Mining Pools - Good or Bad?

[Shaiwang]

Bottom line is that pools are beneficial and support the overall growing network.

That being said however, it would be wonderful if somehow the small-time miner
could receive better rewards, which in turn would draw more peoples attention.

[franky1]

Bottom line is that pools are beneficial and support the overall growing network.

That being said however, it would be wonderful if somehow the small-time miner
could receive better rewards, which in turn would draw more peoples attention.

there are more ways to get an income, than just mining.
bitcoin is a whole economy system

[ObscureBean]

I didn't know that was even possible, how exactly do you prevent miners from grouping into pools? Has this already been tried or are you merely hypothesizing?