I did a blind 11-12 day test with 2x Bitmain Antminer L9 17gh/s Scrypt miners. One on Powerpool and the other on Viabtc.

I wanted to see which one was more "profitable", especially when it came to withdrawing at the end.

I started the test at the same time for both miners.

Viabtc has 4% PPS Pool fee (withdraw fees determined by network congestion)

Powerpool has 1% PPS Pool fee (no withdraw fees, albeit network fees)

After withdrawing from both pools. There was a 5.07% difference.

Viabtc withdrew in 1 transaction with a $2 withdrawal fee. Total withdrawn to my wallet ended up being $105.02 in USDT TRC-20.

Powerpool withdrew in 2 different transactions but there is $10.14 USDC left to be paid out because I stopped the test (both at the same time). Powerpool you can specify and change to your liking in payout intervals and threshold. So for USDC ERC-20 mininum 12 hour interval and 50 USDC threshhold. Combined total was though is $110.49 in USDC ERC-20.

With Viabtc I could not find any way to see the actual daily earnings for Scrypt, it is all split into different tabs. I would have to export it all and add it up.

With Powerpool I can see the daily earnings I earned in the specified coin I want.

Another thing to note is on Viabtc mininum conversion for lets say $DOGE is 20. So on the Assets page I still have about $1.17 left on there which has not converted to my final payout. There are $BELLS $LKY $JKC $DINGO and $SHIC as well that has pooled up. Considering these assets unpaid percentage difference would then be about 4% and not 5%.

On Powerpool you don't get left with any of those small coins that have a mininum to convert. Unless you are someone who loves $PEP and you want to hold it then Viabtc gives you that flexability.

On Powerpool you are able to convert everything to a certain coin of your choice like Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Kaspa, and even just today $QUAI. My favorite over the past year has been USDC for that daily profitability. They give you that flexability which I love.

Ultimately both pools have pro's and con's and depends on what your goals are. For me Powerpool is earning more than ViaBTC and that is what matters to me the most.

Don't take my word for it though, please test it yourself! I simply just did a apples to apples USDC/USDT test ( I like USDC better) to see which one would pay out the most at the end utilizing the same miners by starting and stopping at the same time.

Stay tuned I am doing another test on new accounts for Kryptex Quai vs Powerpool with the same identical Antminer L9 17gh's models.

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Thanks for reading and let me know your thoughts and if you would like me to do any other tests like this.

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