How do I find the hash "market share" of P2Pool?

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P2Pool is a peer to peer mining pool, offering some advantages over centralized pools:

There is no central node to take down (assuming the pool is indeed fully decentralized). Pools have suffered from DDOS attacks in the past.
An open source P2P pool should theoretically be able to operate with zero fees.

How can I find out how many people are using P2Pool?

As currently phrased, this is fairly localised in time. What's the enduring question here? — eMansipater, Sep 8, 2011 at 18:28
@eMansipater - "How should I talk to a database in Java" is also time-dependent, but that doesn't mean it's not a good question. I'd like to know the answer now - and if it change, let's change the accepted answer. — ripper234, Sep 8, 2011 at 18:45
"Is X being adopted?" changes monthly if not daily. Talking to a database in Java, not so much (but that's still not an amazing question for SO. Much better would be "How should I talk to a database in Java in the following situation?" or "Which ways of talking to a database in Java meet the following criteria?" etc.) — eMansipater, Sep 8, 2011 at 18:50
@eMansipater - perhaps "How do I find the hash 'market share' of P2Pool?" — ripper234, Sep 8, 2011 at 18:53
You can find a graph showing the hash rate of the pool over time here: forre.st:9332/graphs (or at localhost:9332/graphs if you're running p2pool on your own machine). — Chris Moore, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:05

Alex Waters · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-31 15:53:44Z

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In concept, P2Pool is much stronger than centralized pools. Unfortunately, most centralized pools still hold a high hash-rate.

You can see the global hash rate, and its distribution at http://bitcoinwatch.com/

My opinion is that miners are used to using slush, deep bit, and btcguild - and are either unaware of the incentives of P2Pool, or don't care.

answered Aug 31, 2011 at 15:53

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Is P2Pool cheaper than other pools? Can it be?
– ripper234
Aug 31, 2011 at 16:05
The largest reason miners use the "big 3" is reduced volatility. Now medium sized pools w/ various "pay per share" methods have reduced that demand somewhat but p2pool is proportional and in proportional pools size matters.
– DeathAndTaxes
Oct 13, 2011 at 17:48
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@ripper234 P2Pool charges a voluntary 0.5% fee, so it's much cheaper than some other pools. Deepbit charges 10% for example.
– Chris Moore
Feb 13, 2012 at 6:07

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