Why do people join mining pools?

- solo mining you will never win a single block in 1000 years. Only reason.

Why do mining pools suck.

-centralized mining leads to regulatory capture

-you get way less % of the block reward than your % hash towards the block and can't even verify that.

-mining pool operators can act unilaterally on your behalf.

*decide if you signal for software changes like segwit.

*can fill the blocks with jpegs receive compensation through back channels and forgo your fees.

*return accidentally submitted fees.

*tell you they returned accidentally submitted fees and keep them for themselves

*more shady shit.

OCEAN

-you are a miner again not rented hash power.

-you make all your own decisions like a solo miner

-you verify your pay % matches your hash %.

-pay goes through no intermediary that decides what you get. Rewards go directly to your bitcoin address.

-no one can tell you if you can or cannot mine on OCEAN.

-you can sign up and be mining in 3 minutes. No long waits to be approved.

TLDR; Mine like you are a solo miner but get paid better than if you are in a mining pool. Oh yeah and fuck centralization.