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A [[currency exchange]] allowing the trading between bitcoins (BTC) and other digital currencies include [[Namecoin]] (NMC) and ixcoin (IXC). Bitparking also operates a Namecoin mining pool.
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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.
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==Reward distribution==
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* 1.5% fee with Double geometric method <ref>https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39497.0 Double Geometric Method</ref> for bitcoin rewards.
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* 2.5% fee with PPS method for merged mining rewards of [[Namecoin]], [[Devcoin]] and ixcoin.
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* Pays for orphan blocks
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* 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.
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==Extra Features==
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* Stratum support with merge mining
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* IRC channel #mmpool on the freenode network
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
  
Bitparking launched its BTC/NMC exchange on June 03, 2011<ref>[http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=11694.0 Announcing Bitparking Namecoin Exchange!!]</ref>. Bitparking previously had exchanges for ixcoin and i0coin but they have since closed.
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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 NMC mining pool] website
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* [http://mmpool.bitparking.com/pool Bitparking merge mining pool] website
 
 
==External Links==
 
 
 
* [https://ltcexchange.bitparking.com Bitparking BTC/LTC] Bitcoin/Litecoin Exchange, See: [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=96917.0 Bitcointalk Discussion]
 
* [http://exchange.bitparking.com Bitparking BTC/NMC] Bitcoin/Namecoin Exchange
 
  
 
==References==
 
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[[Category:Exchanges]]
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[[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

References