Quote from: ccgllc on April 04, 2018, 09:08:22 PM

Quote from: Sandal_Hat on April 04, 2018, 10:38:06 AM

Quote from: rifleman74 on February 22, 2018, 04:25:26 PM

Honestly, almost any other pool is better than antpoo. Kano, Slush....all better choices.

U have detailed numbers of this?

You can start here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Comparison_of_mining_pools

The two key aspects are: Fee percentage (lower is better) & transaction fees being shared

During the boom last December, transaction fees topped 40% of the block reward. That means pool operators that did not share those fees got rich off their miners work.

After that, fee percentage rules - if you pay less, you earn more. Pretty simple.

It gets a bit more complicated when you go down to the next level. PPS is straight forward, but high risk for the pool operator, so their fees typically range about 4%. PPSLNS (and various variations) pay when the pool gets a block. That raises your variance (how regular your payments are), but allows for a lower fee since the pool operator is taking less risk.

Then there is size. Mining is typically a long term endeavor, but that doesn't mean you might be happy with getting a big payout once a month. If the pool is too small that is the risk (or even less often for some rather small pools). Pools like Slushpool typically find dozens of blocks a day, so the payouts are pretty smooth. Kano sized pools find a few blocks a week - not bad. Over a long enough time period, that aspect should blend out to be the same for everyone (presuming they find blocks on a reasonable schedule - not once a year!). Remember: If the pool you select is small, your payout frequency may be long, but the amount will be bigger - given everything else is equal (fees, transaction fee sharing, etc).

I should also point out that any pool claiming to pay more than 100% is getting those rewards from somewhere. If you see that, read the fine-print. Pools are not free to run or maintain, they need to charge something to do so unless they are very very small and running in someones basement. Nothing wrong with that, but your not likely to get the best support, nor will the pool be able to grow much, with such an endeavor. For instance, one recent pool is advertising 105% payout. If you read the fine print, that payout is guaranteed so long as the transaction fees are AT LEAST 10% of the block reward. The 105% simply referred to the block reward, not the combined block + transaction reward.

Yep but the best way is to always test it over a week or 2.
Thanks for the comprehensive info