DeepBit
DeepBit was a mining pool. The site currently reports a hash rate of 0 Gh/s, many users report the pool as abandoned[1] and the last block seems to have been found on 28 November 2013. The pool operator who opened the announcement / support thread on the BitcoinTalk Forum was last active on 16. March 2014[2].
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Description[edit]
This pool aimed to provide a simple reward sharing scheme and fast payments. It was once the biggest mining pool and at one point had more than 50% of the overall hash power at the time[3].
The service was first available for beta testing starting February 26, 2011[4].
Reward distribution[edit]
- Proportional: 3% fee.
- Pay-Per-Share mode: Current rate shown on website.
ASIC hardware[edit]
On September 10th, 2012, the owner of DeepBit announced plans for a custom Bitcoin mining ASIC termed Reclaimer.[5]. On April 8th, 2013, cancellation of the project was announced, citing lack of public interest.
Advantages[edit]
The pool had the following benefits:
- Instant payments - the balance is updated every hour, you do not need to wait 20 hours to get your money
- Two different modes of charging - with payment for each share and a proportional
- Support long polling reduces the number of latecomers ball
- Insurance against disabled units-money is accrued regardless of whether the block is confirmed by the network
- Open registration, the number of connections and accounts are not limited
- There is a JSON / JSON RPC API for issuing control data for monitoring and statistics collection programs
- Dynamically generated userbar for signatures on forums
- Backup server for auto-switch in case of problems or lack of communication
- The possibility of payment with a precision of 8 decimal places
Sources[edit]
See Also on BitcoinWiki[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Re: (1.3 TH) DeepBit.net PPS+Prop,instant payouts, we pay for INVALID BLOCKS too
- ↑ View the profile of DeepBit
- ↑ deepbit has 50.18 % now
- ↑ New mining pool with proportional reward distribution
- ↑ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=108375