Scratchpad / WIP Thread: Namecoin's Hashrate / Diversity
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:02 pm
It's been pretty well-known for many months that F2Pool controls a majority of Namecoin hashrate. This is not likely to be an immediate problem, given that F2Pool is a strong supporter of Namecoin and is unlikely to attack the network that they helped support and fund. A more likely attack scenario would be if the Chinese government ordered F2Pool to attack Namecoin -- but this would also apply to Bitcoin, since a majority of Bitcoin hashrate is under Chinese jurisdiction.
All that said, the existence of any kind of trusted party is universally agreed upon by Namecoin and Bitcoin users to be nonpreferable. So, this is a scratchpad thread for tracking our progress improving Namecoin's hashrate diversity. (A lot of this discussion has already happened on IRC over the past few months, but it seems that for transparency reasons, keeping track of it here is useful.)
I'll post more info in this thread later. In the meantime, anyone else who's interested in this topic is welcome to share info or offer suggestions.
Status of various pools:
F2Pool AKA Discus Fish: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
AntPool: Merge-mined between June and December 2014. Currently does not mine Namecoin.
Bitfury: ???
BTCChina: ???
KNC Miner: ???
Slush: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
BW Pool: ???
21.co: U.S.-based, currently not merged-mining
Eligius: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
Telco 214: U.S.-based, currently not merged-mining
GHash.IO: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
BitMinter: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
BitClub: ???
Solo.ckpool: Declined to mine Namecoin
Kano.is: Declined to mine Namecoin
EclipseMC: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
P2Pool: Supports Namecoin if configured appropriately; technical issues with Namecoin Core are reportedly fixed. See viewtopic.php?p=15994#p15994
mmpool: Currently mines 6 altcoins including Namecoin, using Namecoin Core
GMCpool ("give me coins"): Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core
TBDice: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core
Multipool.us: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core
Last updated 2015 Nov 27
All that said, the existence of any kind of trusted party is universally agreed upon by Namecoin and Bitcoin users to be nonpreferable. So, this is a scratchpad thread for tracking our progress improving Namecoin's hashrate diversity. (A lot of this discussion has already happened on IRC over the past few months, but it seems that for transparency reasons, keeping track of it here is useful.)
I'll post more info in this thread later. In the meantime, anyone else who's interested in this topic is welcome to share info or offer suggestions.
Status of various pools:
F2Pool AKA Discus Fish: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
AntPool: Merge-mined between June and December 2014. Currently does not mine Namecoin.
Bitfury: ???
BTCChina: ???
KNC Miner: ???
Slush: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
BW Pool: ???
21.co: U.S.-based, currently not merged-mining
Eligius: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
Telco 214: U.S.-based, currently not merged-mining
GHash.IO: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
BitMinter: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
BitClub: ???
Solo.ckpool: Declined to mine Namecoin
Kano.is: Declined to mine Namecoin
EclipseMC: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core 0.11 beta
P2Pool: Supports Namecoin if configured appropriately; technical issues with Namecoin Core are reportedly fixed. See viewtopic.php?p=15994#p15994
mmpool: Currently mines 6 altcoins including Namecoin, using Namecoin Core
GMCpool ("give me coins"): Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core
TBDice: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core
Multipool.us: Currently mines Namecoin, using Namecoin Core
Last updated 2015 Nov 27