Difference between revisions of "Talk:Comparison of mining pools"

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The note about pool hashrate being largely irrelevant is wrong. The pool hashrate determines variance of your payout. A pool with a large hashrate is more likely to have frequent and predictable payouts. --[[User:ChocoboLee|ChocoboLee]] 07:51, 11 July 2011 (GMT)
 
The note about pool hashrate being largely irrelevant is wrong. The pool hashrate determines variance of your payout. A pool with a large hashrate is more likely to have frequent and predictable payouts. --[[User:ChocoboLee|ChocoboLee]] 07:51, 11 July 2011 (GMT)
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* Largely irrelevant != completely irrelevant. In general, once you get past a certain point (eg, about 150 times your own hashrate), it ceases to make any significant difference. --[[User:Luke-jr|Luke-jr]] 14:55, 11 July 2011 (GMT)

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Hashrate entries should be automatically fetched every hour or so. SmokeTooMuch 23:56, 8 June 2011 (GMT)

I agree, but want to add that a 24 hour median value would be a good idea. Not everyone an a specific region is online 24/7. This would even everything out.--Neptop 08:46, 9 June 2011 (GMT)

The note about pool hashrate being largely irrelevant is wrong. The pool hashrate determines variance of your payout. A pool with a large hashrate is more likely to have frequent and predictable payouts. --ChocoboLee 07:51, 11 July 2011 (GMT)

  • Largely irrelevant != completely irrelevant. In general, once you get past a certain point (eg, about 150 times your own hashrate), it ceases to make any significant difference. --Luke-jr 14:55, 11 July 2011 (GMT)