Pool comparision - how long should each pool get mining time until you can judge

[SebastianJu]

Hello,

i would like to register at different pools and compare them for the point what value i have from then at the end in BTC in my own wallet.

So how would you judge this? I thought running bfgminer with a list of pools and use the --rotate 10 -flag so that every pool gets 10 mins after the next is chosen.

I wouldnt need to take care of Rejected shares, efficiency and so on because i would judge it at the end. I know that some pools still pay many hours later after the time you mined, so i have to wait for all pools to settle, then pay out the btc, or keep it if its too less but deduct the withdraw fee.

That should lead to a good comparition isnt it?

How long should each pool mine to get a relatively fair comparision? It mustnt be perfect, only should show the bad and good guys. I will try pools with fee too in case they are better than the free pools. I often heard that miners earn more on those pools. Not sure why. Maybe less rejected shares?

Is this plan solid or did i miss anything?

Thanks!

[btcminer021]

Use each pool for 24 hours at least or even one week. Depending on the payout method there could be higher fees. Also, some pool payout method discourage hopping now, so it would be harder to get a fair comparison if you hop. Pick one or two pools and stick with em!

[SebastianJu]

Use each pool for 24 hours at least or even one week. Depending on the payout method there could be higher fees. Also, some pool payout method discourage hopping now, so it would be harder to get a fair comparison if you hop. Pick one or two pools and stick with em!

I wanted to not pay out regularly. Only collect at the pool to determine how much BTC there is at the end. So i should find out and calculate the withdraw fee for the whole BTC after that without problems i think.

I would like to stick with one or two but my impression is that even though they look the same, with the same fees and so on, they still are different. With different revenue, rejected shares and so on. Thats why i would like to test it. The end revenue should be the best indicator, even beating possible cheating by the pool.

What means hopping in this case? At least running one hour otherwise you have a 5% penalty or something of that kind?

[Inaba]

To get any meaningful data, you'd need to mine consistently on any given pool for at least a month, but better 3 or 4 months per pool.  Any shorter time frame than a month and your data is functionally useless for basing any opinions on with regards to your own experience.

[organofcorti]

I dunno, if you mined consistent at six pools rotating every ten minutes, I think you'd have sufficient data to judge after about 6 weeks total - but (this is also a guess) you need to be submitting a minimum of say 20 shares per minute.