Review on AntPool by Sergio Daniel Delgado
ANTPOOL
AntPool has been in operation since August 2014 and belongs to Bitmain, as well as BTCcom. For this reason, This pool was also part of the suspicions of potential 51% attacks on Bitcoin. The combined power of both Bitmain pools, combined with the influences of this company on ViaBTC (Another renowned and powerful bitcoin mining pool) has shaken more than one bitcoiner. However, mining in Bitcoin has proven throughout history that it is capable of decentralize naturally.
This pool, whose servers are located in China, contributes 14.9% of Bitcoin's processing power, equivalent to about 9.3 EH / s. AntPool, like BTCom, allows its miners to take advantage of merged mining with Namecoin.
Pros
- payment methods, AntPool offers five types: PPS, PPS +, PPLNS, PPLNS + and SOLO. Pay Per Share (PPS) It consists of the payment according to the amount of shares that a miner contributes. With this system, although it may be beneficial for the user, the pool risks possible losses, so the mining commission for those who prefer PPS is high (4%). PPS + is very similar to the FPPS used by BTCcom, since the pool, in addition to dividing the profits of the mined blocks among the network workers, It also distributes a portion of what is obtained through the commissions of the transactions included in each block.
Cons
- None so far
