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Title: Why is P2Pool better than a reliable PPS pool?
Post by: Miner612 on April 15, 2012, 10:23:25 PM
Why is P2Pool better than a reliable PPS pool?

Curious what your opinion is.

Title: Re: Why is P2Pool better than a reliable PPS pool?
Post by: grue on April 15, 2012, 11:54:14 PM
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Mine with p2pool to prevent one pool from amassing too much power. Did I mention it's free and hop-proof?

Title: Re: Why is P2Pool better than a reliable PPS pool?
Post by: rjk on April 16, 2012, 01:50:14 AM
Quote from: Miner612 on April 15, 2012, 10:23:25 PM
Why is P2Pool better than a reliable PPS pool?

Curious what your opinion is.
Because p2pool is as reliable as your internet connection, and the machine(s) it runs on. A traditional pool is just another potential failure point, and I don't know of ANY pure PPS pools that have no fee.

Title: Re: Why is P2Pool better than a reliable PPS pool?
Post by: Tittiez on April 16, 2012, 10:07:17 AM
Quote from: rjk on April 16, 2012, 01:50:14 AM
Because p2pool is as reliable as your internet connection, and the machine(s) it runs on. A traditional pool is just another potential failure point, and I don't know of ANY pure PPS pools that have no fee.

Mt.Red

Title: Re: Why is P2Pool better than a reliable PPS pool?
Post by: rjk on April 16, 2012, 01:05:02 PM
Quote from: Tittiez on April 16, 2012, 10:07:17 AM
Quote from: rjk on April 16, 2012, 01:50:14 AM
Because p2pool is as reliable as your internet connection, and the machine(s) it runs on. A traditional pool is just another potential failure point, and I don't know of ANY pure PPS pools that have no fee.

Mt.Red
Ah, I hadn't realized they were no-fee. Cool.

Title: Re: Why is P2Pool better than a reliable PPS pool?
Post by: DeathAndTaxes on April 16, 2012, 01:15:00 PM
No reason you can't use both.

I have 2 instances of p2pool running on 2 different machines with a PPS pool as a backup

cgminer makes it easy to maintain 100% uptime even when making upgrades.

Code:
{
"pools" : [
	{
		"url" : "192.168.0.129:9332",      <- dedicated p2pool machine
		"user" : "WaterOne/1000+1",
		"pass" : "pass"
	},
	{
		"url" : "192.168.0.181:9332",      <- my workstation which is always on
		"user" : "WaterOne/1000+1",
		"pass" : "pass"
	},
	{
		"url" : "backup-pool:port",  
		"user" : "backup-user",
		"pass" : "backup-pass"
	}
],


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