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A | A merge mining pool that allows mining bitcoins (BTC), [[Namecoin]] (NMC), ixcoin (IXC) and [[Devcoin]] (DVC). The pool originally started out as a PPS pool around January 28th 2012 but switched to the Double Geometric Method on May 1st, 2013 <ref>https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=57148.msg1990982#msg1990982 Switch to Double Geometric Method</ref> for bitcoin rewards. The merge mined coins kept the PPS payment method. | ||
==Reward distribution== | |||
* 1.5% fee with Double geometric method <ref>https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39497.0 Double Geometric Method</ref> for bitcoin rewards. | |||
* 2.5% fee with PPS method for merged mining rewards of [[Namecoin]], [[Devcoin]] and ixcoin. | |||
* Pays for orphan blocks | |||
* Payout available as soon as a block is found for bitcoin and immediately a share is submitted for the merge mined coins. No waiting for 120 confirmations. | |||
==Extra Features== | |||
* Stratum support with merge mining | |||
* IRC channel #mmpool on the freenode network | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Bitparking | The Bitparking range of pools and exchanges originated when the operator started one of the first public bitcoin mining pools in October 2010 <ref>http://bluishcoder.co.nz/bitcoin-pool/ Bitcoin Mining Pool</ref>. After that pool was closed Bitparking opened as a BTC/NMC exchange on June 03, 2011<ref>[http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=11694.0 Announcing Bitparking Namecoin Exchange!!]</ref> and followed with a Namecoin mining pool. Over the Bitparking's history it has operated exchanges and pools for ixcoin, i0coin, ppcoin, and others but they have since closed. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [http://bitparking.com/pool Bitparking | * [http://mmpool.bitparking.com/pool Bitparking merge mining pool] website | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Pool Operators]] | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 7 May 2013
A merge mining pool that allows mining bitcoins (BTC), Namecoin (NMC), ixcoin (IXC) and Devcoin (DVC). The pool originally started out as a PPS pool around January 28th 2012 but switched to the Double Geometric Method on May 1st, 2013 [1] for bitcoin rewards. The merge mined coins kept the PPS payment method.
Reward distribution
- 1.5% fee with Double geometric method [2] for bitcoin rewards.
- 2.5% fee with PPS method for merged mining rewards of Namecoin, Devcoin and ixcoin.
- Pays for orphan blocks
- Payout available as soon as a block is found for bitcoin and immediately a share is submitted for the merge mined coins. No waiting for 120 confirmations.
Extra Features
- Stratum support with merge mining
- IRC channel #mmpool on the freenode network
History
The Bitparking range of pools and exchanges originated when the operator started one of the first public bitcoin mining pools in October 2010 [3]. After that pool was closed Bitparking opened as a BTC/NMC exchange on June 03, 2011[4] and followed with a Namecoin mining pool. Over the Bitparking's history it has operated exchanges and pools for ixcoin, i0coin, ppcoin, and others but they have since closed.
See Also
- Bitparking merge mining pool website
References
- ↑ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=57148.msg1990982#msg1990982 Switch to Double Geometric Method
- ↑ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39497.0 Double Geometric Method
- ↑ http://bluishcoder.co.nz/bitcoin-pool/ Bitcoin Mining Pool
- ↑ Announcing Bitparking Namecoin Exchange!!