Again, another reply that does not address the issue of how it's a "next generation" pool or how it aims to prevent a 51% attack.
I've read the CoinDesk article, as well as the PRWeb article.
You say that this pool is "next generation" because it "gives miners the power to influence where their donations go?" I don't see any way to control anything at this point, unless there is some hidden back-end function that allows me to redirect where the 1% fee goes.
So far, all DirectPool has done is add a donation function to a pool that is exactly like every other pool out there. I see nothing that would qualify it as next generation.
Additionally, who is in the BBA? The link that AJMiles posted is a dead link, and when I look it up, there aren't any names on the BBA website.
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Troll. This guy should be ignored at all cost! I've seen him trolling on too many threads now... he's only trying to waste time and troll..dumbass... btw it's non sequitur* also i'm willing to bet he works for btcguild or ghash lool anyways (to the OP) i would ignore this troll above  |
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There’s no shortage of mining pools in the digital currency community, but a new mining pool named DirectPool has just launched with a notable mission to give back to the bitcoin community and redistribute the network’s computing power.
DirectPool bills itself as being a “next-generation mining pool”, with its focus on preventing any one existing pool from gaining more than 50% of the network’s hashing power. DirectPool hopes to work with miners and industry leaders alike to actively contribute to the stable growth of the bitcoin community. Press source @CoinDesk http://www.coindesk.com/directpool-prevent-51attack-community-approach/My post about this concern since some people may have missed some key points of directpool https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=472122.msg5829506#msg5829506Okay, I'll layout some of the key benefits I see from directpool 1) Donations from hash power is going directly to BBA ( Bitcoin Business Alliance ) What is BBA? Homepage: http://www.BitcoinBusinessAllianceA two year old foundational group that has grown Bitcoin to where its out today, lots of known faces in the community. ) 2) The miners will vote and decide where those funds go to (the voting poll I heard is being worked on) I.E: Seans OutPost, Red Cross, Breast Cancer Awareness, and/or funding bitcoin (and digital currency) related projects. 3) There was close calls many times from two of the major pools that had 51% attacks, and directpool is the solution to future bitcoin network problems. The major reference point was when two of the major pools almost tipped the network over on [reddit /r/bitcoin about 1 year ago] http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1bq4ia/for_the_love_of_bitcoin_stop_mining_at_btc_guild 4) Direct pool is taking lower fees than your avg pool in the industry: 1% is going to directpool, and your worker's donation % going to funding digital currency projects & good causes. So fundamentally, you can now easily make a choice. They are offering some specific 'focused' benefits. What gives DirectPool the right to bill itself as a "next generation" mining pool? Can you explain how its "focus" is on preventing hashrate aggregation? Nobody's answered this yet. did you read the article even? It's next gen cuz it's the only known pool working in collaboration with BBA (well known names under BBA) to make the mining community stronger and more authoritative but also to give the miners the power to influence where their donations go. That's very powerful right there and i have nvr seen another pool do that and i've been mining for 2yrs! |
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sadly the pool looks like it just died
any news?
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front end under maint... pool still running
yea my miner is mining on the pool just fine on my side. Their site is under maint. Msg reads "DirectPool website is under maintenance. You can still mine however the stats will not update. Be assured that all your shares submitted are being accepted. All services will be restored shortly, thank you!" cool. Goodnight all |
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Mining at 1% donation!! loving this pool
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Your site is loading faster, thanks! are you guys working on any more pools to add to directpool??
np, yes we're working on a litecoin pool. It will also be running on a modified eloipool backend software. More info will be posted soon x3 Nice!! |
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//Update Dev team cleaned up junk coding to make the website load a lot faster. Thank you to everyone that's supporting directpool. Please post here if anybody has any suggestions for us to consider. Congratulations on getting up & running! Any plans to introduce more merge mined coins? This will help bring in the crowds  Thx IYFTech. Currently the pool will stay NMC merge only (we might change that in the near future) x3 Your site is loading faster, thanks! are you guys working on any more pools to add to directpool?? |
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Mining at https://directpool.netMain reasons: 1% pool fee donations goto funding bitcoin projects It's PPLNS and last but not least, website layout is too sexy  |
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