Quote from: contactlight on August 16, 2014, 12:22:58 AM

Quote from: mdude77 on August 16, 2014, 12:03:39 AM

Quote from: windpath on August 15, 2014, 11:56:33 PM

While I cant verify his numbers, I see no reason to not take them at face value...

That could still be luck. 6 months ago 1 TH/s was HUGE. Now, on p2pool, you're looking at 12 hours on avg for a share.

It also doesn't account for the NMC you get from Eligius, which you won't get from p2pool unless you have your own node and blocks are found.

M

But isn't the NMC you would get from Eligius barely anything?

It's all relative. Wizkid advertises it as 105% PPS, so that should mean the NMC is 5% of what you get with BTC.

Overall, my point is there is nothing to explain why p2pool could come out ahead of any other pool with equal fees for the average user. If you have a large enough hashrate for the variance to not be so bad, you'll come out even. If you have a REALLY large hashrate you'll come out ahead if you use your own node because merged mining proceeds. If you're a small miner, variance will likely hurt you.

Don't get me wrong. I like p2pool. I like the concept. But statements like "you'll come out ahead with p2pool" I take issue with.

M