Quote from: NotFuzzyWarm on Today at 02:32:40 PM

Quote from: KitKatZ on January 23, 2023, 06:03:52 PM

Pool is in maintenance mode in preparation for BCH testing.

In that case this topic belongs in the Altcoins areas -- not here in the BITCOIN ONLY areas.
Just because is sometimes mines BTC does not get around the fact that it also focuses on mining crapcoins....

ShhPool is 100% a Bitcoin focused mining pool. Our primary goal is to mine Bitcoin blocks. That said with the state of Bitcoin difficulty and the fact. Vast amounts of bitcoin miners have become practically obsolete overnight. yes antminers s19 and so on. A miner is in a difficult position. Some spend fortunes on these miners and are feeling hopeless.

Most wont come out and say it but the facts remain desperate times come with desperate measure's. My goal is to offset operational cost with auxpow merge mining of Bitcoin Cash while still going after the main goal. Bitcoin Block reward. I am at heart am a Bitcoin maximalist and dislike altcoins. At the same time. I wont leave money on the table, when so many miners are struggling to keep the lights on while trying to mine Bitcoin.

In my opinion. I am helping other Bitcoin maximalist miners not loose their homes and livelihoods due to being Bitcoin maximalist . Paying $13-15,000 for an s19 bitcoin miner less than a year ago. That now sells for $800-1500. A lot of miners are in a bad way right now holding over priced paper weights.Thes miners need to stay/mining online for almost a decade to ROI. That is to break even. Not sure about any of you but not trying to do all that work to break even. The point of an investment is to make considerable profits, NOT to break even while doing an obscene amount of work. We are all in Bitcoin mining to make considerably more than we spent right? This is a very stressful time for some Bitcoin miners.

Am I doing all this out of the kindness of my heart? Partly, but NO. Like you. I want to get considerable more for my time/money. I want to earn. Not scared to come out and say it. I want nice things. For me to make a fortune running a pool. I must make my miners wealthy. I must make my miners millionaires several times over for myself to reach a million. If you do not trust me. Trust in mutual self interest. What is great for you is good for me. Join the pool or dont. Life is about choices. Money is the measure of a persons life choices. If you have very little money. Might want to reevaluate your choices. If people want to stand on some moral high ground and leave money on the table merge mining BCH that is their choice. I personally as a Bitcoin maximalist WONT ignore the capitalist in me.

When peoples lights and utility bills are due and Bitcoin mining is literally taking you to the gates of bankruptcy. Might want to curb your Bitcoin maximalist high ground and do what is best for yourself and family.

Every second that electric meter is climbing, along with the Bitcoin difficulty. People will lose big without making some tough choices.