I have a shortlist of around 10 pools to mine from depending on when blocks are discovered, but I'm not sure how to decide which one to join. Is it better to join a pool:
that has more miners connected
that has higher total hashrate
To me it makes sense to join a pool that has the lowest total hashrate, because then my hash rate would make up more of the total and so I'd solve more blocks... but is this the best way to decide, and if not, how to make the decision?
Do the test on the day on pools with high, medium, low hashrates.
If the pool is low hashrate will find new blocks, it is certainly better to stay on it. But if you're going to pull an entire pool and the block will be once in three days or a week it is better to go to a pool with high hashrate and have a stable though small payments due to the frequent detection of blocks.