Quote from: metacontent on August 08, 2011, 04:03:29 AM

Quote from: spectra on August 07, 2011, 08:34:26 PM

So, is pool hopping generally considered creating?

I think it is more just considered being a dick.

In some pools your pay out is decided by your ratio of completed shares, compared to other peoples ratio of completed shares those pools really encourage pool hopping because people come in with huge rigs do a massive amount of shares over a short period of time then leave and still manage to get a good payout because when the block is finished they will still have a larger ratio of completed shares than many of the miners with weaker mining equipment. So basically they make a disproportionate amount of money compared to others.

That is cause you are pissed you dont do it.
and dont seem to understand it, it would be foolish to not hop prop until they fix it.

tell me this... did you come to bitcoin mining before our after it became profitable.. will you leave if the price drops to a penny? if yes congrats you are a hopper.

Did you jump on namecoin when it was 2x as profitable to mine as bitcoin? congrats you are a hopper.

would you switch to namecoin if it was 10x as profitable.. congrats you are a hopper

Dont call me a dick cause i follow the rules and maximise my profits, you do the same thing but are too lazy to do it at a smaller scale.

99% of you wouldnt be here if bitcoins were not profitable and dont deny that.

If there are zero rules against hopping.
and ALL miners still get 50x(their shares/total shares)

then you really cant call us dicks.

And if you really hate hoppers and hopping, switch to a pool with a fair payout like PPS.. but I get tired of all the people who hopped onto bitcoin AFTER it became profitable, complaining about hoppers.

Some people think people who walk away from mortgages they can actually afford are dicks, but most of the time they are following the law, and it would be economically stupid to do anything else. It is economically retarded to not hop until they fix scoring.