More people mining will not help speed up your transaction, as there is only so many PoW blocks that are allowed to be generated in a given time frame.

If you're unhappy with the amount of confirmations it takes for the receiver of your transaction to verify it, you should ask them to lower that amount.

Right now there is no updated guides I can offer. You should be able to find a pool with one of the more recent posts we have put out on medium. Keep in mind still that there are no payouts being processed by it currently.