Ok so Callisto (CLO) mainnet will be launched in a couple of days.
Let's post CLO pools here and to give as much details as possible.Which
large and good track record pools do you know that already announced CLO mainnet mining, especially those which already opened for testnet and will switch the miners
automatically on mainnet upon launch?
I found
http://test.clopool.pro/ (has testnet, will auto-switch miners to mainnet) ... I used them when BTCP launched. It did crap out at first and had lots of orphaned blocks (longest chain elsewhere) but recovered quickly and switched to the longest chain fairly in time ... unlike other pools which didn't react at all until very, very late, e.g. coinblockers.com (
avoid this one! - the pool OP wasn't even online when mainnet launched, despite promises of grandeur on chats; luckily they don't do ethash).
So, pool OPs, post your server specs, locations, number of servers, limitations (e.g. any throttling/banning on multiple connections from same IP?), support staff, chat, availability, any dev skills etc ...
From past experience with mainnet launches:
- stay away from pools advertised by folks that have 0 posts here
- stay away from 0% fee pools (hashrate skimming risk too high)
- stay away from pools which offer a single server or a single server location
- look to see if they mine other coins, check the pool hashrate for all other coins and compare it to the network's hashrate, if it's below 1% then I wouldn't touch it, if it's above 5-10% then it _may_ be worth something
- look for pools that advertise a chat (discord, slack or telegram (yuck)) and then check it to see if the pool OP is active (and if they know what they're doing)
- look for pools that are already active on testnet AND which will switch your miner automatically to mainnet when mainnet goes live, without you having to reconnect
- question the pool OP regarding the hardware
- English ... If you see that the Discord/Slack/Telegram channel is 99% Russian or Chinese, then, well, good luck! You probably want pool OPs who can actually speak and understand English. It can be frustrating (and I'm being very polite here) when you ask a question and the pool OP gives a completely orthogonal answer (or worse, eventually resorting to sarcasm because you're not already an expert).
- etc
- basically, DYOR to get as much reassurance as possible that you won't waste your first hours of mining
