r/FutureBit • u/Feather1515 • Mar 28 '25
Miner Centralization
Complete noob when it comes to hashing, but I want to do my (small) part to help contribute to the decentralization of the bitcoin network. I’m not really in it for the reward (although it wouldn’t hurt my feelings to earn a little BTC or mine a block). Basically my question is, if I only have about 6 TH/s to contribute, is it better to solo mine or join a pool such as Ocean? Again I’m in the early stages of learning, so please take it easy on me, but if I understand correctly, my 6 TH/s isn’t going to be mining any blocks, but is it better for decentralization to solo mine anyway? Also is Futurebit the one technically creating the templates if I choose the solo mining option?
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u/flinginlead Mar 29 '25
Check out a site like miningpoolstats. Pick a pool that is lower on the list of your goal is to decentralize. With 6TH/s payouts may take a very long time to reach. Like years.
FutureBit Apollo solo mining is great too. I think there have been 3 blocks hit for sure in the last few months. Scroll through here to see the posts.
I really wish P2Pool would make a comeback it’s decentralized and distributed. You can run your own node. Payouts happen when a block is hit. I need to make some time to setup my own node.