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August 14, 2014, 07:39:26 AM
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I did some search but no luck. I am guessing around 2011?

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August 14, 2014, 12:53:51 PM
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I think it was slush in 2010.  Read up on the earliest post's in this thread.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976.msg24844#msg24844

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August 15, 2014, 06:16:42 AM
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first pool was in 2009 , November to be exact, I think it lasted 3 days.
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August 15, 2014, 07:53:48 AM
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first pool was in 2009 , November to be exact, I think it lasted 3 days.

Any more info on this? I always thought it was Slush in 2010.

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August 15, 2014, 09:22:17 AM
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I'm pretty sure it was Slush. And the original GUIMiner by Kiv pretty much shows his pool as the default in his original tutorial.
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August 21, 2014, 07:44:30 PM
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Compute4cash developed later part of 2010 if it could be called a pool.
One of the early ones for me but not earliest ( I think )

Started mining there early 2011 and paid thrugh Paypal. Closed when Paypal started giving them the
evil eye. Memory fails me so don't remember much more, using 3870's and CPU's + early modified GUIMiner?
Google and see what you can find.

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https://bitcointalk.org/?action=profile%3bu=4710%3bsa=showPosts

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/compute4cash-its-a-trap-or-not.140579/

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August 22, 2014, 02:07:33 AM
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Earliest pool software (I think) was puddinpop's pool software first introduced here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1458.0

First pool: doublec was running a pool in October 2010: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1458.msg17340#msg17340

(Edit: although I'm not at all sure that was a public pool. However the OP didn't ask for the first public pool, so this one is definitely the earliest of which I know).




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August 22, 2014, 01:42:14 PM
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I think it's safe to say that Slush's Pool is the oldest pool that's still around today. Didn't realize there were older pools though.
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