Thanks for sharing, and your service!  I just started mining 12/2017, and started at Slush, without a clue as to why except it was the first pool I read about and I probably saw a recommendation in a YouTube video.  Long story short, someone suggested I try Kano, so I pointed 1x S9 here and tried to figure out the difference in pools.  THEN I found this forum and realized this is an awesome community of like-minded BTC champions in this for far more than just the fiat.  That was enough for me, so I'm now officially 100% Kano.  I can't see how I'm ever going to recoup my $30k+ investment (reassuring sentiments welcome), but thanks to the Team Kano community at least I'll enjoy the ride!  Happy Hump Day Mining all!