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2012-01-22T18:36:40Z

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List of Bitcoin-related software. See also [[:Category:Software|Category:Software]].

==Bitcoin clients==
===Bitcoin clients===
*[[Original Bitcoin client|Bitcoin client]] - standard Bitcoin client, recommended for installation
*[[bitcoind]] - GUI-less version of the standard Bitcoin client, providing [[API reference (JSON-RPC)|JSON-RPC]] interface (see also -server option of the standard client)
*[[Bitcoin-js-remote]] - JavaScript RPC client, support for QR codes
* [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50721.0 subvertx] -Command line bitcoin tools.
*[[BitCoinJ]] - Java client library by Google, early development stage
*[[Electrum]] - lightweight client

===Libraries===
*[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=30646.0 libbitcoin]
*[[BCCAPI]] (Bitcoin Client API) - a java library designed for making secure light-weight bitcoin clients.

===Frontends to bitcoind===
*[[Bitcoiner]] - Java RPC client (Android)
*[[Bitcoin-qt]] - C++/Qt based tabbed UI for Bitcoin, Linux/MacOSX/Windows, full-featured
*[[Spesmilo]] - Python/PySide RPC client

===Alternative, experimental implementations===
*[[Freecoin]] - C++ client, supports alternative currencies like [[Beertoken]]
*[[BitDroid]] - Java client
*[[Bitdollar]] - C++/Qt client, unstable beta version

===Frontends to eWallet===
*[[BitPay]] - Android application
*[https://blockchain.info/wallet My Wallet] - Javascript bitcoin client

==Bitcoin Trade Data==
*[[Bitcoin Charts]] – Html website that has trading data for virtual all the bitcoin markets.
*[[MtGox Live]] - Html website that shows a live fee of [[MtGox]] trade data in an innovative chart form. (Must Use Chrome)
*[[Bitcoinity]] - Html Ajax website that shows a live feed of [[MtGox]], [[TradeHill]], and [[BitMarket]].
*[[Bitcoin Sentiment Index]] - A financial index that collects and disseminates sentiment data about bitcoin.
*[[Preev]] - Bitcoin converter with live exchange rates.

==Bitcoin software==

===Web interfaces for merchants===
*[[Bitcoin Evolution]] - Non wallet-based Buy Now button to insert into websites (handles sales tracking; client must be used for actual transaction)
*[[Btceconomy]] - a JavaScript widget listing items for sale
*[[Javascript Bitcoin Converter]] - currency conversion

===Shopping Cart Integration in eCommerce-Systems===
*[[Zen Cart Bitcoin Payment Module]] - a payment module that interacts with bitcoind for the Zen Cart eCommerce shopping chart.
*[[Karsha Shopping Cart Interface]] - is a mobile payment-interface which enables its users to accept payments.
*[[Bitcoin-Cash]] - an easy to use payment module for xt:Commerce

===Web apps (opensource)===
*[[Bitcoin Central]] - currency exchange
*[[Bitcoin Poker Room]] - poker site
*[[Abe]] - block chain viewer

===Browser extensions===
*[[Bitcoin Extension]] - check balance and send bitcoins (Chrome)
*[[Bitcoin Ticker]] - monitoring price (Chrome)
*[[Bitcoin Prices (extension)]] - monitoring price (Firefox)
*[[Bitcoin Tool]] - recognizes Bitcoin addresses on websites (Firefox, Chrome, IE)

===PC apps===
*[[BTConvert]] - currency conversion
*[[Sierra Chart MtGox Bridge]] - real-time charting
*[[BTC Trader]] - live charting and tech-analysis
*[[BitTicker]] - monitoring price (Mac OS X)
*[[ToyTrader]] - a command line trading tool for [[MtGox]]
*[[goxsh]] - a command-line frontend to the [[MtGox|Mt. Gox Bitcoin Exchange]] (Python)
*[[MyBitcoins gadget]] - monitoring pool earnings / price (Windows gadget)

===Mobile apps===
==== iPhone / iPad ====
*[[Bitcoin Ticker (iPhone)]] - monitoring price w/push notifications
*[[BitCoins Mobile]] - First iPad native app! Live market data, news feeds, mining pool statistics, full screen exchange price charts, bitcoin network statistical charts. (iPad only, iPhone/iPod Touch coming soon!)
*[https://github.com/teeman/BitcoinTrader BitcoinTrader] - Spend/receive BTC via QR codes, trade, deposit/withdraw, etc. Supports Mt. Gox, TradeHill, ExchB, CampBX, and InstaWallet.
==== Android ====
* Direct link to Android Market bitcoin apps. https://market.android.com/search?q=bitcoin
*[[Bitcoin Wallet for Android]] - This is the most functional android bitcoin wallet application. https://market.android.com/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet
*[[Bitcoin-android]] - Does not appear to be being maitained anymore. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoinandroid
*[[Bitpay]] - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bitcoin.bitpay (Is not related to the bit-pay.com online payment processor.)

*[[Bitcoin Alert]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[BitcoinX]] - monitoring price (Android)
*[[BtcMobile]] - monitoring price and mining pool statistics (iPhone/iPad, Android)
*[[Miner Status]] - monitoring miner status (Android)
*[[SMS Bitcoins]] - transactions by SMS
*[[Bitcoin Wallet Balance]] - view your balance in real time on your android phone

see also [[Bitcoin Payment Apps]]

===Operating systems===
*[[LinuxCoin]] - a lightweight Debian-based OS, with the Bitcoin client and GPU mining software

===Mining apps===
*[[BTCMiner]] - Bitcoin Miner for ZTEX FPGA Boards
*[[Poclbm]] - Python/OpenCL GPU miner ([[Poclbm-gui|GUI(Windows & MacOS X)]])
*[[Poclbm-mod]] - more efficient version of [[Poclbm]] ([[Poclbm-mod-gui|GUI]])
*[[DiabloMiner]] - Java/OpenCL GPU miner ([[DiabloMiner.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[RPC Miner]] - remote RPC miner ([[RPCminer.app|MAC OS X GUI]])
*[[Phoenix miner]] - miner
*[[Cpu Miner]] - miner
*[[Ufasoft miner]] - miner
*[[Pyminer]] - Python miner, reference implementation
*[[Remote miner]] - mining pool software
*[[Open Source FGPA Bitcoin Miner]] - a miner that makes use of an FPGA Board

===Mining Pool Servers (backend)===
*[[Pushpoold]] - The original mining pool server
*[[Poold]] - Python mining pool server
*[[PoolServerJ]] - Java mining pool server

===Utilities, libraries, and interfaces:===
*[[Bitcointools]] - a set of Python tools accessing the transaction database and the wallet
*[[Finance::MtGox]] - a Perl module which interfaces with the Mt. Gox API
*[[BitcoinCrypto]] - a lightweight Bitcoin crypto library for Java/Android
*[[Bitcoin Dissector]] - a wireshark dissector for the bitcoin protocol

===Lists of software===
*[[BitGit]] - list of Bitcoin-related opensource projects hosted at Git

===Developer resources===
*[[:Category:Developer|Category:Developer]]
*[[:Category:Technical|Category:Technical]]
*[[Original Bitcoin client/API calls list]]
*[[API reference (JSON-RPC)]]

===Other===
*[[Namecoin]] - a distributed naming system based on Bitcoin technology
*[[Bitcoin Consultancy]] - an organization providing open source software and Bitcoin-related consulting
*[[Open Transactions]] - a financial crypto and digital cash software library, complementary to Bitcoin
*[[Moneychanger]] - Java-based GUI for [[Open Transactions]]
*[http://btcnames.org/ BTCnames] - a webbased aliasing service which allows to handle unlimited names for your BTC deposit hashes
*[[Devcoin]] - the open source developer coin

Poclbm-gui

2012-01-22T18:35:09Z

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A GUI frontend based on [[poclbm]]. This program is also referred to as GUIMiner. For Windows & MacOS X only.

The project was announced on February 25, 2011<ref>[[http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3878.0 GUI frontend for poclbm released - looking for testers]</ref>

==External Links==

* [http://github.com/Kiv/poclbm poclbm-gui] project on GitHub
* [https://github.com/downloads/pletoss/poclbm/guiminer-poclbm-macosx.dmg guiminer-poclbm-macosx.dmg] MacOS X binary package

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Miners]]
[[Category:Free Software]]
[[Category:License/GPLv3]]
[[Category:Open Source]]

Btcmp

2012-01-11T03:31:39Z

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A [[Pooled mining|mining pool]].

This pool pays out using a pay per share reward system.

The service was first available on June 28, 2011.

==Reward distribution==

* Pay per share: 4% fee

== Features ==

* idle worker email notification
* automatic payout once a day, if amount > 1 BTC
* native patched bitcoind longpolling ( 15-20sec faster then BTCguild => fewer stales )
* live stats updates

==See Also==

* [[Comparison of mining pools]]
* [[Pooled Mining]]

==External Links==

* [http://www.btcmp.com btcmp] web site

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Pool Operators]]

Btcmp

2012-01-11T03:18:11Z

Pletoss:

A [[Pooled mining|mining pool]].

This pool pays out using a proportional share reward system (your shares / total shares for the round) = % share of the rewards.

The service was first available on June 28, 2011.

==Reward distribution==

* Pay per share: 4% fee

== Features ==

* idle worker email notification
* automatic payout once a day, if amount > 1 BTC
* native patched bitcoind longpolling ( 15-20sec faster then BTCguild => fewer stales )
* live stats updates

==See Also==

* [[Comparison of mining pools]]
* [[Pooled Mining]]

==External Links==

* [http://www.btcmp.com btcmp] web site

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Pool Operators]]

Comparison of mining pools

2012-01-11T03:17:29Z

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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]
|-
| [[50btc|50btc]] || Germany || 16 || ? || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-11-15 || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54673.0 Link] || [http://50btc.com/ Link]
|-
| [[ABCPool.co|ABCPool.co]] || USA || 525 || ? || PPS<ref name="stales">ABCPool also rewards stale shares</ref> || kept by pool || 4%<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 || ? || PPS || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcserv|BTCServ]] || Germany || 54 || 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 || 235 || [[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]] || USA/EU/AUS || 170 || [[NMC]] || Double Geometric Method || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-06-07 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]
|-
| [[P2Pool]] || Earth (P2P) || 70 || No || PPLNS || shared || || <0%<ref>People are donating ''to'' P2Pool miners to encourage people to use it. The P2Pool author also accepts optional donations.</ref> || 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

2011-07-23T19:44:37Z

Pletoss:

Reward types & explanation:
* '''PPS''' - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BTC. 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://eligius.st/wiki/index.php/Shared_Maximum_PPS]
* '''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/ Visual examples of the various payout methods]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hashrate (GHash/sec)<ref name="hashrate">Hashrate is given in gigahash/second.</ref><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> !! Reward Type !! Transaction fees !! Fee PPS !! Fee Prop / Score !! Audits<ref name="auditing">Auditing can be accomplished by third-parties if the pool publishes proofs-of-work for every share.</ref> !! Protocol !! Launched !! Forum Thread !! Homepage
|-
| [[21bitcoin|21bitcoin]] || CN, HK || 2 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-20 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=20056.0] || [http://21bitcoin.com/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[ArsBitcoin|ArsBitcoin]] || USA || 190 || 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]
|-
| [[bestbitcoinminingpool|bestbitcoinminingpool]] || Australia || 3 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-07-01 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=25001.0] || [http://www.bestbitcoinminingpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Betcoin.co_Pool|Betcoin.co Pool]] || USA || 10 || 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]
|-
| [[Bitclockers|BitClockers]] || USA, EU || 80 || 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 || 272 || 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)]] || London || 1491 || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || ? || RPC || 2010-11-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=1976.0 Link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 624 || 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 || 1 || Prop || kept by pool || || || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13794.0 Link] || [http://www.bitlottopool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitp.it]] || USA || 100 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12181.0 Link] || [https://pool.bitp.it Link]
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 2800 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donationsf">Donations are possible to unlock features</ref>|| ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7760.0 Link] || [http://www.btcguild.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 480 || 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 || 27 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcserv.net|BTCSERV.net]] || Germany || 3 || Prop || 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 || 5 || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]
|-
| [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ CHWpool] || Chile || 10 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-30 || || [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Coinotron]] || Poland || 2 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-07-06 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26727.0 Link] || [http://www.coinotron.com Link]
|-
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 16 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 4180 || 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]
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 150 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/ Link] || [http://polmine.pl/ Link]
|-
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 50 || Prop / Score || 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 || 480 || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0.000004%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || Yes<ref name="auditnote">Access to Eligius proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-04-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=6667.0 Link] || [http://eligius.st Link]
|-
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 170 || 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 || 212 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || ? || 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 || Prop || Shared || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18301.0 Link] || [http://www.nofeemining.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 41 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]
|-
| [[rfcpool]] || UK || 29 || Prop & PPS || kept by pool || 7% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-07-05 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26164.0/ Link] || [https://www.rfcpool.com Link]
|-
| [[Simplecoin]] || Unknown || 1.4 || Prop|| kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="simplecoin">While in testing.</ref> || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-02 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=11186.0 Link] || [http://simplecoin.us/ Link]
|-
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 13 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Triplemining]] || Europe || 45 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || Yes<ref name="auditnote2">Access to proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [http://tinyurl.com/triplemining Link]
|-
| [[UnitedMiners]] || US || 3 || Prop || kept by pool || || 3% || No || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [http://tinyurl.com/triplemining Link]
|-
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 95 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]
|-
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0.4 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17830.0 Link] || [http://www.zabitcoin.co.za/ Link]
|-
| [[HydraCoin(OFFLINE)]] || Italy|| 4.5 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22343.0 Link] || [http://www.hydracoin.com/ OFFLINE]
|-
| [[Bitcoinitalia]] || Italy|| 4.5 || 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]
|}

<references/>

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

[[Category:Mining]]

Comparison of mining pools

2011-07-06T09:46:17Z

Pletoss:

Reward types & explanation:
* '''PPS''' - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BTC. 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://eligius.st/wiki/index.php/SMaximum_PPS]
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.
* '''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)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hashrate (GHash/sec)<ref name="hashrate">Hashrate is given in gigahash/second.</ref><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> !! Reward Type !! Transaction fees !! Fee PPS !! Fee Prop / Score !! Audits<ref name="auditing">Auditing can be accomplished by third-parties if the pool publishes proofs-of-work for every share.</ref> !! Protocol !! Launched !! Forum Thread !! Homepage
|-
| [[bestbitcoinminingpool|bestbitcoinminingpool]] || Australia || 3 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-07-01 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=25001.0] || [http://www.bestbitcoinminingpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[21bitcoin|21bitcoin]] || CN, HK || 2 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-20 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=20056.0] || [http://21bitcoin.com/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[ArsBitcoin|ArsBitcoin]] || USA || 70 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18567.0 Link] || [http://arsbitcoin.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Betcoin.co_Pool|Betcoin.co Pool]] || USA || 4 (new) || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-07-07 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26439.0 Link] || [http://pool.betcoin.co/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitclockers|BitClockers]] || USA, EU || 80 || 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 || 272 || 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)]] || London || 1491 || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || ? || RPC || 2010-11-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=1976.0 Link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 460 || 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 || 1 || Prop || kept by pool || || || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13794.0 Link] || [http://www.bitlottopool.com/ Link]
|-

| [[Bitp.it]] || USA || 28 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=12181.0 Link] || [https://pool.bitp.it Link]
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 2800 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donationsf">Donations are possible to unlock features</ref>|| ? || RPC || 2011-05-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7760.0 Link] || [http://www.btcguild.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 480 || 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 || 17 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 3 || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]
|-
| [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ CHWpool] || Chile || 10 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-30 || || [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 16 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 4180 || 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]
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 60 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/ Link] || [http://polmine.pl/ Link]
|-
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 28 || Prop / Score || 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 || 126 || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0.000004%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || Yes<ref name="auditnote">Access to Eligius proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-04-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=6667.0 Link] || [http://eligius.st Link]
|-
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 70 || Prop || 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 || 212 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || ? || 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 || 30 || Prop || Shared || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18301.0 Link] || [http://www.nofeemining.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 41 || Prop || Kept in Pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]
|-
| [[rfcpool]] || UK || 4 || Prop & PPS || Kept in Pool || 7% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-07-05 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26164.0/ Link] || [https://www.rfcpool.com Link]
|-
| [[Simplecoin]] || Unknown || 1.4 || Prop|| kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="simplecoin">While in testing.</ref> || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-02 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=11186.0 Link] || [http://simplecoin.us/ Link]
|-
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 13 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Triplemining]] || Europe || 45 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || Yes<ref name="auditnote2">Access to proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [https://www.triplemining.com/ Link]
|-
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 4 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]
|-
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0.4 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17830.0 Link] || [http://www.zabitcoin.co.za/ Link]
|-
| [[HydraCoin]] || Italy|| 4.5 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22343.0 Link] || [http://www.hydracoin.com/ Link]
|}

<references/>

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

[[Category:Mining]]

Comparison of mining pools

2011-07-02T13:49:26Z

Pletoss: hashrate update

Reward types & explanation:
* '''PPS''' - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BTC. 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://eligius.st/wiki/index.php/SMaximum_PPS]
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.
* '''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)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hashrate (GHash/sec)<ref name="hashrate">Hashrate is given in gigahash/second.</ref><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> !! Reward Type !! Transaction fees !! Fee PPS !! Fee Prop / Score !! Audits<ref name="auditing">Auditing can be accomplished by third-parties if the pool publishes proofs-of-work for every share.</ref> !! Protocol !! Launched !! Forum Thread !! Homepage
|-
| [[bestbitcoinminingpool|bestbitcoinminingpool]] || Australia || 3 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-07-01 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=25001.0] || [http://www.bestbitcoinminingpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[21bitcoin|21bitcoin]] || CN, HK || 2 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-20 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=20056.0] || [http://21bitcoin.com/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[ArsBitcoin|ArsBitcoin]] || USA || 56 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18567.0 Link] || [http://arsbitcoin.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitclockers|BitClockers]] || USA, EU || 115 || 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 || 338 || 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)]] || London || 1491 || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || ? || RPC || 2010-11-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=1976.0 Link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 337 || 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 || 1 || Prop || kept by pool || || || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13794.0 Link] || [http://www.bitlottopool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 2330 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donationsf">Donations are possible to unlock features</ref>|| ? || RPC || 2011-05-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7760.0 Link] || [http://www.btcguild.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 480 || 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 || 10 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 2 || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]
|-
| [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ CHWpool] || Chile || 10 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-30 || || [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 14.8 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 2661 || 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]
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 40 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/ Link] || [http://polmine.pl/ Link]
|-
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 25 || Prop / Score || 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 || 353 || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0.000004%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || Yes<ref name="auditnote">Access to Eligius proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-04-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=6667.0 Link] || [http://eligius.st Link]
|-
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 70 || Prop || 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 || 212 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || ? || 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 || 24 || Prop || Shared || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18301.0 Link] || [http://www.nofeemining.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 41 || Prop || Kept in Pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]
|-
| [[Simplecoin]] || Unknown || 1.4 || Prop|| kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="simplecoin">While in testing.</ref> || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-02 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=11186.0 Link] || [http://simplecoin.us/ Link]
|-
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 13 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Triplemining]] || Europe || 20 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || Yes<ref name="auditnote2">Access to proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [https://www.triplemining.com/ Link]
|-
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 4 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]
|-
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0.4 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17830.0 Link] || [http://www.zabitcoin.co.za/ Link]
|}

<references/>

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

[[Category:Mining]]

Btcmp

2011-06-30T19:53:55Z

Pletoss: Created page with "A mining pool. This pool pays out using a proportional share reward system (your shares / total shares for the round) = % share of the rewards. The service wa..."

A [[Pooled mining|mining pool]].

This pool pays out using a proportional share reward system (your shares / total shares for the round) = % share of the rewards.

The service was first available on June 28, 2011.

==Reward distribution==

* Proportional: 0% fee.

== Features ==

* idle worker email notification
* automatic payout once a day, if amount > 1 BTC
* native patched bitcoind longpolling ( 15-20sec faster then BTCguild => fewer stales )
* live stats updates

==See Also==

* [[Comparison of mining pools]]
* [[Pooled Mining]]

==External Links==

* [http://www.btcmp.com btcmp] web site

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Pool Operators]]

Comparison of mining pools

2011-06-30T13:23:33Z

Pletoss: sorted alphabetically

Reward types & explanation:
* '''PPS''' - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BTC. 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://eligius.st/wiki/index.php/SMaximum_PPS]
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.
* '''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)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hashrate (GHash/sec)<ref name="hashrate">Hashrate is given in gigahash/second.</ref><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> !! Reward Type !! Transaction fees !! Fee PPS !! Fee Prop / Score !! Audits<ref name="auditing">Auditing can be accomplished by third-parties if the pool publishes proofs-of-work for every share.</ref> !! Protocol !! Launched !! Forum Thread !! Homepage
|-
| [[21bitcoin|21bitcoin]] || CN, HK || 2 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-20 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=20056.0] || [http://21bitcoin.com/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[ArsBitcoin|ArsBitcoin]] || USA || 56 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18567.0 Link] || [http://arsbitcoin.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitclockers|BitClockers]] || USA, EU || 115 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || 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 || 338 || 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)]] || London || 1491 || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || ? || RPC || 2010-11-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=1976.0 Link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 337 || 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 || 1 || Prop || kept by pool || || || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13794.0 Link] || [http://www.bitlottopool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 2330 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donationsf">Donations are possible to unlock features</ref>|| ? || RPC || 2011-05-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7760.0 Link] || [http://www.btcguild.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 480 || 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 || 6 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 2 || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]
|-
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 7 || Score || kept by pool || || 5% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 2661 || 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]
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 40 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/ Link] || [http://polmine.pl/ Link]
|-
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 25 || Prop / Score || 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 || 353 || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0.000004%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || Yes<ref name="auditnote">Access to Eligius proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-04-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=6667.0 Link] || [http://eligius.st Link]
|-
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 70 || Prop || 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 || 212 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || ? || 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 || 24 || Prop || Shared || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18301.0 Link] || [http://www.nofeemining.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 41 || Prop || Kept in Pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]
|-
| [[Simplecoin]] || Unknown || 0 || Prop|| kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-02 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=11186.0 Link] || [http://simplecoin.us/ Link]
|-
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 13 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Triplemining]] || Europe || 13 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || Yes<ref name="auditnote2">Access to proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [https://www.triplemining.com/ Link]
|-
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 4 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]
|-
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0.4 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17830.0 Link] || [http://www.zabitcoin.co.za/ Link]
|}

<references/>

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

[[Category:Mining]]

Comparison of mining pools

2011-06-30T01:46:57Z

Pletoss:

Reward types & explanation:
* '''PPS''' - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BTC. 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://eligius.st/wiki/index.php/SMaximum_PPS]
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.
* '''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)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Location !! Hashrate (GHash/sec)<ref name="hashrate">Hashrate is given in gigahash/second.</ref><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> !! Reward Type !! Transaction fees !! Fee PPS !! Fee Prop / Score !! Audits<ref name="auditing">Auditing can be accomplished by third-parties if the pool publishes proofs-of-work for every share.</ref> !! Protocol !! Launched !! Forum Thread !! Homepage
|-
| [[21bitcoin|21bitcoin]] || CN, HK || 2 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-20 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=20056.0] || [http://21bitcoin.com/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[ArsBitcoin|ArsBitcoin]] || USA || 56 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18567.0 Link] || [http://arsbitcoin.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitclockers|BitClockers]] || USA, EU || 115 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || 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 || 338 || 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)]] || London || 1491 || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || ? || RPC || 2010-11-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=1976.0 Link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ Link]
|-
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 337 || 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 || 1 || Prop || kept by pool || || || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13794.0 Link] || [http://www.bitlottopool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 2330 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donationsf">Donations are possible to unlock features</ref>|| ? || RPC || 2011-05-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=7760.0 Link] || [http://www.btcguild.com/ Link]
|-
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 480 || 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]
|-
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 7 || Score || kept by pool || || 5% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 2661 || 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]
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 40 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/ Link] || [http://polmine.pl/ Link]
|-
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 25 || Prop / Score || 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 || 353 || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0.000004%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || Yes<ref name="auditnote">Access to Eligius proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-04-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=6667.0 Link] || [http://eligius.st Link]
|-
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 70 || Prop || 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 || 212 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || ? || 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 || 24 || Prop || Shared || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18301.0 Link] || [http://www.nofeemining.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 41 || Prop || Kept in Pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]
|-
| [[Simplecoin]] || Unknown || 0 || Prop|| kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-02 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=11186.0 Link] || [http://simplecoin.us/ Link]
|-
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 13 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Triplemining]] || Europe || 13 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || Yes<ref name="auditnote2">Access to proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23664.0 Link] || [https://www.triplemining.com/ Link]
|-
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 4 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]
|-
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0.4 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17830.0 Link] || [http://www.zabitcoin.co.za/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 2 || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]
|-
| [[btcmp.com]] || Germany || 6 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || || [http://btcmp.com/ Link]
|}

<references/>

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

[[Category:Mining]]