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Comparison of mining pools

2011-11-25T09:44:08Z

Urstroyer:

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 || 946 || 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]
|-
| [[BtcPool.ru|BtcPool.ru]] || Russia || 1 || ? || ? || kept by pool || || 0% || RPC+LP || 2011-08-31 || [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43660 Link] || [http://btcpool.ru/ 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]] || Core: DE<br />Ingress: DE & US || 50 || [[NMC]] || Prop. || 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 || || ? || 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 || ? || Prop. || 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]]

Yourbtc.net

2011-10-02T07:34:33Z

Urstroyer:

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Comparison of mining pools

2011-09-12T18:45:34Z

Urstroyer:

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]
* '''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 !! 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 !! Shut down !!Forum Thread !! Homepage
|-
| [[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]
|-
| [[Bitcash.cz|Bitcash.cz]] || Czech Republic || 8 || Prop. || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-07-21 || || [http://bitcash.cz/forum/ Link] || [http://bitcash.cz/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[BtcPool.ru|BtcPool.ru]] || Russia || 1 || Own || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-08-31 || || [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43660 Link] || [http://btcpool.ru/ Link]
|-
| [[ABCPool.co|ABCPool.co]] || USA || 133 || 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 || 700 || 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]
|-
| [[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 || 193 || 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 || 63.6 || 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 || 1640 || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || ? || RPC || 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 || 500 || 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 || 15.6 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || Yes<ref name="auditnote2">Access to proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-06-18 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=27062.0 Link] || [https://bitminter.com Link]
|-
| [[Bitp.it]] || USA || 47.5 || 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]] || || || CPPSRB || || 3% || || || Proprietary || || || ||
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 1980 || 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 || 383 || 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 || 70.8 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-06-28 || || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcserv|BTCServ]] || Germany || 35 || PPS || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-07-09 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=27101.0 Link] || [http://btcserv.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 1.5 || 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 (BTC,NMC,IXC,I0C,SC)]] || Poland || 160 || 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]
|-
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 0 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-05-17 || 2011-07-11 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 5330 || 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 || 85 || Score (Meni) || 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 || 600 || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0.000001%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || Yes<ref name="auditnote">Access to Eligius proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC+LP, Binary || 2011-04-27 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=6667.0 Link] || [http://eligius.st Link]
|-
| [[Mainframe Mining Cooperative]] || Int'l/Holland || 170 || PPLNS || kept by pool || 0% || 0.5% || Yes || RPC+LP, Binary || 2011-07-15 || || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=24650.0 Link] || [http://mining.mainframe.nl Link]
|-
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 111 || 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 || 172 || PPS / 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 || 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 || 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 || PPLNS || shared || || 0% || Yes || RPC+LP<ref name="p2pool">Against a local p2pool node</ref> || 2011-06-17 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18313.0 Link] || [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/P2Pool Link]
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 130 || Prop. || shared || || 0% || ? || RPC || 2011-06-13 || || [http://forum.polmine.pl/ Link] || [https://polmine.pl/ Link]
|-
| [[PoolMunity]] || France|| 0 || Score || kept by pool || || 1.5% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-07-24 || 2011-09-01 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22036.0 Link] || [https://poolmunity.com/ Link]
|-
| [[rfcpool]] || UK || 50 || PPLNS || shared || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-07-05 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26164.0/ Link] || [https://www.rfcpool.com Link]
|-
| [[Simplecoin]] || Unknown || 28.3 || PPLNS || 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 || 0 || 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 || 20.6 || 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 || 30 || 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]
|-
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 0 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-06-08 || 2011-07-24 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]
|-
| [[yourbtc.net]] || Germany || 1 || Score || shared || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-09-10 || || [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42631.0 Link] || [http://yourbtc.net/ Link]
|-
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-06-14 || 2011-07-18 || [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]]

Yourbtc.net

2011-09-12T16:42:00Z

Urstroyer: Created page with "'''What makes yourbtc.net the first choice for Bitcoin Mining?''' * Double Geometric Payout Method * No Fees - we pay full block rewards and Transaction Fees - optional Donat..."

'''What makes yourbtc.net the first choice for Bitcoin Mining?'''

* Double Geometric Payout Method
* No Fees - we pay full block rewards and Transaction Fees - optional Donation of 2% can be adjusted
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* Long Polling and Low Stale Percentage
* Custom build Web Frontend
* SSL Certificate
* Individual and interactive Statistics
* Automatic and full Decimal Payouts
* Webchat Support
* Many additional features comming soon

'''Advantages of Double Geometric Payout Method'''

''Low Variance Mining''
:This method offers steady income per share similar to PPS. We take the risk of long rounds and pay even when the pool buffer runs out, so we appreciate donations to keep this service up and running.

''Pool Hopping Proofed''
:Pool Hopping on yourbtc.net does not increase income, to make sure, everyone will receive a fair value for submitted shares.

''Double Geometric Variables''
:f = -1 ; c = 0.5 ; o =0.5
:More Information about this method can be found here:
:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39497.0

Visit us at http://yourbtc.net

Comparison of mining pools

2011-09-12T16:38:55Z

Urstroyer:

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]
* '''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 !! 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 !! Shut down !!Forum Thread !! Homepage
|-
| [[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]
|-
| [[Bitcash.cz|Bitcash.cz]] || Czech Republic || 8 || Prop. || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-07-21 || || [http://bitcash.cz/forum/ Link] || [http://bitcash.cz/pool/ Link]
|-
| [[BtcPool.ru|BtcPool.ru]] || Russia || 1 || Own || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-08-31 || || [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43660 Link] || [http://btcpool.ru/ Link]
|-
| [[ABCPool.co|ABCPool.co]] || USA || 133 || 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 || 700 || 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]
|-
| [[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 || 193 || 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 || 63.6 || 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 || 1640 || Score || kept by pool || || 2% || ? || RPC || 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 || 500 || 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 || 15.6 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || Yes<ref name="auditnote2">Access to proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC+LP || 2011-06-18 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=27062.0 Link] || [https://bitminter.com Link]
|-
| [[Bitp.it]] || USA || 47.5 || 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]] || || || CPPSRB || || 3% || || || Proprietary || || || ||
|-
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 1980 || 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 || 383 || 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 || 70.8 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-06-28 || || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcserv|BTCServ]] || Germany || 35 || PPS || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-07-09 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=27101.0 Link] || [http://btcserv.net/ Link]
|-
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 1.5 || 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 (BTC,NMC,IXC,I0C,SC)]] || Poland || 160 || 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]
|-
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 0 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-05-17 || 2011-07-11 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]
|-
| [[DeepBit]] || Germany || 5330 || 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 || 85 || Score (Meni) || 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 || 600 || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0.000001%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || || Yes<ref name="auditnote">Access to Eligius proofs-of-work is available on request.</ref> || RPC+LP, Binary || 2011-04-27 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=6667.0 Link] || [http://eligius.st Link]
|-
| [[Mainframe Mining Cooperative]] || Int'l/Holland || 170 || PPLNS || kept by pool || 0% || 0.5% || Yes || RPC+LP, Binary || 2011-07-15 || || [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=24650.0 Link] || [http://mining.mainframe.nl Link]
|-
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 111 || 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 || 172 || PPS / 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 || 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 || 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 || PPLNS || shared || || 0% || Yes || RPC+LP<ref name="p2pool">Against a local p2pool node</ref> || 2011-06-17 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18313.0 Link] || [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/P2Pool Link]
|-
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 130 || Prop. || shared || || 0% || ? || RPC || 2011-06-13 || || [http://forum.polmine.pl/ Link] || [https://polmine.pl/ Link]
|-
| [[PoolMunity]] || France|| 0 || Score || kept by pool || || 1.5% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-07-24 || 2011-09-01 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=22036.0 Link] || [https://poolmunity.com/ Link]
|-
| [[rfcpool]] || UK || 50 || PPLNS || shared || 0%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-07-05 || || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26164.0/ Link] || [https://www.rfcpool.com Link]
|-
| [[Simplecoin]] || Unknown || 28.3 || PPLNS || 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 || 0 || 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 || 20.6 || 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 || 30 || 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]
|-
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 0 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-06-08 || 2011-07-24 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]
|-
| [[yourbtc.net]] || Germany || 1 || Score || shared || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-06-08 || 2011-09-10 || [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42631.0 Link] || [http://yourbtc.net/ Link]
|-
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0 || Score || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC+LP || 2011-06-14 || 2011-07-18 || [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]]