Viabtc has also reduced the free slots to 20 -- this will tighen the competition even more, rip.
By the order of submission, ViaBTC supports 20 FREE acceleration chances per hour.
That's really bad news. I used their free accelerator service on several occasions in the past.
I wonder what prompted them to make such a move? If bots are the problem, why not take some action against them?
Money!
Viabtc is an open pool, unlike foundry which is closed and basically the same guys that own the farms are running the pool to, so it needs miners to see an incentive to mine there, and if :
-you're dropping transactions for lower paying ones
-you're using some of the blockspace for accelerated transaction with fees that you don't share with miners
some might start moving away or not be that happy about it.
Btc.com just got sold for 5 million while incurring a 2 million loss on operation, I'm sure Viabtc stated to do a bit more math behind free stuff!