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<div>Reward types & explanation:<br />
* '''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.<br />
* '''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]<br />
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.<br />
* '''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.<br />
* '''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)<br />
[http://eligius.st/~luke-jr/samples/800MH/ Visual examples of the various payout methods]<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! 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<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Betcoin.co_Pool|Betcoin.co Pool]] || USA || 5 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[btcmp.com]] || Germany || 17 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Btcserv.net|BTCSERV.net]] || Germany || 1 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-07-09 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=27101.0 Link] || [http://btcserv.net/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 5 || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ CHWpool] || Chile || 10 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-30 || || [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 109 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/ Link] || [http://polmine.pl/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eligius]] || Germany || 375 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[rfcpool]] || UK || 18 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[Pooled mining]]<br />
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mining]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_mining_pools&diff=12816Comparison of mining pools2011-07-11T16:35:25Z<p>Wuked: </p>
<hr />
<div>Reward types & explanation:<br />
* '''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.<br />
* '''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]<br />
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.<br />
* '''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)<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! 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<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[ArsBitcoin|ArsBitcoin]] || USA || 111 || 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] || [http://arsbitcoin.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| [[Bitp.it]] || USA || 55 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[btcmp.com]] || Germany || 17 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 5 || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ CHWpool] || Chile || 10 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-30 || || [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Coinotron]] || Poland || 6 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 90 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/ Link] || [http://polmine.pl/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eligius]] || Germany || 230 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 130 || PPLNS || Shared || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0 Link] || [https://mineco.in/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[rfcpool]] || UK || 7 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[Pooled mining]]<br />
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mining]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=MineCo.in&diff=12815MineCo.in2011-07-11T16:35:03Z<p>Wuked: </p>
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<div>A [[Pooled mining|mining pool]].<br />
<br />
This pool pays out using a proportional share reward system (your shares / total shares for the round) = % share of the rewards.<br />
<br />
The service was first available on May 09, 2011<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0]</ref>.<br />
<br />
==Reward distribution==<br />
<br />
* PPLNS: 0% fee.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
<br />
* [[Comparison of mining pools]]<br />
* [[Pooled Mining]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
<br />
* [https://mineco.in MineCo.in] web site<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
[[Category:Pool Operators]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_mining_pools&diff=12611Comparison of mining pools2011-07-07T01:49:44Z<p>Wuked: </p>
<hr />
<div>Reward types & explanation:<br />
* '''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.<br />
* '''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]<br />
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.<br />
* '''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)<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! 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<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[ArsBitcoin|ArsBitcoin]] || USA || 91.6 || SMPPS || kept by pool || 0%|| 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18567.0 Link] || [http://arsbitcoin.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[btcmp.com]] || Germany || 17 || Prop || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-28 || || [http://www.btcmp.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 5 || Prop || kept by pool || || ? || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ CHWpool] || Chile || 10 || Prop || kept by pool || || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-30 || || [http://chwpool.kr105.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[PolMine]] || Poland|| 60 || Prop. || kept by pool || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-13 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/ Link] || [http://polmine.pl/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 130 || Prop || Shared || || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0 Link] || [https://mineco.in/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[Pooled mining]]<br />
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mining]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_mining_pools&diff=12019Comparison of mining pools2011-06-29T09:37:40Z<p>Wuked: </p>
<hr />
<div>Reward types & explanation:<br />
* '''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.<br />
* '''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]<br />
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found. This method is vulnerable to ''pool swapping'' cheat, where a worker would swap to another pool, if this one didn't find a block quickly. Then he would have extra profit on fast rounds, and normal profit on long rounds (because he would be mining on another pool by then). To mitigate this problem pools must introduce extra fees, and hide statistics, so that it is unknown when a block is found.<br />
* '''Score''' - Score based system, the most advanced one. It is a proportional reward, but it is impossible to cheat as described above. 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 more than earlier shares, thus swapping away to another pool on longer rounds makes the cheater's score to quickly diminish. Rewards are calculated proportionally to scores (and not to shares). Statistics can be shown "live" without fear. The score based method is perfect for 24/7 miners. (at slush's pool C=300 seconds, and every hour scores are normalized)<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! 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<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 13 || Prop || kept by pool || || || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 4 || Prop || kept by pool || || || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 2 || Prop || kept by pool || || || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[Pooled mining]]<br />
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mining]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_mining_pools&diff=11569Comparison of mining pools2011-06-25T10:33:41Z<p>Wuked: </p>
<hr />
<div>Reward types & explanation:<br />
* '''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.<br />
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found. This method is vulnerable to ''pool swapping'' cheat, where a worker would swap to another pool, if this one didn't find a block quickly. Then he would have extra profit on fast rounds, and normal profit on long rounds (because he would be mining on another pool by then). To mitigate this problem pools must introduce extra fees, and hide statistics, so that it is unknown when a block is found.<br />
* '''Score''' - Score based system, the most advanced one. It is a proportional reward, but it is impossible to cheat as described above. 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 more than earlier shares, thus swapping away to another pool on longer rounds makes the cheater's score to quickly diminish. Rewards are calculated proportionally to scores (and not to shares). Statistics can be shown "live" without fear. The score based method is perfect for 24/7 miners. (at slush's pool C=300 seconds, and every hour scores are normalized)<br />
* '''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]<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! 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<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 25 || Prop / Score || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=16385.0 Link] || [https://eclipsemc.com Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eligius]] || USA / Europe || 353 || SMPPS || kept by pool || ~0.0003%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || ~0.0003%<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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 50 || Prop || Shared || - || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0 Link] || [https://mineco.in/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mining Team Reddit]] || USA, EU || 200 || 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 Link] || [http://www.mtred.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[NoFeeMining]] || USA || 14 || Prop || Shared || - || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18301.0 Link] || [http://www.nofeemining.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 41 || Prop || Kept in Pool || 0% || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 13 || Prop || kept by pool || - || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 4 || Prop || kept by pool || - || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0.4 || Score || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17830.0 Link] || [http://www.zabitcoin.co.za/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Btcworld.de]] || Germany || 2 || Prop || kept by pool || - || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-18 || || [http://btcworld.de/ Link]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[Pooled mining]]<br />
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mining]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_mining_pools&diff=11173Comparison of mining pools2011-06-19T16:54:37Z<p>Wuked: </p>
<hr />
<div>Reward types & explanation:<br />
* '''MaxPPS''' - Maximum Pay Per Share. (summary needed)<br />
* '''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.<br />
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found. This method is vulnerable to ''pool swapping'' cheat, where a worker would swap to another pool, if this one didn't find a block quickly. Then he would have extra profit on fast rounds, and normal profit on long rounds (because he would be mining on another pool by then). To mitigate this problem pools must introduce extra fees, and hide statistics, so that it is unknown when a block is found.<br />
* '''Score''' - Score based system, the most advanced one. It is a proportional reward, but it is impossible to cheat as described above. 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 more than earlier shares, thus swapping away to another pool on longer rounds makes the cheater's score to quickly diminish. Rewards are calculated proportionally to scores (and not to shares). Statistics can be shown "live" without fear. The score based method is perfect for 24/7 miners. (at slush's pool C=300 seconds, and every hour scores are normalized)<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! 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<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoin_Pool|Bitcoin Mining Pool]] || USA || 255 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 300 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 1950|| 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 605 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 7 || PPS / Score || kept by pool || 5% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 25 || Prop / Score || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=16385.0 Link] || [https://eclipsemc.com Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eligius]] || USA / Europe || 334 || MaxPPS / Prop. || kept by pool || ~0.0003%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || ~0.0003%<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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 35 || Prop || Shared || - || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0 Link] || [https://mineco.in/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mining Team Reddit]] || USA, EU || 125 || 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 Link] || [http://www.mtred.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 25 || Prop || Kept in Pool || 0% || 1% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 51 || Prop || kept by pool || - || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 4 || Prop || kept by pool || - || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0.4 || Score || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17830.0 Link] || [http://www.zabitcoin.co.za/ Link]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[Pooled mining]]<br />
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mining]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_mining_pools&diff=11085Comparison of mining pools2011-06-17T23:28:30Z<p>Wuked: </p>
<hr />
<div>Reward types & explanation:<br />
* '''MaxPPS''' - Maximum Pay Per Share. (summary needed)<br />
* '''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.<br />
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found. This method is vulnerable to ''pool swapping'' cheat, where a worker would swap to another pool, if this one didn't find a block quickly. Then he would have extra profit on fast rounds, and normal profit on long rounds (because he would be mining on another pool by then). To mitigate this problem pools must introduce extra fees, and hide statistics, so that it is unknown when a block is found.<br />
* '''Score''' - Score based system, the most advanced one. It is a proportional reward, but it is impossible to cheat as described above. 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 more than earlier shares, thus swapping away to another pool on longer rounds makes the cheater's score to quickly diminish. Rewards are calculated proportionally to scores (and not to shares). Statistics can be shown "live" without fear. The score based method is perfect for 24/7 miners. (at slush's pool C=300 seconds, and every hour scores are normalized)<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! 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<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitclockers|BitClockers]] || Unknown || 75 || Prop. || kept by pool || - || 2% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=10127.0 Link] || [http://bitclockers.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoin_Pool|Bitcoin Mining Pool]] || USA || 255 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 300 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 1389 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 605 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 7 || PPS / Score || kept by pool || 5% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eclipse]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 25 || Prop / Score || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=16385.0 Link] || [https://eclipsemc.com Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eligius]] || USA / Europe || 334 || MaxPPS / Prop. || kept by pool || ~0.0003%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || ~0.0003%<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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 15 || Prop || Shared || - || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0 Link] || [https://mineco.in/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mining Team Reddit]] || USA, EU || 125 || 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 Link] || [http://www.mtred.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 25 || Prop || Kept in Pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 51 || Prop || kept by pool || - || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 4 || Prop || kept by pool || - || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0.4 || Score || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17830.0 Link] || [http://www.zabitcoin.co.za/ Link]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[Pooled mining]]<br />
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mining]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=MineCo.in&diff=10980MineCo.in2011-06-16T18:11:22Z<p>Wuked: 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..."</p>
<hr />
<div>A [[Pooled mining|mining pool]].<br />
<br />
This pool pays out using a proportional share reward system (your shares / total shares for the round) = % share of the rewards.<br />
<br />
The service was first available on May 09, 2011<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0]</ref>.<br />
<br />
==Reward distribution==<br />
<br />
* Proportional: 0% fee.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
<br />
* [[Comparison of mining pools]]<br />
* [[Pooled Mining]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
<br />
* [https://mineco.in MineCo.in] web site<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
[[Category:Pool Operators]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Eleuthria&diff=10979Eleuthria2011-06-16T18:10:49Z<p>Wuked: Undo revision 10978 by Wuked (talk)</p>
<hr />
<div>A [[Pooled mining|mining pool]].<br />
<br />
This pool pays out using a proportional share reward system (your shares / total shares for the round) = % share of the rewards.<br />
<br />
The service was first available on May 09, 2011<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=7760.0 BTC Guild - 0% Fee Mining Pool (Long polling, JSON API)]</ref>.<br />
<br />
==Reward distribution==<br />
<br />
* Proportional: 0% fee.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
<br />
* [[Comparison of mining pools]]<br />
* [[Pooled Mining]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
<br />
* [http://www.btcguild.com BTC Guild] web site<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
[[Category:Pool Operators]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Eleuthria&diff=10978Eleuthria2011-06-16T18:10:25Z<p>Wuked: </p>
<hr />
<div>A [[Pooled mining|mining pool]].<br />
<br />
This pool pays out using a proportional share reward system (your shares / total shares for the round) = % share of the rewards.<br />
<br />
The service was first available on May 09, 2011<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0]</ref>.<br />
<br />
==Reward distribution==<br />
<br />
* Proportional: 0% fee.<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
<br />
* [[Comparison of mining pools]]<br />
* [[Pooled Mining]]<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
<br />
* [https://mineco.in MineCo.in] web site<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
[[Category:Pool Operators]]</div>Wukedhttps://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_mining_pools&diff=10977Comparison of mining pools2011-06-16T18:06:09Z<p>Wuked: </p>
<hr />
<div>Reward types & explanation:<br />
* '''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.<br />
* '''Prop.''' - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found. This method is vulnerable to ''pool swapping'' cheat, where a worker would swap to another pool, if this one didn't find a block quickly. Then he would have extra profit on fast rounds, and normal profit on long rounds (because he would be mining on another pool by then). To mitigate this problem pools must introduce extra fees, and hide statistics, so that it is unknown when a block is found.<br />
* '''Score''' - Score based system, the most advanced one. It is a proportional reward, but it is impossible to cheat as described above. 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 more than earlier shares, thus swapping away to another pool on longer rounds makes the cheater's score to quickly diminish. Rewards are calculated proportionally to scores (and not to shares). Statistics can be shown "live" without fear. The score based method is perfect for 24/7 miners. (at slush's pool C=300 seconds, and every hour scores are normalized)<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! 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<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitclockers|BitClockers]] || Unknown || 75 || Prop. || kept by pool || - || 2% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-27 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=10127.0 Link] || [http://bitclockers.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoin_Pool|Bitcoin Mining Pool]] || USA || 255 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Bitcoins.lc]] || EU || 300 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[BTC Guild]] || USA, EU || 1389 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[BTCMine]] || UK || 605 || 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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Continuum]] || Canada || 7 || PPS / Score || kept by pool || 5% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-17 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8660.0 Link] || [http://www.continuumpool.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eclipse]] || USA / Europe / AU / Asia || 25 || Prop / Score || kept by pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=16385.0 Link] || [https://eclipsemc.com Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Eligius]] || USA / Europe || 334 || MaxPPS / Prop. || kept by pool || ~0.0003%<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref> || ~0.0003%<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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mineco.in]] || UK || 2 || Prop || Shared || - || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-15 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=17310.0 Link] || [https://mineco.in/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mining Team Reddit]] || USA, EU || 125 || 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 Link] || [http://www.mtred.com/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ozco.in]] || AUS || 25 || Prop || Kept in Pool || 0% || 0% || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=14085.0/ Link] || [http://www.ozco.in Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[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]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Swepool]] || Sweden || 51 || Prop || kept by pool || - || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-05-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=8288.0 Link] || [http://swepool.net/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[x8s]] || Germany || 4 || Prop || kept by pool || - || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-08 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13275 Link] || [http://btc.x8s.de/ Link]<br />
|-<br />
| [[ZA Bitcoin]] || South Africa|| 0.4 || Prop || kept by pool || 0% || - || ? || RPC (+LP) || 2011-06-14 || [http://forum.bitcoin.org/ Link] || [http://www.zabitcoin.co.za/ Link]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<references/><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[Pooled mining]]<br />
*[http://bcx.me/ Bitcoin Mining Pool Tracker]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Mining]]</div>Wuked