Are Multipools Worth it?

Are Multipools Worth it?

Before the release of DigiShield, miners could take advantage of coins with low difficulty to make a better profit. Kimoto Gravity Well (KGW) was introduced and curved this behavior, but DigiByte with their DigiShield effectively stomped it out. For those of you who might not know what a multipool is, it's a mining pool that determines the most profitable coin for you to mine based off your hash rate, the coins difficulty and the going rate on the exchanges. In contrast to direct mining pools, where only one coin is mined. After a coin has been mined long enough for the difficulty to....


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