I just did a quick calculation on Coinish and with the results I got, I don't think I'll be buying any AISC miners.
I would hope I made a big mistake when plotting in the numbers but I'll link to a screen cap, and explain the numbers I put in.
Most of the numbers I left alone, but for the ones that might seem strange:
Hash Rate: KnCMiner Saturn 200 GH/s
Investment: $2 795 + 25% VAT
Pool Fee: BTC Guild 7.5%
Time to Delivery: they start shipping in September, if I order into the queue now I assumed some extra time, maybe a little much but still.
With all this set up and the total return being $364.94 after 12 months I am quickly loosing interest, specially when thinking that all this HW hitting the market probably will drive the difficulty up way faster than 1.3% (if I understood how that works correctly).
So that's my take on it as of now. Seems I'm way to late to the game to get paid. Still get a nice new (what I see as a safer) currency though so I like that.

hello, I tested 3 different mining pools with S9 SE Asic just to see how much each pool pays per one tera hash. to my surprise, they all paid approximately the same amount here is how it went: viabtc: 0.00002261 bitcoin per 1 tera hash slushpool: 0.00002300 bitcoin per 1 tera hash 1THash&58COIN: 0.00002200 bitcoin per 1 tera hash
my question is this, do these pools only pay for our services for solving hashes? meaning do they only pay per tera hashes?
I thought if I join small pools then I am risking finding blocks with the pool so normally a big pool like viabtc that approximately has 4Ehash and pays 0.00002261 bitcoin per 1 tera hash then a smaller pool like 1THash&58COIN with 1Ehash has to pay approximately 4 times more for finding 1 block. or if we consider that a small pool's payment is PPS then the formula could be something like this: (my hash powepool's hash power)*(block reward - pool's fee)=(16T/1E)*(12.5-0.02%)=0.000196 bitcoin what is going on exactly??? these statistics do not make any sense, how is it possible that a small pool and a big pool pay the same amount?

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Hey guys. I recently got myself four asic block eruptors and have been using them and they work just fine. I use my computer a lot and need to get on it fast when I get home so I normally just leave it on and leave the miner running. I have been using 50btc.com (PPS) but I was wondering if maybe I should use slushes? (Score) What are your thoughts? I get around 1,320 Mh/s

When it comes to Bitcoin (BTC) mining, the major questions on people’s minds are “how profitable is Bitcoin mining” and “how long would it take to mine one Bitcoin?” To answer these questions, we need to take an in-depth look at the current state of the Bitcoin mining industry — and how it has changed — over the last several years.
Bitcoin mining is, essentially, the process of participating in Bitcoin’s underlying security mechanism — known as proof-of-work — to help secure the Bitcoin blockchain. In return, participants receive compensation in bitcoins (BTC).
When you participate in Bitcoin mining, you are essentially searching for blocks by crunching complex cryptographic challenges using your mining hardware. Once a block is discovered, new transactions are recorded and verified within the block and the block discoverer receives the block rewards — currently set at 12.5 BTC — as well as the transactions fees for the transactions included within the block.
Once the maximum supply of 21 million Bitcoins has been mined, no further Bitcoins will ever come into existence. This property makes Bitcoin deflationary, something which many argue will inevitably increase the value of each Bitcoin unit as it becomes more scarce due to increased global adoption.
The limited supply of Bitcoin is also one of the reasons why Bitcoin mining has become so popular. In previous years, Bitcoin mining proved to be a lucrative investment option — netting miners with several fold returns on their investment with relatively little effort.
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Mining Hardware
The mining hardware you choose will mostly depend on your circumstances — in terms of budget, location and electricity costs. Since the amount of hashing power you can dedicate to the mining process is directly correlated with how much Bitcoin you will mine per day, it is wise to ensure your hardware is still competitive in 2019.
Bitcoin uses SHA256 as its mining algorithm. Because of this, only hardware compatible with this algorithm can be used to mine Bitcoin. Although it is technically possible to mine Bitcoin on your current computer hardware — using your CPU or GPU — this will almost certainly not generate a positive return on your investment and you may end up damaging your device.
The most cost-effective way to mine Bitcoin in 2019 is using application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining hardware. These are specially-designed machines that offer much higher performance per watt than typical computers and have been an absolutely essential purchase for anybody looking to get into Bitcoin mining since the first Avalon ASICs were shipped in 2013.
When it comes to selecting Bitcoin mining hardware, there are several main parameters to consider — though the importance of each of these may vary based on personal circumstances and budget.
Performance per Watt
When it comes to Bitcoin mining, performance per watt is a measure of how many gigahashes per watt a machine is capable of and is, hence, a simple measure of its efficiency. Since electricity costs are likely to be one of the largest expenses when mining Bitcoin, it is usually a good idea to ensure that you are getting good performance per watt out of your hardware.
Ideally, your mining hardware would be highly efficient, allowing it to mine Bitcoin with lower energy requirements — though this will need to be balanced with acquisition costs, as often the most efficient hardware is also the most expensive. This means it may take longer to see a return on investment.
In countries with cheap electricity, performance per watt is often less of a concern than acquisition costs and price-performance ratio. In most countries, operating outdated mining hardware is typically cost prohibitive, as energy costs outweigh the income generated by the mining equipment.
However, this may not be the case for those operating in countries with extremely cheap electricity — such as Kuwait and Venezuela — as even older equipment can still be profitable. Similarly, miners with a free energy surplus, such as from wind or solar electric generators, can benefit from the minimal gains offered by still running outdated hardware.
Longevity
The lifetime of mining hardware also plays a critical role in determining how profitable your mining venture will be. It’s always a good idea to do whatever possible to ensure it runs as smoothly as possible.
Since mining equipment tends to run at a full (or almost full) load for extended periods, they also tend to break down and fail more frequently than most electronics — which can seriously damage your profitability. Equipment failure is even more common when purchasing second-hand equipment. Since warranty claims are often challenging, it can often take a long time to receive a warranty replacement.
Price-Performance Ratio
In many cases, one of the major criteria used to select mining hardware is the price-performance ratio — a measure of how much performance a machine outputs per unit price. In the case of cryptocurrency mining hardware, this is commonly expressed as gigahashes per dollar or GH/$.
Under ideal circumstances, the mining hardware would have a high price-performance ratio, ensuring you get a lot of bang for your buck. However, this must also be considered in combination with the acquisition costs and the expected lifetime of the machine — since the absolute most powerful machines are not always the cheapest or the most energy efficient.
Acquisition Costs
Acquisition costs are almost always the biggest barrier to entry for most Bitcoin miners since most top-end mining hardware costs several thousand dollars. This problem is further compounded by the fact that many hardware manufacturers offer discounts for bulk purchases, allowing those with deeper pockets to achieve a better price-performance ratio.
Acquisition costs include all the costs involved in purchasing any mining equipment, including hardware costs, shipping costs, import duties, and any further costs. For example, many ASIC miners do not include a power supply — which can be another considerable expense, since the 1,000W+ power supplies usually required tend to cost several hundred dollars alone.
Ensuring your equipment runs smoothly can also add in additional costs, such as cooling and maintenance expenses. In addition, some miners may want to invest in uninterruptible power supplies to ensure their hardware keeps running — even if the power fails temporarily.
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Current Generation Hardware
One of the most recent additions to the Bitcoin mining hardware market is the Ebang Ebit E11++, which was released in October 2018. Using a 10nm fabrication process for its processors, the Ebit E11++ is able to achieve one of the highest hash rates on the market at 44TH/s.
In terms of efficiency, the Ebang Ebit E11++ is arguably the best on the market, offering 44TH/s of hash rate while drawing just 1,980W of power, offering 22.2GH/W performance. However, as of writing, the Ebang Ebit E11++ is out of stock until March 31, 2019 — while its price of $2,024 (excluding shipping) may make it prohibitively expensive for those first getting involved with Bitcoin mining.
Another popular choice is the ASICminer 8 Nano, a machine released in October 2018 that offers 44TH/s for $3,900 excluding shipping. The ASICminer 8 Nano draws 2,100W of power, giving it an efficiency of almost 21GH/W — slightly lower than the Ebit E11++ while costing almost double the price. However, unlike the E11++, the 8 Nano is actually in stock and available to purchase.
ASICminer also offers the 8 Nano Pro, a machine launched in mid-2018 that offers 80 TH/s of hash rate for $9,500 (excluding shipping). However, unlike the Ebit E11++ and 8 Nano, the minimum order quantity for the 8 Nano Pro is curiously set at five, meaning you will need to lay out a minimum of $47,500 in order to actually get your hands on one (or five).
While the 8 Nano Pro doesn’t offer the same performance per watt as the Ebit E11+ or AICMiner 8 Nano, it is one of the quieter miners on this list, making it more suitable for a home or office environment. That being said, the ASICminer 8 Nano Pro is easily the most expensive miner per TH on this list — costing a whopping $118.75/TH, compared to the $46/TH offered by the E11++ and $88.64 offered by the 8 Nano.
The latest hardware on this list is the Innosilicon T3 43T, which is currently available for pre-order at $2,279, and estimated to ship in March 2019. Offering 43TH/s of performance at 2,100W, the T3 43T comes in at an efficiency of 20.4GH/W, which is around 10 percent less energy efficient than the Ebit E11++.
The T3 43T also has a minimum order quantity of three units, making the minimum acquisition cost $6837 + shipping for preorders. All in all, the T3 43T is more costly and less efficient than the E11++ but may arrive slightly earlier since Ebang will not ship the E11++ units until at least end March 29, 2019.
Finally, this list would not be complete without including Bitmain’s latest offering, the Antminer S15-28TH/s, which — as its name suggests — offers 28TH/s of hash power while drawing just under 1600W at the wall. The Antminer S15 is one of the only SHA256 miners to use 7nm processors, making it somewhat smaller than some of the other devices on this list.
Like most pieces of top-end Bitcoin mining hardware, the Antminer S15 27TH/s model is currently sold out, with current orders not shipping until mid-February 2019. However, the S15 is offered at a significantly lower price than many of its competitors at just $1020 (excluding shipping), with no minimum quantity restriction. At these rates, the Antminer comes in at just $37.78/TH — though its energy efficiency is a much less impressive 17.5GH/W.
Mining Hardware Mining Hardware Comparison
Performance (GH/W) Price Performance Ratio ($/TH)
Ebang Ebit E11++ 22.2GH/W $46/TH
ASICminer 8 Nano 21GH/W $88.64/TH
ASICminer 8 Nano Pro 19GH/W $118.75/TH
Innosilicon T3 43T 20.4GH/W $53/TH
Antminer S15-28TH/s 17.5GH/W $37.78/TH
How To Select a Good Mining Pool
Mining pools are platforms that allow miners to pool their resources together to achieve a higher collective hash rate — which, in turn, allows the collective to mine more blocks than they would be able to achieve alone.
Typically, these mining pools will distribute block rewards to contributing miners based on the proportion of the hash rate they supply. If a pool contributing a total of 20 TH/s of hash rate successfully mines the next block, a user responsible for 10 percent of this hash rate will receive 10 percent of the 12.5 BTC reward.
Pools essentially allow smaller miners to compete with large private mining organizations by ensuring that the collective hash rate is high enough to successfully mine blocks on regular basis. Without operating through a mining pool, many miners would be unlikely to discover any blocks at all — due to only contributing a tiny fraction of the overall Bitcoin hash rate.
While it is quite possible to be successful mining without a pool, this typically requires an extremely large mining operation and is usually not recommended — unless you have enough hash rate to mine blocks on a regular basis.
Although it is technically possible to discover blocks mining solo and keep the entire 12.5 BTC reward for yourself, the odds of this actually occurring are practically zero — making pool collaboration practically the only way to compete in 2019 and beyond.
Selecting the best pool for you can be a challenging job since the vast majority of pools are quite similar and offer similar features and comparable fees. Because of this, we have broken down the qualities you should be looking for in a new pool into four categories; reputation, hash rate, pool fees, and usability/features:
Reputation
The reputation of a pool is one of the most important factors in selecting the pool that is best for you. Well-reputed pools will tend to be much larger than newer or less well-established pools since few pools with a poor reputation can stand the test of time.
Well-reputed pools also tend to be more transparent about their operation, many of which provide tools to ensure that each user is getting the correct reward based on the hash rate contributed. By using only pools with a great reputation, you also ensure your hash rate is not being used for nefarious purposes — such as powering a 51 percent attack.
When comparing a list of pools that appear suitable for you, it is a wise move to read their user reviews before making your choice — ensuring you don’t end up mining at a pool that steals your hard-fought earnings.
Hash Rate
When it comes to mining Bitcoin, the probability of discovering the next block is directly related to the amount of hashing power you contribute to the network. Because of this, one of the major features you should be considering when selecting your pool is its total hash rate — which is often closely related to the proportion of new blocks mined by the pool
Since the total hash rate of a pool is directly related to how quickly it discovers new blocks, this means the largest pools tend to discover a relative majority of blocks — leading to more regular rewards. However, the very largest pools also tend the have higher fees but often make up for this with sheer success and additional features.
Sometimes, some of the largest pools have a minimum hash rate requirement ù leaving some of the smaller miners left out of the loop. Although smaller pools typically have more relaxed requirements with reduced performance thresholds, these pools may be only slightly more profitable than mining solo.
Pool Fees
When choosing a suitable pool, typically one of the major considerations is its fees. Typically, most pools will charge a small fee that is deducted from your earnings and is usually around 1-2 percent — but sometimes slightly lower or higher.
There are also pools that offer 0 percent fees. However, these are often much smaller than the major pools and tend to make their money in a different way — such as through monthly subscriptions or donations.
Ideally, you will choose the pool that offers the best balance of fees to other features. Usually, the pool with the absolute lowest fees is not the best choice. Additionally, pools with the lowest fees often have the highest withdrawal minimums — making pool hopping uneconomical for most.
Usability and Features
When first starting out with Bitcoin mining, learning how to set up a pool and navigating through the settings can be a challenge. Because of this, several pools target their services to newer users by offering a simple to navigate user interface and providing detailed learning resources and prompt customer support.
However, for more experienced miners, simple pools don’t tend to offer a variety of features needed to maximize profitability. For example, although many mining pools focus their entire hash rate towards mining a single cryptocurrency, some are large enough to offer additional options — allowing users to mine other SHA256 coins such as Bitcoin Cash (BCH) or Fantom if they choose.
These pools are technically more challenging to use and mostly designed for those familiar with mining, happy to hop from coin to coin mining whichever is most profitable at the time. There are even some exchanges that automatically direct their combined hash rate at the most profitable cryptocurrency — taking the guesswork out of the equation.
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Best Mining Pools for 2019
The Bitcoin mining pool industry has a large number of players, but the vast majority of the Bitcoin hash rate is concentrated within just a few pools. Currently, there are dozens of suitable pools to choose from — but we have selected just a few of the best to help get you started on your journey.
Slushpool was the first Bitcoin mining pool released, being launched way back in 2010 under the name “Bitcoin Pooled Mining Server.” Since then, Slushpool has grown into one of the most popular pools around — currently accounting for just under 10 percent of the total Bitcoin hash rate.
Although Slushpool isn’t one of the very largest pools, it does offer a newbie-friendly interface alongside more advanced features for those that need them. The pool has moderately high fees of 2 percent but offers servers in several countries — including the U.S., Europe, China, and Japan — giving it a good balance of fees to features.
BTC.com is another potential candidate for your pool and currently stands as the largest public Bitcoin mining pool. It is responsible for mining around 17 percent of new blocks. Being the largest public mining pool provides users with a sense of security, ensuring blocks are mined regularly and a stable income is made.
Image courtesy of Blockchain.info.
BTC.com is owned by Bitmain, a company that manufacturers mining hardware, and charges a 1.5 percent fees — placing it squarely in the middle-tier in terms of fees. Unlike other platforms, BTC.com uses its own payment structure known as FPPS (Full Pay Per Share), which means miners also receive a share of the transaction fees included within mined blocks — making it slightly more profitable than standard payment per share (PPS) pools.
Another great option is Antpool, a mining pool that supports mining services for 10 different cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Litecoin (LTC) and Ethereum (ETH). AntPool frequently trades places with BTC.com as the largest Bitcoin mining pool. However, as of this writing, it occupies the title of the third-largest public mining pool.
What sets Antpool apart from other pools is the ability to choose your own fee system — including PPS, PPS+, and PPLNS. If you choose PPLNS, using Antpool is free but you will not receive any transaction fees from any blocks mined. Antpool also offers regular payouts and has a low minimum payout of just 0.001 BTC, making it suitable for smaller miners.
Last on the list of the best Bitcoin mining pools in 2019 is the Bitcoin.com mining pool. Although this is one of the smaller pools available, the Bitcoin.com pool has some redeeming features that make it worth a look. It offers mining contracts, allowing you to test out Bitcoin mining before investing in mining equipment of your own. According to Bitcoin.com, they are the highest paying Pay Per Share (PPS) pool in the world, offering up to 98 percent block rewards as well as automatic switching between BTC and BCH mining to optimize profitability.
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Electricity Costs
While your mining hardware is most important when it comes to how much BTC you can earn when mining, your electricity costs are usually the largest additional expense. With electricity costs often varying dramatically between countries, ensuring you are on the best cost-per-KWh plan available will help to keep costs down when mining.
Most commonly, large mining operations will be set up in countries where electricity costs are the lowest — such as Iceland, India, and Ukraine. Since China has one of the lowest energy costs in the world, it was previously the epicenter of Bitcoin mining. However, since the government began cracking down on cryptocurrencies, it has largely fallen out of favor with miners.
Technically, Venezuela is one of the cheapest countries in the world in terms of electricity, with the government heavily subsidizing these energy costs — while Bitcoin offers an escape from the hyperinflation suffered by the Venezuelan bolivar. Despite this, importing mining hardware into the country is a costly endeavor, making it impractical for many people.
Finding ways to lower your electricity costs is one of the best ways to improve your mining profitability. This can include investing in renewable energy sources such as solar, geothermal, or wind — which can yield increased profitability over the long term.
if you are looking to buy bitcoin mining equipment here is some links:
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Model Antminer S17 Pro (56Th) from Bitmain mining SHA-256 algorithm with a maximum hashrate of 56Th/s for a power consumption of 2385W.
https://miningwholesale.eu/product/bitmain-antminer-s17-pro-56th-copy/?wpam_id=17
Model Antminer S9K from Bitmain mining SHA-256 algorithm with a maximum hashrate of 14Th/s for a power consumption of 1323W.
https://miningwholesale.eu/product/bitmain-antminer-s9k-14-th-s/?wpam_id=17
Model T2T 30Tfrom Innosilicon mining SHA-256 algorithm with a maximum hashrate of 30Th/s for a power consumption of 2200W.
https://miningwholesale.eu/product/innosilicon-t2t-30t/?wpam_id=17
mining wholesale website:
https://miningwholesale.eu/?wpam_id=17

PPS: If a mining pool contributes 30% of Bitcoin's hash rate for example, and a miner contributes 10%, does that mean that the miner earns 3% of every single block reward?
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PPLNS: What constitutes a recent share vs an old share, and how are these weighted when distributing rewards?
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A lot of the reading material I've come across is vague when it comes to these two topics. I guess it might depend on the pool, but I can't find the answers on pool sites - if anyone could give me specific examples with set pools I'd really appreciate it a lot!

Hey guys, I thought I would put together an in-depth tour of the Gridcoin wallet software for all of our recent newcomers. Here I'll be outlining all the features and functions the windows GUI wallet has to offer, along with some basic RPC command usage. I'll be using the windows wallet as an example, but both linux and macOS should be rather similar. I'll be including as many pictures as I can as embedded hyperlinks.
Edit: Note that since I originally made this there has been a UI update, so your client will be different colors but all the button locations are in the same place.
This is my first post like this, so please forgive me if this appears a little scatter-brained.
This will not cover the mining setup process for pool or solo miners.
When you launch the wallet software for the first time you should be greeted with this screen.

• If you're a pool miner or investor, press cancel.
• If you're a solo miner, enter your email you used to sign up for projects and press OK.
• If you're not sure or haven't decided yet, press cancel. We can come back to this later.

OVERVIEW TAB

After that prompt, you should be left sitting on the main overview tab with several fields on it.
From top to bottom:

• Available: All coins available to be sent or staked (I'll cover this term later).
• Stake: All coins that are currently staking.
• Unconfirmed: All coins that have been received and have not yet received 110 confirmations.
• Total: All coins in your wallet. (The sum of the above fields)
• Blocks: How many blocks your client has in it's chain. Your wallet just started syncing with the network so this number will be low.
• Difficulty: How difficult it is for someone to stake the next block.
• Net Weight: An estimate for how many coins are staking on the entire network.
• Coin Weight: How many of your coins that are currently staking.
• Magnitude: A quantifier for how much work you put in mining. For solo miners only. For pool miners, this value will always be 0.
• Project: Displays the projects you're working on, one at a time. For solo miners only. For pool miners, this will always say "INVESTOR".
• CPID: Cross Project Identifier. Used to keep track of users across projects. For solo miners only. For pool miners, this will always say "INVESTOR".
• Status: Displays various status messages.
• Current Poll: Displays the latest poll.
• Client Messages: Displays various client messages.

SEND TAB

Now onto the other tabs on the left side. Currently we're on the Overview tab, lets move down to the Send tab. This tab it pretty self-explanatory, you use it if you want to send coins, but I'll go over the fields here:

• Pay To: Enter a valid gridcoin address to send coins too. Gridcoin addresses always start with an S or and R.
• Label: Enter a label here and it will put that address in your "address book" under that label for later use. You can leave it blank if you don't want it in your address book.
• Message: Enter a message here if you want it attached to your transaction.
• Amount: How many coins you want to send.
• Add Attachment: Leave this alone, it is broken.
• Track Coins: This doesn't do anything.

RECEIVE TAB

Now down to the Receive tab. Here you should have a single address listed. If you double click on the label field, you can edit it's label.

• New: Generate a new address.

If you click on an address, the rest of the options should be clickable.

• Copy: Copy the selected address to your clipboard.
• Show QR Code: Show a scan-able QR code for the selected address.
• Sign Message: Cryptographically sign a message using the selected address.

TRANSACTIONS TAB

The Transactions tab is pretty boring considering we have no transactions yet. But as you can see there are some sorting tools at the top for when you do have transactions listed.

ADDRESS BOOK TAB

The Address Book is where all the addresses you've labeled (that aren't yours) will show up.

• Verify Message: Verifies a message was signed by the selected address.

The rest of the functions are similar to the functions on the Receive tab.

VOTING TAB

Onto the Voting tab. There wont be any polls because we aren't in sync yet.

• Reload Polls: Pretty self-explanatory, I've never had to use this.
• Load History: By default, the wallet will only display active polls. If you want to view past polls you can use this.
• Create Poll: You can create a network-wide poll. You must have 100,000 coins as a requirement to make a poll. (Creating a poll does not consume the coins)

Here's what the Voting tab will look like once you're in sync

CONTEXT BAR

Now onto the context bar menus on the top.
Under File you have:

• Backup Wallet/Config: This lets you backup your wallet configuration file just in case.
• Export: You can export your Transactions tab or Address Book in CSV format.
• Sign message: Does the same thing as on the Receive tab.
• Verify message: Does the same thing as on the Address Book tab.
• Exit: Close the wallet.

Under Settings you have:

• Encrypt Wallet: Encrypts your wallet with a password. (we'll come back to this)
• Change Passphrase: Allows you to change your encryption password.
• Options: Opens the options menu. (We'll come back to this)

Under Community you have:

• Block Explorer: Redirects you to gridcoinstats block explorer.
• Exchange: Redirects you to the exchange section of the official gridcoin website.
• BOINC: Redirects you to team gridcoins page on BAM!.
• GRC Chat Room: Redirects you to the contact section of the official gridcoin website
• Website: Redirects you to the official gridcoin website

Under Advanced you have:

• Advanced Configuration: Opens the Advanced Configuration menu. (Not so advanced if you ask me)
• Neural Network: Allows you to view solo miners project statistics. It will be largely blank if you're not in sync yet.
• FAQ: Don't touch this, It is broken.
• Foundation: Don't touch this, It is broken.
• Rebuild Block Chain: Starts the client syncing from 0. Don't worry, using this will not make you lose coins.
• Download Blocks: Downloads the latest official snapshot, can help speed up syncing. The download progress tends to sit at 99.99% for a long time, don't worry, it's working.

Under Help you have:

• Debug window: Opens the debug window. (We'll come back to this)
• Diagnostics: Don't touch this, it is broken. This has since been fixed. You can use this to see if there is anything wrong with your setup.
• About Gridcoin: Opens the About Dialog. This gives you your client version and other information.

OPTIONS

Now back to the options menu under Settings > Options.
Here we have the options menu main tab:

• Pay transaction fee: The transaction fee that will be automatically paid when you make a transaction.
• Reserve: You can reserve an amount so that it will always be available for spending.
• Start Gridcoin on system login: Pretty self-explanatory
• Detach databases at shutdown: Speeds up shutdown, but causes your blockchain file to no longer be portable.

On the Network tab:

• Map port using UPnP: Attempts to connect to nodes through UPnP.
• Connect through SOCKS proxy: Allows you to connect through a proxy.

The window tab is pretty self-explanatory.
The Display tab is also pretty self-explanatory, with the exception of:

• Display coin control features (experts only!): This allows you to have a great deal of control over the coins in your wallet, check this for now and I'll explain how to use it further down. Don't forget to click "Apply".

ENCRYPTING YOUR WALLET

Now that all of that is out of the way. The first thing you'll want to do is encrypt your wallet. This prevents anybody with access to your computer from sending coins. This is something I would recommend everyone do.
Go to Settings > Encrypt Wallet and create a password. YOU CANNOT RECOVER YOUR COINS IF YOU FORGET YOUR PASSWORD.
Your wallet will close and you will have to start it up again. This time when it opens up, you should have a new button in the bottom left. Now if you want to stake you will have to unlock your wallet. Notice the "For staking only" box that is checked by default. If you want to send a beacon for solo mining or vote, you will need to uncheck this box.

GETTING IN SYNC AND ICONS

Before we continue, Let's wait until we're in sync. Depending on your internet speeds, this could take from several hours to over a day or 2. This can be sped up by using Advanced > Download Blocks, but this can still take several hours.
This is what an in-sync client should look like. Notice the green check to the right of the Receive tab. All of these icons give you information when you hover your mouse over them.
The lock
The arrow tells you if you're staking. If you aren't staking, it will tell you why you're not staking. If you are staking it will give you an estimated staking time. Staking is a very random process and this is only an estimate, not a countdown.
The connection bars tell you how many connections to the network you have.
The check tells you if you're in sync.

WHAT IS STAKING?

Now I've said "stake" about a million times so far and haven't explained it. Gridcoin is a Proof of Stake (PoS) coin.
Unlike bitcoins Proof of Work (PoW), PoS uses little system resources, so you can use those resources for scientific work. PoS works by users "Staking" with their balance. The higher the balance, the higher the chance to create, or "stake" a block. This means you need to have a positive balance in order to stake. Theoretically, you can stake with any amount over 0.0125 coins, but in practice it's recommended to have at least 2000 coins to reliably stake.
Staking is important for solo miners, because they get paid when they stake. Pool miners don't need to stake in order to get paid however. So if you want to solo mine, you'll need to buy some coins from an exchange or start in the pool first and move to solo when you have enough coins.
In addition to Research Rewards for miners, anyone who holds coins (solo miners, pool miners, and investors) gets 1.5% interest annually on top of your coins. So it can be beneficial for pool miners to stake as well.
Here is a snippet of what a research rewards transaction looks like from my personal wallet. I have a label on that address of "Payout address" as you can see here.

UTXOS AND COIN CONTROL

At this point you'll need some coins. You can use one of our faucets like this one or this one to test coin control out.
First let me explain what a UTXO is. UTXO stands for Unspent Transaction Output. Say you have an address with 0 coins in it, and someone sends you 10 coins like I've done here. Those 10 coins are added to that address in the form of a UTXO, so we have an address with one 10 coin UTXO in it.
Now we receive another 5 coins at the same address, like so. Now we have an address with one 10 coin UTXO and one 5 coin UTXO. But how do we view how our addresses are split up into different UTXOs?
Earlier we checked the "Display coin control features" box in Settings > Options > Display. Once that's checked you'll notice there's another section in the Send tab labeled "Coin Control Features". If you click the "Inputs" button, you'll get a new window. And look, there's our 2 UTXOs.
All UTXOs try to stake separately from each other, and remember that the chance a UTXO has to stake is proportional to it's size. So in this situation, my 10 coin UTXO has twice the chance to stake as my 5 coin UTXO. Now wallets, especially ones that make a lot of transactions, can get very fragmented over time. I've fragmented my wallet a little so I can show you what I'm talking about.
How do we clean this up? We can consolidate all this into one UTXO by checking all the boxes on the left and selecting OK.
Now pay attention to the fields on the top:

• Quantity: The total amount of UTXOs we have selected.
• Amount: The total amount of coins we have selected.
• Fee: How much it would cost in fees to send all those UTXOs (more UTXOs = more transaction data = more fees)
• After Fee: Amount - Fees.
• Bytes: How large the transaction is in bytes.
• Priority: How your client would prioritize making a transaction with this specific set of UTXOs selected had you not used coin control.
• Low Output: If your transaction is less than 0.01 coins (I think).
• Change: What you will get back in change.
• custom change address: You can set the address you get your change back at, by default it will generate a new address.

So let's fill out our transaction so we end up with 1 UTXO at the end.
In "Pay To:" Just put any address in your wallet, and for the amount put what it has listed in the "After Fee" Field. Just like this.
Notice how we get no change back.
Now click "Send", we'll be prompted to enter our passphrase and we're asked if we want to pay the fee, go ahead and click "Yes".
Now if we go back to the Overview tab we get this funky icon. If you hover your mouse over it, it says "Payment to yourself", and the -0.0002 GRC is the network transaction fee.
(Ignore the first one, that was me fragmenting my wallet)
Now if we look at the Coin Control menu, we can see that we've slimmed our wallet down from 7 UTXOs to 1.
Now why would you want to use coin control?
2 Situations:

1. UTXOs less than 0.0125 coins cannot stake. So you can combine a lot of tiny, useless UTXOs into 1 bigger one that can stake.
2. After a UTXO stakes, it cannot stake for another 16 hours. So if you have 1 large UTXO that is big enough to stake more than once every 16 hours, you can split it into smaller UTXOs which can allow you to stake slightly more often.
3. By default, the wallet will always generate a new address for change, which can make your wallet get very messy if you're sending lots of transactions. Keep in mind that more UTXOs = larger transactions = more fees.

Sidenote - When you stake, you will earn all research rewards owed reguardless of which UTXO staked. However, you'll earn the 1.5% interest for that UTXO. Not your whole wallet.

FORKING

A fork is when the network splits into multiple chains, with part of the network on each chain. A fork can happen when 2 blocks are staked by different clients at the same time or very close to the same time, or when your client rejects a block that should have been accepted due to a bug in the code or through some other unique circumstance.
How do I know if I'm on a fork?
Generally you can spot a fork by looking at the difficulty on your Overview tab. With current network conditions, if your difficulty is below 0.1, then you're probably on a fork.
You can confirm this by comparing your blockhash with someone elses, like a block explorer.
Go to [Help > Debug Window > Console]. This is the RPC console, we can use to do a lot of things. You can type help to get a list of commands, and you can type help [command you need help with] (without the brackets) to get information on a command. We'll be using the getblockhash [block number] command.
Type getblockhash [block number] in the console, but replace [block number] with the number listed next to the "Blocks:" field on the Overview tab.
This will spit out a crazy string of characters, this is the "blockhash" of that block.
Now head over to your favorite block explorer, I'll be using gridcoinstats. Find the block that you have the hash for, use the search bar or just find it in the list of blocks.
Now compare your hash with the one gridcoinstats gives you. Does it match?
If it matches, then you're probably good to go. If it matches but you still think you're on a fork, then you can try other block explorers, such as gridcoin.network or neuralminer.io.
If it doesn't match, then you need to try to get off that fork.
How do I get off a fork?

1. Just wait for an hour or two. 95% of the time your client is able to recover itself from a fork given a little time.
   
2. Restart the client, wait a few minutes to see if it fixes itself. If it doesn't restart again and wait. Repeat about 4 or 5 times.
   
3. Find where the fork started. Using the getblockhash command, go back some blocks and compare hashes with that on a block explorer so you can narrow down what the last block you and the block explorer had in common. Then use reorganize [the last block hash you had in common]. Note that reorganize takes a blockhash, not a block number.
   
4. Use Advanced > Download Blocks.
   
5. If none of this works, you can take a look at social media (reddit/steemit) and see what other people are saying.
   

CONFIGURATION FILE

Your configuration file depends on your operation system:

• On Windows: %appdata%\GridcoinResearch\
  
• On Linux: ~/.GridcoinResearch/
  
• On MacOS: /Users/USERNAME/Library/Application/Support/GridcoinResearch/
  

And it should look like this.
If you open up your gridcoinresearch.conf, you'll see the default one it generated. Note that if you entered your email earlier, the first line will have your email on it instead of "investor". If you decided you want to solo mine but didn't enter your email when you first started the wallet, go ahead and put your email on the first line in place of "investor". If you're a pool miner, just leave it as "investor".
Next, it's recommended that you use the addnodes on the gridcoin wiki. So our gridcoinresearch.conf will look like this.
A useful line for solo miners is PrimaryCPID=[YOUR CPID]. Sometimes your wallet can pick up on the wrong CPID so it's good to have that in there if you're solo mining.

RUNNING A LISTENING NODE

A listening node is a node that listens for blocks and transactions broadcasted from nodes and forwards them on to other nodes. For example, during the syncing process when you're getting your node running for the first time, you're downloading all the blocks from listening nodes. So running a listening node helps support the network.
Running a gridcoin listening node is simple. All you need to do is add listen=1 to your gridcoinresearch.conf and you need to forward port 32749 on your router.
If you don't know how to port forward, I'd suggest googling "How to port forward [your router manufacturer]".

QUICK LINKS

Gridcoin.us Official Website
Gridcoin.science Unofficial Website
Gridcoinstats.eu Block Explorer
NeuralMiner.io Block Explorer
Gridcoinstats.eu Faucet
Gridcoin.ch Faucet
Gridcoin Wiki
Gridcoin Github
GRCPool
Arikado Pool
And that's all I have for now!
I plan to keep this post up-to-date with changes in the client. So if anyone has any suggestions, have clarifications they want made, or maybe I got something wrong, then please feel free to leave a comment below or PM me!

I've been mining with my GUI (Nvidia 550) for almost two hours and I've got 109+ accepted shares, but the pooling cite says I've earned nothing, and nothing has popped up in my wallet. I don't know If I need to wait long or what. I don't know if I'm even chipping away at any blocks! On top of that my wallet has been taking forever to sync. I haven't been doing this for long so any help or explanation as to what's going on would be much obliged.
Mining Pool: https://mtred.com/
BitCoin Wallet: http://bitcoin.org/releases/2012/12/14/v0.7.2.html
BitCoin GUIMiner: https://github.com/Kiv/poclbm
Ps: Has anyone ever figured out who the creator of BitCoin is?

Note: you can read this on Medium, GitHub or old Reddit to view all the links

Development

dcrd: Several steps towards multipeer downloads completed: an optimization to use in-memory block index and a new 1337 chain view. Maintenance: improved test coverage, upgrading dependency management system and preparing for the upcoming Go 1.11 release.
dcrwallet: A big change introducing optional privacy-preserving SPV sync mode was merged. In this mode dcrwallet does not download the full blockchain but only gets the "filters", uses them to determine which blocks it needs and fetches them from random nodes on the network. This has on-disk footprint of 300-400 MB and sync time of minutes, compared to ~3.4 GB and sync time of hours for full sync (these are rough estimates).

jy-p: the server side of SPV (in dcrd) was deployed in v1.2.0, the client side of SPV (in dcrwallet) is in our next release, v1.3.0. Still some minor bugs in SPV that are being worked out. There will be an update to add the latest features from BIP 157/158 in the next few months. SPV will be optional in v1.3.0, but it will become the default after we get a proper header commitment for it (#general)

Decrediton: besides regular bugfixes and design improvements, several components are being developed in parallel like SPV mode, Politeia integration and Trezor support.
Politeia: testing started on mainnet, thanks to everyone who is participating. A lot of testing, bugfixing and polishing is happening in preparation for full mainnet launch. There are also a few missing features to be added before launch, e.g. capacity to edit a proposal and versioning for that, discussion to remain open once voting starts. Decrediton integration is moving forward, check out this video for a demo and this meta issue for the full checklist.
Trezor: Decrediton integration of initial Trezor support is in progress and there is a demo.
Android: app design version 2.0 completed.
dcrdata: development of several chart visualizations was completed and is awaiting deployment. Specifically, voting agendas and historic charts are merged while ticket pool visualization is in testing.
atomicswap: @glendc is seeking reviews of his Ethereum support pull request.
Dev activity stats for July: 252 active PRs, 220 master commits, 34,754 added and 12,847 deleted lines spread across 6 repositories. Contributions came from 6-10 developers per repository. (chart)

Network

Hashrate: the month started at 40.5 and ended at 51.6 PH/s, with a low of 33.3 and a new all time high of 68.4 PH/s. F2Pool is leading with 40-45%, followed by the new BeePool at 15-25% and coinmine.pl at 18-23%.
Staking: 30-day average ticket price is 92.6 DCR (-2.1). The price started the month at 94.6 and quickly retreated to month's low of 85 until 1,860 tickets were bought within a single period (versus target 720). This pushed the pool of tickets to 41,970 (2.5% above target), which in turn caused 10 price increases in a row to the month's high of 100.4. This was the highest ticket price seen on the new ticket price algorithm which has been in effect since Jul 2017. Second half of the month there was unusually low volatility between 92 and 94 DCR per ticket. Locked DCR held between 3.75 and 3.87 million or 46.6-48.0% of supply (+0.1% from previous peak).
Nodes: there are 212 public listening and 216 normal nodes per dcred.eu. Version distribution: 67% on v1.2.0 (+10%), 24% on v1.1.2 (-1%), 7% on v1.1.0 (-7%). Node count data is not perfect but we can see the steady trend of upgrading to v1.2.0. This version of dcrd is notable for serving compact filters. The increased count of such full nodes allows the developers to test SPV client mode in preparations for the upcoming v1.3.0 release.

ASICs

Obelisk posted three updates in July. For the most recent daily updates join their Discord.
New miner from iBeLink: DSM7T hashes Blake256 at 7 TH/s or Blake2b at 3.5 TH/s, consumes 2,100 W and costs $3,800, shipping Aug 5-10.
There were also speculations about the mysterious Pangolin Whatsminer DCR with the speed of 44 TH/s at 2,200 W and the cost of $3,888, shipping November. If you know more about it please share with us in #pow-mining channel.

Integrations

Meet new stake pool: dcrpool.ibitlin.com has 1% fees and is hosted by @life.
An interesting detail about decredbrasil.com stake pool was posted in chat:

emiliomann: stakebrasil is one of the pools with the lowest number of missed and expired tickets. It was one of the first and has a smaller percentage than the most recent ones who haven’t had the time to do so. (...) The Brazilian pool should be the one with the more servers spread around the world: 6 to decrease the latency. This is to explain to you why the [pool fee] rate of 5% (currently around 0.06 DCR) on the reward is also one of the highest. girino: 8 voting wallets now. I just finished setting up a new one yesterday. All of them in different datacenters, 3 in europe, 3 in north america, 1 in brazil and one in asia. We also have 3 more servers, 1 for the front end, one for "stats" and one for dcrdata. (#general)

On the mining side, Luxor started a new set of pool servers inside mainland China, while zpool has enabled Decred mining.
StatX announced Decred integration into their live dashboard and public chat.
Decred was added to Satowallet with BTC and ETH trading pairs. Caution: do your best to understand the security model before using any wallet software.

Adoption

VotoLegal update:

Marina Silva is the first presidential candidate in Brazil using blockchain to keep all their electoral donations transparent and traceable. VotoLegal uses Decred technology, awesome use case! (reddit)

The story was covered by criptonoticias.com (translated) and livecoins.com.br (translated), the latter received hundreds of upvotes and comments on brasil.
On the OTC trading front, @i2Rav from i2trading reports:

We continue to see institutional interest in DCR. Large block buyers love the concept of staking as a way to earn additional income and appreciate the stakeholder rights it affords them. Likening a DCR investment to an activist shareholdebondholder gives these institutions some comfort while dipping their toes into a burgeoning new asset class.

Marketing

Targeted advertising reports released for June and July. As usual, reach @timhebel for full versions.

Big news in June: Facebook reversed their policy on banning crypto ads. ICO ads are still banned, but we should be OK. My team filled out the appeal today, so we should hopefully hear something within a few days. (u/timhebel on reddit)

After couple weeks Facebook finally responded to the appeal and the next step is to verify the domain name via DNS.
A pack of Stakey Telegram stickers is now available. Have fun!

Events

Attended:

• Meetup in Berlin, Germany hosted by BlueYard Capital. @jz_bz and @lftherios discussed open source incentivization, the value of governance and their respective projects @decredproject and @oscoin. See @issedjur's feedback here. (photos: 1, 2, 3)
• O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, USA. @raedah's talk was "Decentralizing decision-making on the blockchain". Read his report here and see on the photos how the Big Stakey was entertaining the public. (photos: 1, 2, 3)
  

  oregonisaac: many open source devs at OSCON were VERY interested in Politeia and it was probably the #1 hook that resulted in lots of long conversations about what makes Decred unique from the ground up. (#politeia)
  

• Blockchain Meetup in Faro, Portugal. Marco Peereboom gave a talk "Decred 101" and answered questions.
  

Upcoming:

• Meetup in Lisbon, Portugal on Aug 2. @moo31337 and @mm will be presenting on Decred with talk "Decred 101 - Governance with skin in the game". Co-hosted by The Block Cafe. Free entrance.
• Meetup in Taipei, Taiwan on Aug 5. @morphymore will give a short intro on Decred.
• OKEx Global Meetup Tour in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Aug 9. @joshuam will introduce Decred and on-chain governance and take part in a panel discussion.
• Blockchain & Decentralised Governance Panel in Melbourne, Australia on Aug 13. Hosted by YBF Ventures.
• Voice of Blockchain in Chicago, USA on Aug 24-25.

Media

Featured articles:

• Decred’s hybrid protocol, a superior deterrent to majority attacks by Zubair Zia (medium)
• 8 Reasons Why Decred is Massively Undervalued by Jason Bacchetta (medium)
• The origin of Decred by @mm (stakey.club, also in Portuguese)
• Decentralized blockchain network governance is the biggest challenge by Mi Sun Silvia Cho (medium)
• Is plutocratic on-chain governance really a bad thing? by Lanre Ige (medium)
• Solutions without Historical Templates: Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains by Charles Hugh Smith (oftwominds.com, also published on zerohedge.com)
• Decred Is The Bitcoin You Wished BTC Could Be by Andrew Macdonald (cryptobriefing.com)

Articles:

• What is Decred? Future Plans (Turkish, koinmedya.com, missed in June issue)
• 10 Promising Cryptocurrencies to Watch in Q3 2018 (investinblockchain.com)
• What is Decred? Learn about Decred (Vietnamese, huongdandaotienao.com)
• Decred and its novel project - Politeia (Portuguese, livecoins.com.br)
• Decred vs Neblio – The Battle of PoS Tokens – Part II (usethebitcoin.com)
• Coin Highlight #5: Decred, the self-governed crypto with voting system (Dutch, bitcoinmagazine.nl)
• Where can you safely buy Decred? (Dutch, cryptotips.eu)
• The Playbook for Crypto Community Building by Spencer Noon (tokendaily.co)
• Decred review (ultimatemoney.com.au)
• Trade Recommendation: Decred (hacked.com)
• Finding The Best Decred Pools: Complete Beginners Guide (coinbureau.com)
• What is Decred? (disruptblock.com)
• Decred Demystified: A Beginner’s Guide (bcfocus.com)

Some articles are omitted due to low quality or factual errors.
Translations:

• Placeholder's Decred Investment Thesis in Russian by @DZ
• A new kind of DEX in Portuguese by @mm

Videos:

• Morning Coins w/ John & Chas Ep. 16 - Intro to Decred, Bitcoin Tech Analysis (dlive.io)

Community Discussions

Community stats:

• Twitter followers 39,418 (-791)
• Reddit subscribers 8,512 (+102)
• Slack users 5,964 (+134)
• GitHub 404 stars (+12) and 977 forks (+59) of dcrd repository

Comm systems update:

• We lost around 1k followers after a purge of Twitter accounts.
• decred was spam attacked for several days. Generated users submitted a crypto ad 100+ times. Most were blocked by Reddit automatically, some made it through and were removed manually.

Articles:

• On-Chain Vote Buying and the Rise of Dark DAOs (hackingdistributed.com) received an accurate comment by @davecgh and a timely response article by Richard Red, in addition to discussions in #general, #governance and #random.
• It's Too Soon for On-Chain Governance (coindesk.com) discussed on Reddit.

Twitter: Ari Paul debates "There can be only one" aka "highlander argument".
Reddit and Forum: how ticket pool size influences average vote time; roadmap concerns; why ticket price was volatile; ideas for using Reddit chat for dcrtrader and alternative chat systems; insette's write-up on Andrew Stone's GROUP proposal for miner-validated tokenization that is superior to current OP_RETURN-based schemes; James Liu's paper to extend atomic swaps to financial derivatives; what happens when all DCR are mined, tail emission and incentives for miners.
Chats: why tickets don't have 100% chance to vote; ideas for more straightforward marketing; long-running chat about world economy and failure modes; @brandon's thoughts on tokenizing everything, ICOs, securities, sidechains and more; challenges of staking with Trezor; ideas how to use CryptoSteel wallet with Decred; why exchange can't stake your coins, how staking can increase security, why the function to export seed from wallet is bad idea and why dcrwallet doesn't ever store the seed; ticket voting math; discussion about how GitHub workflow forces to depend on modern web browser and possible alternatives; funding marketing and education in developing markets, vetting contractors based on deliverables, "Decred contractor clearance", continued in #governance.
#dex channel continues to attract thinkers and host chats about influence of exchanges, regulation, HFT, lot sizes, liquidity, on-chain vs off-chain swaps, to name a few topics. #governance also keeps growing and hosting high quality conversations.

Markets

In July DCR was trading in USD 56-76 and BTC 0.0072-0.0109 range. A recovery started after a volume boost of up to $10.5 m on Fex around Jul 13, but once Bitcoin headed towards USD ~8,000 DCR declined along with most altcoins.
WalletInvestor posted a prediction on dcrtrader.
Decred was noticed in top 10 mineable coins on coinmarketcap.com.

Relevant External

One million PCs in China were infected via browser plugins to mine Decred, Siacoin and Digibyte.
In a Unchained podcast episode David Vorick shared why ASICs are better than GPUs even if they tend toward mining centralization and also described Obelisk's new Launchpad service. (missed in June issue)
Sia project moved to GitLab. The stated reasons are to avoid the risk of depending on centralized service, to avoid vendor lock-in, better continuous integration and testing, better access control and the general direction to support decentralized and open source projects.
Luxor explained why PPS pools are better.
@nic__carter published slides from his talk "An Overview of Governance in Blockchains" from Zcon0.
This article arguing the importance of governance systems dates back to 2007.
Bancor wallet was hacked. This reminds us about the fake feeling of decentralizaion, that custody of funds is dangerous and that smart contracts must have minimum complexity and be verifiable.
Circle announced official Poloniex mobile apps for iOS and Android.
On Jul 27 Circle announced delisting of 9 coins from Poloniex that led to a loss of 23-81% of their value same day. Sad reminder about how much a project can depend on a single centralized exchange.
DCR supply and market cap is now correct on onchainfx.com and finally, on coinmarketcap.com. Thanks to @sumiflow, @jz and others doing the tedious work to reach out the various websites.

About This Issue

This is the 4th issue of Decred Journal. It is mirrored on GitHub, Medium and Reddit. Past issues are available here.
Most information from third parties is relayed directly from source after a minimal sanity check. The authors of Decred Journal have no ability to verify all claims. Please beware of scams and do your own research.
Chat links were changed to riot.im from the static web viewer that suffered from UX issues (filed here and here). We will consider changing back to the static viewer once they are resolved because it does not require javascript to read chat logs.
In the previous issue we introduced "Featured articles". The judgement is subjective by definition, if you feel unfairness or want to debate the criteria please check this issue.
Feedback is appreciated: please comment on Reddit, GitHub or #writers_room.
Contributions are also welcome, some areas are adding content, pre-release review or translations to other languages.
Credits (Slack names, alphabetical order): bee, Haon and Richard-Red.

I really like litecoinpool.org because it's PPS so there's no variance, your profits show up instantly, it has no fee and merged mining to increase profits, and the merge mined coins are automatically converted to litecoin. Is there a pool for bitcoins (or any other currencies) with some or all of those things?

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NEXT DAY UPCOMING EVENTS

 
General

	Launch Profit Converter	June 30, 2019
	Merchandise Store Update	June 30, 2019
	ELO Exchange Special	June 30, 2019
	Roadmap Update	June 30, 2019
	Platform Hard Launch	June 30, 2019
	PoLC Mainnet Launch	June 30, 2019
	SDK Public V3.0 Release	June 30, 2019
	Off-chain Providers	June 30, 2019
	Bonus Payments	June 30, 2019
	Complex Script Support	June 30, 2019
	CRoute Initial Deploy	June 30, 2019
	Mainnet Launch	June 30, 2019
	Proof of Stake Validator	June 30, 2019
	Plasma Implementation	June 30, 2019
	Plasma Cross-asset Swaps	June 30, 2019
	Staking	June 30, 2019
	Edge Cacher Beta	June 30, 2019
	1 ETH+40,000 OROX Contest	June 30, 2019
	Data Authentication	June 30, 2019
	Data Authentication	June 30, 2019
	Mainnet 1.0 Private Test	June 30, 2019
	Decentralized Exchange	June 30, 2019
	2.0 Release	June 30, 2019
	Mainnet Developer Tools	June 30, 2019
	Community Contest	June 30, 2019
	Token Burn	June 30, 2019
	Bitcoin CZ Roadmap	June 30, 2019
	Migration Deadline	June 30, 2019
	Masternodes Mainnet	June 30, 2019
NEM(XEM)	Block Explorer Release	June 30, 2019
Stellar(XLM)	Minor Release	June 30, 2019
Stellar(XLM)	Q2 Protocol & SDF Upgrade	June 30, 2019
Stellar(XLM)	Horizon SDK Parity	June 30, 2019
EOS(EOS)	Significant Announcement	June 30, 2019
Qtum(QTUM)	Scaling Improvements	June 30, 2019
Qtum(QTUM)	X86 VM Public Testnet	June 30, 2019
Siacoin(SC)	V1.4.1 Update	June 30, 2019
Bytecoin(BCN)	Gate.io Disabled for USA	June 30, 2019
Binance Coin(BNB)	Coin Burn	June 30, 2019
Ardor(ARDR)	Child Chain Control	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Voice Calls Launch	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	[DUPLICATE?] First Retail Sponsoring	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Reaching 15M+ Users	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	300 Trading Pairs	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Voice Calls in China	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Voice Minutes Trading	June 30, 2019
WAX(WAX)	WAX Accounts Release	June 30, 2019
WAX(WAX)	WAX Token Swap Starts	June 30, 2019
FunFair(FUN)	Mobile Optimization	June 30, 2019
FunFair(FUN)	White Label Casino Launch	June 30, 2019
FunFair(FUN)	MVP of Affiliate Program	June 30, 2019
Neblio(NEBL)	Website Redesign	June 30, 2019
Neblio(NEBL)	Website Redesign	June 30, 2019
Walton(WTC)	KIRINMINER Shipped	June 30, 2019
Walton(WTC)	Mining Pool Changes & PPS	June 30, 2019
Achain(ACT)	AchainX testnet	June 30, 2019
Monaco(MCO)	Card Launch in Korea	June 30, 2019
SONM(SNM)	Q2 Releases	June 30, 2019
SONM(SNM)	Q2 Business Updates	June 30, 2019
SONM(SNM)	Kubernetes Task Challenge	June 30, 2019
AdEx(ADX)	Registry Prototype Launch	June 30, 2019
WaBi(WABI)	Expands to 100 Cities	June 30, 2019
WaBi(WABI)	Tael Payments Expansion	June 30, 2019
Bread(BRD)	BRD CryptoMonth	June 30, 2019
Nuls(NULS)	NULS 2.0 Public Beta	June 30, 2019
Tierion(TNT)	Public Testnet	June 30, 2019
Tierion(TNT)	Core & SC on GitHub	June 30, 2019
Genesis Vision(GVT)	Q2 Token Burn	June 30, 2019
YOYOW(YOYOW)	Q2 Releases	June 30, 2019
Everex(EVX)	Everex Exchange Launch	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	Big Data Research Launch	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	ARN Token Migration	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	CBM Token Integration	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	Shop Integration	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	Travel Offers	June 30, 2019
Datum(DAT)	Data Service Providers	June 30, 2019
LIFE(LIFE)	British Virgin Islands	June 30, 2019
LIFE(LIFE)	LIFEwallet® Fiat Ramp	June 30, 2019
LockChain(LOC)	Mainnet Launch	June 30, 2019
LUXCoin(LUX)	Luxgate Alpha Release	June 30, 2019
LUXCoin(LUX)	Parallel Masternodes Beta	June 30, 2019
LUXCoin(LUX)	WhitePaper 3.0	June 30, 2019
E-Dinar Coin(EDR)	Monthly Update	June 30, 2019
E-Dinar Coin(EDR)	Monthly Update	June 30, 2019
Spots(SPT)	Token Burn	June 30, 2019
BlazeCoin(BLZ)	Mainnet Iteration I	June 30, 2019
AppCoins(APPC)	Network Effects	June 30, 2019
QLINK(QLC)	WinCash Launch	June 30, 2019
QLINK(QLC)	Start Demand QGAS	June 30, 2019
EXRNchain(EXRN)	EXRNchain Beta Release	June 30, 2019
Aigang(AIX)	Aigang (AIX) V4.0 Platform Release	June 30, 2019
Rebellious(REBL)	Token Swap	June 30, 2019
INS Ecosystem(INS)	Economic Paper	June 30, 2019
Telcoin(TEL)	Transfers Supported	June 30, 2019
IOStoken(IOST)	Security Audit	June 30, 2019
Harvest Masternode Coin(HC)	Complete HAIL Protocol	June 30, 2019
Theta Token(THETA)	Developer Tools Launch	June 30, 2019
Theta Token(THETA)	Universal Edge Cacher	June 30, 2019
DATA(DTA)	M3 Beta Version	June 30, 2019
DATA(DTA)	DATA System	June 30, 2019
Zilliqa(ZIL)	Core Protocol Enhancement	June 30, 2019
Elastos(ELA)	DPoS and AuxPoW Consensus	June 30, 2019
Elastos(ELA)	Elastos Token Sidechain	June 30, 2019
Elastos(ELA)	NEO Compatible Sidechain	June 30, 2019
Elastos(ELA)	ETH Compatible sidechain	June 30, 2019
Iungo(ING)	Secure Layer	June 30, 2019 [Possible Date]
THEKEY(TKY)	Public Chain Test	June 30, 2019
THEKEY(TKY)	Government Evaluation	June 30, 2019

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NEXT DAY UPCOMING EVENTS

 
Software/Platforms

	ETAC Convention	June 29, 2019
DeepBrain Chain(DBC)	Web Wallet	June 29, 2019
	Hardware Wallet	June 30, 2019
	IOS App	June 30, 2019
	Android Mobile SDK Beta	June 30, 2019
	Impleum Lite Wallet	June 30, 2019
NEM(XEM)	Catapult Software	June 30, 2019
Stellar(XLM)	Open-source Wallet SDK	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Video Calls Launch	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Trading Global Packages	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	E-wallet Integration	June 30, 2019
FunFair(FUN)	New Wallet Integration	June 30, 2019
WaBi(WABI)	App Social Functionality	June 30, 2019
Everex(EVX)	Remittance App Pilot	June 30, 2019
LUXCoin(LUX)	1st dApp on LUX Chain	June 30, 2019
LUXCoin(LUX)	Web Wallet Token Support	June 30, 2019
Tezos(XTZ)	Trust Wallet Staking	June 30, 2019
Theta Token(THETA)	Android SDK Integration	June 30, 2019
Insights Network(INSTAR)	Cold Wallet Integration	June 30, 2019
Wancoin(WAN)	Wallet UX/UI Update	June 30, 2019
Nexo(NEXO)	IOS/Android App Launch	June 30, 2019
Hydrogen(HYDRO)	DApp Store Launch	June 30, 2019
IoTeX(IOTX)	Integration with DApps	June 30, 2019
Phantasma(SOUL)	Mainnet	June 30, 2019
Phantasma(SOUL)	Digital Commerce App	June 30, 2019
ThoreCoin(THR)	Windows Wallet	June 30, 2019

 
General

DeepBrain Chain(DBC)	Fiat to DBC	June 29, 2019
Civic(CVC)	AML-KYC Implementation	June 29, 2019
CloakCoin(CLOAK)	ENIGMA Competition Reward	June 29, 2019
Ravencoin(RVN)	New Code Testing	June 29, 2019
Hydrogen(HYDRO)	Hydro Pay Public Launch	June 29, 2019
IoTeX(IOTX)	YouTube Campaign EP48	June 29, 2019
Mainframe(MFT)	Updated Roadmap	June 29, 2019
	Launch Profit Converter	June 30, 2019
	Merchandise Store Update	June 30, 2019
	ELO Exchange Special	June 30, 2019
	Roadmap Update	June 30, 2019
	Platform Hard Launch	June 30, 2019
	PoLC Mainnet Launch	June 30, 2019
	SDK Public V3.0 Release	June 30, 2019
	Off-chain Providers	June 30, 2019
	Bonus Payments	June 30, 2019
	Complex Script Support	June 30, 2019
	CRoute Initial Deploy	June 30, 2019
	Mainnet Launch	June 30, 2019
	Proof of Stake Validator	June 30, 2019
	Plasma Implementation	June 30, 2019
	Plasma Cross-asset Swaps	June 30, 2019
	Staking	June 30, 2019
	Edge Cacher Beta	June 30, 2019
	1 ETH+40,000 OROX Contest	June 30, 2019
	Data Authentication	June 30, 2019
	Data Authentication	June 30, 2019
	Mainnet 1.0 Private Test	June 30, 2019
	Decentralized Exchange	June 30, 2019
	2.0 Release	June 30, 2019
	Mainnet Developer Tools	June 30, 2019
	Community Contest	June 30, 2019
	Token Burn	June 30, 2019
	Bitcoin CZ Roadmap	June 30, 2019
	Migration Deadline	June 30, 2019
	Masternodes Mainnet	June 30, 2019
NEM(XEM)	Block Explorer Release	June 30, 2019
Stellar(XLM)	Minor Release	June 30, 2019
Stellar(XLM)	Q2 Protocol & SDF Upgrade	June 30, 2019
Stellar(XLM)	Horizon SDK Parity	June 30, 2019
EOS(EOS)	Significant Announcement	June 30, 2019
Qtum(QTUM)	Scaling Improvements	June 30, 2019
Qtum(QTUM)	X86 VM Public Testnet	June 30, 2019
Siacoin(SC)	V1.4.1 Update	June 30, 2019
Bytecoin(BCN)	Gate.io Disabled for USA	June 30, 2019
Binance Coin(BNB)	Coin Burn	June 30, 2019
Ardor(ARDR)	Child Chain Control	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Voice Calls Launch	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	[DUPLICATE?] First Retail Sponsoring	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Reaching 15M+ Users	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	300 Trading Pairs	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Voice Calls in China	June 30, 2019
Dent(DENT)	Voice Minutes Trading	June 30, 2019
WAX(WAX)	WAX Accounts Release	June 30, 2019
WAX(WAX)	WAX Token Swap Starts	June 30, 2019
FunFair(FUN)	Mobile Optimization	June 30, 2019
FunFair(FUN)	White Label Casino Launch	June 30, 2019
FunFair(FUN)	MVP of Affiliate Program	June 30, 2019
Neblio(NEBL)	Website Redesign	June 30, 2019
Neblio(NEBL)	Website Redesign	June 30, 2019
Walton(WTC)	KIRINMINER Shipped	June 30, 2019
Walton(WTC)	Mining Pool Changes & PPS	June 30, 2019
Achain(ACT)	AchainX testnet	June 30, 2019
Monaco(MCO)	Card Launch in Korea	June 30, 2019
SONM(SNM)	Q2 Releases	June 30, 2019
SONM(SNM)	Q2 Business Updates	June 30, 2019
SONM(SNM)	Kubernetes Task Challenge	June 30, 2019
AdEx(ADX)	Registry Prototype Launch	June 30, 2019
WaBi(WABI)	Expands to 100 Cities	June 30, 2019
WaBi(WABI)	Tael Payments Expansion	June 30, 2019
Bread(BRD)	BRD CryptoMonth	June 30, 2019
Nuls(NULS)	NULS 2.0 Public Beta	June 30, 2019
Tierion(TNT)	Public Testnet	June 30, 2019
Tierion(TNT)	Core & SC on GitHub	June 30, 2019
Genesis Vision(GVT)	Q2 Token Burn	June 30, 2019
YOYOW(YOYOW)	Q2 Releases	June 30, 2019
Everex(EVX)	Everex Exchange Launch	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	Big Data Research Launch	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	ARN Token Migration	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	CBM Token Integration	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	Shop Integration	June 30, 2019
Aeron(ARN)	Travel Offers	June 30, 2019
Datum(DAT)	Data Service Providers	June 30, 2019
LIFE(LIFE)	[British Vi

 
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