Most of the pools I've seen ban botnets. Are there any pools that encourage them, or just don't care?
Just wondering.
I know nothing really, but bitparking and eligius pool require no registration and a botnet could use that to their favor.
But why use a pool at all? If a botnet is big enough to generate whole blocks then they should all solo mine but have the generation sent to the bonnet operators wallet, and
if the botnet is not big enough to generate blocks, then it's a waste of time to even write the malicious code. In any case, to write a botnet is really really bad and I'm sure you mum would be disappointed in the person who did. So don't.
Bitcoin mining on pools is a good way to make some money, for operators of small botnets.
I've heard that Eligius and Bitparking may ban addresses for unusual activity, is this true?
I am sure something could be worked out, provided the botnet has enough hashing power to be worth accommodating. About how many connections are we talking about, at what average hashing rate each? I wouldn't expect anyone already running methods of accommodating botnets will want to publicise their details so I expect negotiations would typically be on a botnet by botnet basis and of course you'd have to take the chance that it is a honeypot operation looking to find botnets...
-MarkM-
I'm just asking + learning about pools, not actually looking for a deal, lol.