Handling of decimal fractions for coins is error prone. I often have to count more than twice the number of zeroes after the dot.

The proposal here is to eliminate the fractional zeros and simply put their count before a symbol.

The result is very concise and improve readability.

Examples:

0.012       becomes 1|12
0.0012      becomes 2|12
0.00012     becomes 3|12
...
0.00000012  becomes 6|12


At a glance, 0.00000124 looks similar to 0.0000124

  BUT

5|124 is clearly different than 4|124
 
The symbol pronunciation is simply "zero(s)".

Example:
  7|8 is pronounced "7 zeros 8" and represent the value 0.00000008

(If the character '|' is not available, then I suggest to use instead a lower case 'z')

While I understand well there is no *advantage* to pool hopping between PPLNS pools, I am not clear about the *disadvantage* when switching.

My goal is to understand the cost (if any) when a rig moves to a new pool.

Lets assume here clean switching (e.g. disabling/enabling pool in cgminer), not failover scenarios.

My Take on this
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For a while, you are still being paid for the pool you left, while you are now being underpaid under the new pool. Also, the "lost shares" in one pool are irrelevant when your shares count (or not) in the other one.

Intuitively, this seems to average out and there is no *disadvantage* for clean switching between PPLNS pools on the long run.

Am I right?

BTER and Vircurex say they will not credit deposit from mining pools (or solo mining) directly.

It seems we have to use our wallet as an intermediate.

Why is that?