Quote from: cenicsoft on June 21, 2014, 10:46:06 PM

Quote from: Entropy-uc on June 21, 2014, 08:09:11 PM

Concerns were raised because of:

- the very large size of the user, with no pedigree of success on other pools

I've used Multipool's services for ALT coins and it seemed to be on the up and up. Blocks were solved and payments made. The above concern regarding BTC was my main concern and that's why I mentioned it. I specifically asked how many blocks they solved at other pools and it was mentioned that they didn't know because the other pools didn't report that information.

I don't think their users' gear is bad or that they are intentionally withholding blocks. It may be most likely with their proxying of hash power. It we take a look at that for a minute, is it possible that a block could be solved, but due to timing of sending the result to the network, it was being preempted by another pool solving the block? Or would we simple see an increase in orphaned or invalid blocks?

Some time ago, I thought someone mentioned that by solo mining, if you didn't have a priority connection to relay found blocks, even though you might find blocks, you'd have a better chance getting them accepted as valid by the network by mining with a larger pool.

Any clarity on the above is appreciated.

Firstly, I don't know of any pool that does not track how many blocks you solve. The information is also available on the client side if you are running a native cgminer or bfgminer.

If you are solo mining, you need to be confident that your block solutions are efficiently distributed to the network or your risk orphans. You also need prompt notification of new blocks to maximize efficiency of your workers.