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Title: Best pps pool
Post by: mu50stang on September 16, 2011, 12:37:50 PM
Whats the most reliable pps pool. 


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: btcbaby on September 16, 2011, 11:36:18 PM
Whats the most reliable pps pool. 

Deepbit of course.


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: johnj on September 16, 2011, 11:38:07 PM
Deepbit PPS is a ripoff.  Something like 7% fees.

Look at ARS or Eligius.  I think they're SMPPS variations.  I think Eligius has 0% fees.


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: Seraphim401 on September 16, 2011, 11:58:21 PM
Also try out BTCGuild beta pool.
I find it quite reliable for beta.
http://pps.btcguild.com/ (http://pps.btcguild.com/)


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: dub0matic on September 17, 2011, 12:43:44 AM
ars is my favorite fuck deepbit


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: turquoise9955 on September 18, 2011, 06:15:25 AM
ARS is legit


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: Internet151 on September 18, 2011, 04:04:21 PM
Deepbit's for suckers.


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: bcforum on September 18, 2011, 04:23:11 PM

Deepbit.net has the best connectivity and uptime, but you pay a price (7% fee) to use it.
Arsbitcoin and Eligius are about the same in terms of connectivity, but some of Luke-Jr's (Eligius) comments on the forum and in IRC have made him a target of DOS attacks which are hurting them right now.

Between the two, Eligius has the better payout scheme. Once you pass a threshold (0.3BTC or so), you go into the queue. The queue is paid out in 50BTC chunks in order of age so the oldest bills(?) are paid first. It generally only takes 1-3 blocks to get paid.
Arsbitcoin uses a percentage payment scheme so if you are owed 1BTC and everyone else is owned 99BTC you get paid 50BTC /( 1 + 99) or 0.5 BTC on the first block. On the second it is 0.5 / 100 or 0.25BTC and so on. If you are continuously mining you don't notice it so much, but it takes a while for your final payment to trickle in when you stop.


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: coinhammer on September 18, 2011, 06:01:31 PM
I love Eligius, but they do have occasional downtime due to DDOS and other hacking attempts at their site. I havent tried DeepBit, but depending on their uptime they might be worth looking at despite the commission difference. One of the things I like and respect about Eligious is that Luke seems to be on top of the fixes, so while there are occasional hiccups the overall experience has been great.


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: Seraphim401 on September 18, 2011, 11:16:38 PM

Deepbit.net has the best connectivity and uptime, but you pay a price (7% fee) to use it.
Arsbitcoin and Eligius are about the same in terms of connectivity, but some of Luke-Jr's (Eligius) comments on the forum and in IRC have made him a target of DOS attacks which are hurting them right now.
Deepbit has a 10% fee.


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: bluetowel on September 19, 2011, 04:46:37 PM
Deepbit has a 10% fee.

prop. has 3%


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: flower1024 on September 19, 2011, 04:48:57 PM
in 180 blocks i would go to masterpool.
it is prop atm - but they will make a vote for a new payment system as soon as hoppers arive (and i will watch that VERY closely).

its just the only pool which has merged mining then ;)

EDIT:
for pure pps i like abcpool (0% fee, pays even for stales); but i am note sure if they are open for registration atm...


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: jamesg on September 19, 2011, 11:14:59 PM
Deepbit's for suckers.

I would agree. Ars Bitcoin's uptime is way up there and the payouts for smpps have been the best of any pool I have tried.


Title: Re: Best pps pool
Post by: DeathAndTaxes on September 20, 2011, 08:05:51 PM
I hop ..... but ars is my backup pool.  Never had a problem with them.   Seems very solid outfit.