how do you choose your pool?

[qiuness]

I was wondering what the main things to consider are when mining in a pool.

Is there any site that tells you the payout / share maybe so you can choose the most profitable?

I currently mine Litecoin. I started on notroll but they leave you coinless and has many issues. Today i switched to give-me-ltc but i would still love to know how you choose

The only thing that comes to mind is: if you mine a small pool, the payout is bigger but rare, and if you mine in the biggest pool, it is constant and smaller.
right?

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low fees
low network share

[qiuness]

what do you mean by low network share?

can you explain why you do that?

[Bitsaurus]

what do you mean by low network share?

can you explain why you do that?

he means he picks smaller pools so the power is not as concentrated.

smaller pools are also less likely to be hit by DDoS attacks.

[qiuness]

ok, but small pools does not equal smaller income?

[crazyates]

ok, but small pools does not equal smaller income?

Nope, pool hashrate should be isolated from miner income.

[crazyates]

I choose pools that are run by and operated by people that are well known, and trusted by the community. Ozcoin is run by an absolutely upstanding team, specifically Graet, so I mine there. There's also a reason why BTCGuild is as popular as they are, and it's in no small part due to Eleuthria. Slush's Pool (run by Slush) is also a good choice.

I'm not saying any other pool (and pool admins) are bad, but those are the 3 that stand out in my mind.

[os2sam]

I was wondering what the main things to consider are when mining in a pool.

Is there any site that tells you the payout / share maybe so you can choose the most profitable?

I currently mine Litecoin. I started on notroll but they leave you coinless and has many issues. Today i switched to give-me-ltc but i would still love to know how you choose

The only thing that comes to mind is: if you mine a small pool, the payout is bigger but rare, and if you mine in the biggest pool, it is constant and smaller.
right?

Here is a great resource for Bitcoin pools

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104664.msg1146108#msg1146108

I don't know squat about altcoins.

I would encourage using pools that have fair fee and payout system combinations that will prevent them from taking the risk of going bankrupt.
Sam