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Mining pools

Mining pools

- So one of the things I always suggest when people are mining is to join a mining pool. Now, luckily there are like hundreds, if not more pools out there, but there are a few pools that are extremely popular that people use. Here are just some of them like the Slush Pool, F2 Pool and AntPool, and a few other ones that I have listed out here. Some of them have different rules. Some of them actually specialize for different types of miners and different types of hardware, as well. You have to look at that and see kind of what makes sense for you, but here's some of the more popular ones. By no means am I endorsing these pools in any way, and no means am I recommending these pools. You have to look at them yourself. I do know some people that have actually had a lot of issues with some of these pools and are fundamentally against some of these pools. So just like I said, do your own research, Google them, look at Reddit, but these are the ones that I come across often, I would say. I…

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