Here is what really interests me. Where are these people leaving to mine at? Obviously, they know so much about statistics and luck... Where are they going?
more important than where is why
I understand why. What I am attempting to find out is where. I understand why 100%.
Looks like BTC.com. Its pretty much the largest pool out there. You can literally sit there starring at your dashboard all day and watch your BTC payout go up every minute. Thats where I first started mining. I didnt know anything about any other pools. I setup my miner and by the time I opened my dashboard to check my hashrate. I had already got paid some BTC. I was shocked. I think this is why people have a hard time with waiting between blocks. If they are coming from BTC or a similar pool that pays every couple mins then it makes you feel like thats how its suppose to work. You go through these withdraws from not seeing your BTC payout go up once a minute. Patients is the key here because it pays off in the end. Now I am more knowledgeable about how payouts work and what pools are more about helping BTC grow as a currency instead of greed. I have moved on and am here now. This is where Ill be staying. I want to help BTC grow as much as I want to get paid.
indeed .... ive mined at Slush, Antpool, Bitcoin.com, viaBTC, nicehash .... and I do get a kick seeing the ticker go up consistently over time. It was even satisfying when BTC was in the 15000+ range & prior to the difficulty jump. (i only wish I had joined kano last year instead when kano was on a rampage)
Currently, i've directed most of my hashrate to kano (54TH at kano, 27TH elsewhere to pay the bills) .... I like the crowd here, got a few thrashes at the beginning when asking about what 5nd was ... but thats all good for learning.
I'm still on the fence tho - as i joined at a really bad time, when we had the 600% block. I'm hopeful that this pool is the one I'm going to stay. But i'll be fully comforted when ive personally experienced this pool hitting consistently > 6-8 blocks per month. This is the line where its beneficial for me to be here.... or go back to slush for a lower daily payout.
(54TH at kano, 27TH elsewhere to pay the bills) Care to enlighten us where this elsewhere is ?