Quote from: rotrott on October 19, 2011, 08:37:44 PM

Why don't the botnet operators simply run their own pool server?

Probably because that would require actual work to code and pay for hosting for servers that could handle all the connections. And, it would not allow them to force their agenda on everyone.....

Edit; The pie doesn't work that way. Each solution has a chance to be a correct block. Best case scenario they chase off all the lazies and 'EVENTUALLY', very slowly and painfully the difficulty will drop a bit more than it would be otherwise in the long run.. It really only delays the time to retarget if sustained long enough. It wouldn't take more than a few brain cells put to the profibilaty calculations of such a prospect to see they would just extend the 'time to profitability' at what their target difficulty would be to be profitable. If they of course were thinking that. I highly doubt it and am certain their agenda is much more obvious...