Just an anecdote of "trust" here;
I moved from BTCGuild to Eligius DURING the db problems.....I'm not worried
Just a thought WK....what % pool fee would you have to charge to make it your "full time job"?
I suspect the vast majority of significant miners would stay even if you did charge a fee.....
I'm down with this idea. So far, in my limited experience, Eligius has been the easiest to use AND the most profitable. Granted, that is very limited experience, but still...
I guess I just like Whizkid's style. I'd pay a fee.
But wait a second - doesn't Whizkid still use the transaction fees to run the pool? (The pool is 0%, but that's 0% on 25 BTC).
Not that I mind - I think he totally deserves it, but the transaction fees can easily run up to 1 BTC per day, considering 20 blocks per day.
(And considering that, if Whizkid would steal any particular amount of money from the pool at any given instant and thereby killing the pool, he'd be an idiot - which he's not. He'll make a lot more by just keeping it running.)