Switching pools has always been possible. But the largest pool is the most profitable, and centralized pools are easily controlled. Decoupling selection without decoupling payout is an engineering change without a pooling pressure change.
e > On Sep 6, 2021, at 10:01, David A. Harding <d...@dtrt.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 09:29:01AM +0200, Eric Voskuil wrote: >> It doesn’t centralize payment, which ultimately controls transaction >> selection (censorship). > > Yeah, but if you get paid after each share via LN and you can switch > pools instantly, then the worst case with centralized pools is that > you don't get paid for one share. If the hasher sets their share > difficulty low enough, that shouldn't be a big deal. > > I'm interested in whether braidpool offers any significant benefits over > an idealized version of centralized mining with independent transaction > selection. > > -Dave _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
