Questions tagged [pool-hopping]
Regarding the practice of switching between different mining pools in order to maximize personal profits at the cost to other miners in the pool.
4
questions
27
votes
3
answers
28k
views
What is pool hopping?
What is pool hopping and how do pool hoppers affect other miners?
Are there ways to prevent it?
- 8,419
9
votes
3
answers
3k
views
Pool Hopping Math
It's been discussed and argued at great length whether pool hopping is ethical, but there is no debate about whether it works - I even have some first hand experience that says it increases mining ...
- 14.3k
11
votes
2
answers
629
views
What are the problems with naive pool sharing mechanisms?
@David's comment on this answer suggests that naive approaches to mining pool management don't work. What attacks are possible on such naive approaches, such as every miner gets a share proportional ...
- 26.5k
7
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Can an SMPPS (Shared Maximum Pay Per Share) pool be hopped?
I've looked at the way SMPPS (Shared Maximum Pay Per Share) payout schemes work, and as far as I can tell, there is no significant way to hop such a pool to advantage. Yet I've seen several people ...
- 51.4k