.eu Link]
|-
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 94 || ? || PPLNS || shared || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0 Link] || [https://mineco.in/ Link]
|-
| [[Mining Team Reddit (MtRed)]] || USA, EU || 99 || [[NMC]] || PPS || kept by pool || 7% || || RPC+LP || 2011-05-25 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=15929.0 1] [http://reddit.com/r/mtred/ 2] || [http://www.mtred.com/ Link]
|-
| [[NoFeeMining]] || USA || 48 || ? || RSMPPS || shared || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18301.0 Link] || [http://nofeemining.appspot.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 69 || No || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]
|-
| [[P2Pool]] || Earth (P2P) || 25 || No || PPLNS || shared || || 0% || Proprietary<ref name="local"/> || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18313.0 Link] || [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/P2Pool Link]
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland || 96 || ? || PPS || shared || 2% || || RPC || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.polmine.pl/ Link] || [https://polmine.pl/ Link]
|-
| [[rfcpool]] || UK, EU || 60 || No || PPLNS || shared || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-07-05 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26164.0/ Link] || [https://www.rfcpool.com Link]
|-
| [[Simplecoin|Simplecoin.us]] || US || 70 || [[NMC]] || SMPPS / PPLNS / Prop || kept by pool || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-06-02 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=11186.0 Link] || [http://simplecoin.us/ Link]
|-
| [[Triplemining]] || Europe || 20.6 || ? || PPLNS || kept by pool || || 1% <ref name="jackpot">Triplemining's 1% fee is redistributed using a weekly jackpot</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [http://tinyurl.com/triplemining Link]
|-
| [[UnitedMiners]] || US || 2 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [http://www.unitedminers.com Link]
|-
| [[yourbtc.net]] || Germany || 300 || [[NMC]] || DGM || shared || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-09-10 || [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42631.0 Link] || [http://yourbtc.net/ Link]
|-
| [[pool.mkalinin.ru]] || Russia || 16 || No || PPLNS || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-20 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=30703.0 Link] || [http://pool.mkalinin.ru/ Link]
|}

<references/>

== See also ==
*[[Pooled mining]]
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]

[[Category:Mining]]

Comparison of mining pools

2011-12-16T14:25:28Z

Manifold:

Reward types & explanation:
* '''PPS''' - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BC. Since finding a block requires <current difficulty> shares ''on average'', a PPS method with 0% fee would be 50 BTC divided by <current difficulty>. It is risky for pool operators, hence the fee is highest.
* '''SMPPS''' - Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like Pay Per Share, but never pays more than the pool earns. [http://.st/wiki/index.php/Shared_Maximum_PPS]
* '''ESMPPS''' - Equalized Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like SMPPS, but equalizes payments fairly among all those who are owed. [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12181.msg378851#msg378851]
* '''CPPSRB''' - Capped Pay Per Share with Recent Backpay.
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.
* '''PPLNS''' - Pay Per Last N Shares. Similar to proportional, but instead of looking at the number of shares in the round, instead looks at the last N shares, regardless of round boundaries.
* '''Score''' - Score based system: a proportional reward, but weighed by time submitted. Each submitted share is worth more in the function of time ''t'' since start of current round. For each share score is updated by: score += exp(t/C). This makes later shares worth much more than earlier shares, thus the miner's score quickly diminishes when they stop mining on the pool. Rewards are calculated proportionally to scores (and not to shares). (at slush's pool C=300 seconds, and every hour scores are normalized)
[http://eligius.st/~luke-jr/samples/800MH-3/ Visual examples of the various payout methods]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Location !! GH/s<ref name="hashrate2">Note that pool hashrate is largely irrelevant but can be seen as a popularity measurement. Note however that it is a theoretical security issue if one pool gains above 50% of the total computational power of the network, thus consider joining a pool based on other metrics.</ref> !! Merged Mining<ref name="merged">Merged mining allows miners to mine on multiple [[block chains]] at the same time with the same hashing.</ref> !! Reward Type !! Transaction fees !! Fee PPS !! Fee Prop / Score !! Protocol !! Launched !! Forum !! Website
|-
| [[21bitcoin|21bitcoin]] || CN, HK || 2 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-20 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=33586.0 Link] || [http://21bitcoin.com/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[ABCPool.co|ABCPool.co]] || USA || 290 || ? || PPS<ref name="stales">ABCPool also rewards stale shares</ref> || kept by pool || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || RPC+LP || 2011-08-02 || [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=33586.0 Link] || [http://www.ABCPool.co/ Link]
|-
| [[ArsBitcoin|ArsBitcoin]] || USA || 400 || No || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || RPC+LP || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18567.0 Link] || [https://arsbitcoin.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcash.cz|Bitcash.cz]] || Czech Republic || 10 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-21 || [http://bitcash.cz/forum/ Link] ||
[http://bitcash.cz/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoin-Station|Bitcoin-Station]] || Germany || 5 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 2% || RPC+LP || 2011-09-11 || || [https://bitcoin-station.com/ Link]
|-

| [[Betcoin.co_Pool|Betcoin.co Pool]] || USA || 5.9 || ? || PPLNS || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-07 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26439.0 Link] || [http://pool.betcoin.co/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitarama|Bitarama.com]] || USA || 0.021 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || || RPC+LP || 2011-08-02 || || [http://www.bitarama.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitclockers|BitClockers]] || USA, EU || 241 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 2% || RPC+LP || 2011-05-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=10127.0 Link] || [http://bitclockers.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoin_Pool|Bitcoin Mining Pool]] || USA || 196 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || RPC+LP || Unknown || [http://bitcoinpool.com/forum/ Link] || [http://www.bitcoinpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoin_Pooled_Mining|Bitcoin Pooled Mining (Slush)]] || EU/London || 1290 || [[NMC]] || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || RPC+LP || 2010-11-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=1976.0 Link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoinitalia]] || Italy || 0.45 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-12 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26634.0 Link] || [http://www.btcfarm.us/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 221 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-05-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=10121.0 Link] || [http://www.bitcoins.lc/ Link]
|-
| [[BitLotto Pool]] || Los Angeles || 0.4 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || || RPC+LP || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13794.0 Link] || [http://www.bitlottopool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BitMinter]] || USA || 65 || [[NMC]] || PPLNS || shared || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-18 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=27062.0 Link] || [https://bitminter.com Link]
|-
| [[Bitp.it]] || USA || 20 || ? || ESMPPS || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12181.0 Link] || [https://pool.bitp.it Link]
|-
| [[BitPenny]] || USA || 10 || No || CPPSRB || 97% shared || 3% || || Proprietary<ref name="local">Proprietary-protocol pools (BitPenny and p2pool) provide JSON-RPC to miners locally.</ref> || 2011-02-08 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=36371.0 Link] || [http://bitpenny.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 1109 || No || PPS || kept by pool || 5% || || RPC+LP || 2011-05-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7760.0 Link] || [http://www.btcguild.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 152 || ? || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || RPC+LP || 2011-03-11 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=4251.0 Link] || [http://www.btcmine.com/ Link]
|-
| [[btcmp.com]] || Germany || 40 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcserv|BTCServ]] || Germany || 30 || Converted to BC || PPS || kept by pool || 0% || || RPC+LP || 2011-07-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=27101.0 Link] || [http://btcserv.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 2.5 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]
|-
| [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ CHWpool] || Chile || 0 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-30 || || [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Coinotron|Coinotron]] || Poland || 33 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-06 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26727.0 Link] || [http://www.coinotron.com Link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 3215 || No || PPS / Prop. || kept by pool || 10% || 3% || RPC+LP || 2011-02-26 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=3889.0 Link] || [http://deepbit.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 90 || [[NMC]] || Double Geo || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=16385.0 Link] || [https://eclipsemc.com Link]
|-
| [[Eligius]] || Germany || 405  || [[NMC]] || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0.000001%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || RPC+LP, Binary || 2011-04-27 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6667.0 Link] || [http://eligius.st Link]
|-
| [[MasterPool]] || Germany || 20 || [[NMC]] || PPLNS || shared || || 1 or 2%<ref name="payoutfee">Fee is a payout fee. Instant payout: 2%. Scheduled payout (each night): 1%</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-07-18 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42667.0 Link] || [https://www.masterpool.eu Link]
|-
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 94 || ? || PPLNS || shared || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0 Link] || [https://mineco.in/ Link]
|-
| [[Mining Team Reddit (MtRed)]] || USA, EU || 99 || [[NMC]] || PPS || kept by pool || 7% || || RPC+LP || 2011-05-25 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=15929.0 1] [http://reddit.com/r/mtred/ 2] || [http://www.mtred.com/ Link]
|-
| [[NoFeeMining]] || USA || 48 || ? || RSMPPS || shared || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18301.0 Link] || [http://nofeemining.appspot.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 69 || No || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]
|-
| [[P2Pool]] || Earth (P2P) || 25 || No || PPLNS || shared || || 0% || Proprietary<ref name="local"/> || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18313.0 Link] || [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/P2Pool Link]
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland || 96 || ? || PPS || shared || 0% || || RPC || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.polmine.pl/ Link] || [https://polmine.pl/ Link]
|-
| [[rfcpool]] || UK, EU || 60 || No || PPLNS || shared || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-07-05 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26164.0/ Link] || [https://www.rfcpool.com Link]
|-
| [[Simplecoin|Simplecoin.us]] || US || 70 || [[NMC]] || SMPPS / PPLNS / Prop || kept by pool || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-06-02 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=11186.0 Link] || [http://simplecoin.us/ Link]
|-
| [[Triplemining]] || Europe || 20.6 || ? || PPLNS || kept by pool || || 1% <ref name="jackpot">Triplemining's 1% fee is redistributed using a weekly jackpot</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [http://tinyurl.com/triplemining Link]
|-
| [[UnitedMiners]] || US || 2 || ? || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [http://www.unitedminers.com Link]
|-
| [[yourbtc.net]] || Germany || 300 || [[NMC]] || DGM || shared || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-09-10 || [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42631.0 Link] || [http://yourbtc.net/ Link]
|-
| [[pool.mkalinin.ru]] || Russia || 16 || No || PPLNS || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-07-20 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=30703.0 Link] || [http://pool.mkalinin.ru/ Link]
|}

<references/>

== See also ==
*[[Pooled mining]]
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]

[[Category:Mining]]

BitcoinPool.com

2011-11-24T08:47:23Z

Manifold: Undo revision 19865 by Manifold (talk)

A [[Pooled mining|mining pool]] server which offers shared block payouts. This pool gives you the most statistics and believes in keeping everything as transparent as possible. This pool also shows you the efficiency of your bitcoin miner, which is very unique feature that no other mining pools have. The pool operates on the fact that more efficient miners reduce the amount of resources used by server, and with fewer resources being wasted, the server can handle a large number of users.

The pool operators also released [[poclbm-mod]] which is a modified version of m0mchill's [[poclbm|poclbm]] miner that is 5x more efficient. What this means is that [[poclbm-mod]] searches through the entire work it receives from the pool server before asking for more work, which reduces the amount of wasted resources. Currently, no other miners are as efficient as [[poclbm-mod]]. In general, all other bitcoin mining programs, including [[poclbm]], ignore the concept of efficiency altogether which have caused an unnecessary amount of strain on the various mining pools.

Getwork or Share Efficiency is defined as:

(The # of getwork requested) / (The number of submitted shares) * 100

The service was first available for Beta testing starting March 08, 2011<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=4291.0 NEW POOL & NEW MINER - BitcoinPool.com - Jump In!]</ref>.

Only shares from the current block in the current round are accepted.

==How to run various miners==

'''BitcoinPool Miner (Windows):'''

poclbm-mod.exe -d 0 -v -w 128 -f 60 -user=USERNAME --pass=PASSWORD

'''BitcoinPool Miner (*nix OS):'''

python poclbm-mod.py -d 0 -v -w 128 -f 60 --user=USERNAME --pass=PASSWORD

'''m0mchil's GPU miner (*nix OS):'''

python poclbm -d 0 -v -w 128 -f 60 -user=USERNAME --pass=PASSWORD

'''m0mchil's GPU miner (Windows):'''

poclbm.exe -d 0 -v -w 128 -f 60 -user=USERNAME --pass=PASSWORD

'''DiabloMiner (*nix):'''

DiabloMiner-YourOS.sh -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -o bitcoinpool.com -r 8334 -g 10

'''DiabloMiner (Windows):'''

java -cp target\libs\*;target\DiabloMiner-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar -Djava.library.path=target\libs\natives\windows com.diablominer.DiabloMiner.DiabloMiner -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -o bitcoinpool.com -r 8334 -g 10

'''puddinpop's RPC miner (*nix OS):'''

rpcminer-[PLATFORM] -url=http://bitcoinpool.com:8334 -user=USERNAME -password=PASSWORD -workrefreshms=20000
Note: Replace [PLATFORM] with opencl for ATI/AMD cards, or cuda for nVidia cards, and add the -gpu flag if not using cpu.

'''puddinpop's RPC miner (Windows):'''

rpcminer-[PLATFORM].exe -url=http://bitcoinpool.com:8334 -user=USERNAME -password=PASSWORD -workrefreshms=20000
Note: Replace [PLATFORM] with opencl for ATI/AMD cards, or cuda for nVidia cards, and add the -gpu flag if not using cpu.

'''Ufasoft's CPU Miner (Windows):'''

bitcoin-miner.exe -a 20 -t # -o http://bitcoinpool.com:8334/ -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD
Note: The # sign after -t indicates the number of cores in your CPU. i.e an Intel Core 2 Quad would use '-t 4'.

'''jgarzik's CPU miner (*nix):'''

minerd -s 20 -t 2 --url http://bitcoinpool.com:8334 --userpass USERNAME:PASSWORD

'''jgarzik's CPU miner (Windows):'''

minerd.exe -s 20 -t 2 --url http://bitcoinpool.com:8334 --userpass USERNAME:PASSWORD

==See Also==

* [[Comparison of mining pools]]
* [[Pooled Mining]]
* [[poclbm-mod]]

==External Links==

* [http://bitcoinpool.com Bitcoin Pool] web site
* [http://bitcoinpool.com poclbm-mod] source code and binary available on the main site.

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Pool Operators]]

BitcoinPool.com

2011-11-24T08:46:45Z

Manifold: removed specific pool reference

A [[Pooled mining|mining pool]] server which offers shared block payouts. This pool gives you the most statistics and believes in keeping everything as transparent as possible. This pool also shows you the efficiency of your bitcoin miner, which is very unique feature that no other mining pools have. The pool operates on the fact that more efficient miners reduce the amount of resources used by server, and with fewer resources being wasted, the server can handle a large number of users.

The pool operators also released [[poclbm-mod]] which is a modified version of m0mchill's [[poclbm|poclbm]] miner that is 5x more efficient. What this means is that [[poclbm-mod]] searches through the entire work it receives from the pool server before asking for more work, which reduces the amount of wasted resources. Currently, no other miners are as efficient as [[poclbm-mod]]. In general, all other bitcoin mining programs, including [[poclbm]], ignore the concept of efficiency altogether which have caused an unnecessary amount of strain on the various mining pools.

Getwork or Share Efficiency is defined as:

(The # of getwork requested) / (The number of submitted shares) * 100

The service was first available for Beta testing starting March 08, 2011<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=4291.0 NEW POOL & NEW MINER - BitcoinPool.com - Jump In!]</ref>.

Only shares from the current block in the current round are accepted.

==How to run various miners==

'''BitcoinPool Miner (Windows):'''

poclbm-mod.exe -d 0 -v -w 128 -f 60 -user=USERNAME --pass=PASSWORD

'''BitcoinPool Miner (*nix OS):'''

python poclbm-mod.py -d 0 -v -w 128 -f 60 --user=USERNAME --pass=PASSWORD

'''m0mchil's GPU miner (*nix OS):'''

python poclbm -d 0 -v -w 128 -f 60 -user=USERNAME --pass=PASSWORD

'''m0mchil's GPU miner (Windows):'''

poclbm.exe -d 0 -v -w 128 -f 60 -user=USERNAME --pass=PASSWORD

'''DiabloMiner (*nix):'''

DiabloMiner-YourOS.sh -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -o bitcoinpool.com -r 8334 -g 10

'''DiabloMiner (Windows):'''

java -cp target\libs\*;target\DiabloMiner-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar -Djava.library.path=target\libs\natives\windows com.diablominer.DiabloMiner.DiabloMiner -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD -o bitcoinpool.com -r 8334 -g 10

'''puddinpop's RPC miner (*nix OS):'''

rpcminer-[PLATFORM] -url=http://bitcoinpool.com:8334 -user=USERNAME -password=PASSWORD -workrefreshms=20000
Note: Replace [PLATFORM] with opencl for ATI/AMD cards, or cuda for nVidia cards, and add the -gpu flag if not using cpu.

'''puddinpop's RPC miner (Windows):'''

rpcminer-[PLATFORM].exe -url=http://bitcoinpool.com:8334 -user=USERNAME -password=PASSWORD -workrefreshms=20000
Note: Replace [PLATFORM] with opencl for ATI/AMD cards, or cuda for nVidia cards, and add the -gpu flag if not using cpu.

'''Ufasoft's CPU Miner (Windows):'''

bitcoin-miner.exe -a 20 -t # -o http://bitcoinpool.com:8334/ -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD
Note: The # sign after -t indicates the number of cores in your CPU. i.e an Intel Core 2 Quad would use '-t 4'.

'''jgarzik's CPU miner (*nix):'''

minerd -s 20 -t 2 --url http://bitcoinpool.com:8334 --userpass USERNAME:PASSWORD

'''jgarzik's CPU miner (Windows):'''

minerd.exe -s 20 -t 2 --url http://bitcoinpool.com:8334 --userpass USERNAME:PASSWORD

==See Also==

* [[Comparison of mining pools]]
* [[Pooled Mining]]
* [[poclbm-mod]]

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Pool Operators]]

Phoenix miner

2011-11-15T12:11:35Z

Manifold:

A miner that can work with memory underclocked to 300MHz and scans whole 32bit nonce space.

This free, open-source software is available under the X11 license and was released by Bitcoin community members Jedi95 and CFSworks on April 25, 2011<ref>[http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=6458.0 Phoenix - New efficient, fast, modular miner **BFI_INT support!**]</ref>. In addition to connecting via RPC and RPC (long polling), this miner will connect via [[MultiMiner Protocol]] (MMP) which is used by the [[MultiMiner Server]].

==External Links==

* [http://svn3.xp-dev.com/svn/phoenix-miner/files/phoenix-1.4.zip phoenix] windows binary (MD5 SUM: c726f05af3252ac2236201d10448953f)
* [http://svn3.xp-dev.com/svn/phoenix-miner/files/phoenix-1.4.tar.bz2 phoenix] Linux source (MD5 SUM: 8d64ea9aff09d1224ea87e6949946946, SHA256: eeac28710ed8c6af51880f28eb3c2f5a7ced94d81b655b8db5ffa9139d7e1f7d)
* [
https://github.com/jedi95/Phoenix-Miner mhoenix-miner] GIT repository

===Mirrors===

* [http://ul.to/gn5fe1hr phoenix-1.4.zip] windows binary (MD5 SUM: c726f05af3252ac2236201d10448953f)
* [http://ul.to/9uqxiwd8 phoenix-1.4.tar.bz2] Linux source (MD5 SUM: 8d64ea9aff09d1224ea87e6949946946)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Miners]]
[[Category:Open Source]]

Talk:Comparison of exchanges

2011-07-27T14:59:53Z

Manifold:

Because bitcoin is a global currency, this format is going to be confusing as best.

Some exchanges trade just one currency, others such as TradeHill trade multiples.

Wondering if there shouldn't be a comparison on a per-currency basis.

e.g. USD for only those exchanges who trade BTC/USD. A EUR table for only those exchanges who trade BTC/EUR. The problem though is duplication. There is a TradeHill entry in each of those examples.

- [[User:Sgornick|Sgornick]] 08:56, 27 June 2011 (GMT)

Yes duplication is a problem, but this huge tabular is just too big and makes stuff hard to find.
I try to restructure it.... and I failed... wiki tables are just not easyly editable... sorry.

--[[User:Manifold|Manifold]] 14:59, 27 July 2011 (GMT)

Talk:Comparison of exchanges

2011-07-27T14:27:50Z

Manifold:

Because bitcoin is a global currency, this format is going to be confusing as best.

Some exchanges trade just one currency, others such as TradeHill trade multiples.

Wondering if there shouldn't be a comparison on a per-currency basis.

e.g. USD for only those exchanges who trade BTC/USD. A EUR table for only those exchanges who trade BTC/EUR. The problem though is duplication. There is a TradeHill entry in each of those examples.

- [[User:Sgornick|Sgornick]] 08:56, 27 June 2011 (GMT)

Yes duplication is a problem, but this huge tabular is just too big and makes stuff hard to find.
I try to restructure it..

--[[User:Manifold|Manifold]] 14:27, 27 July 2011 (GMT)