They are still unusable for pleb mining. Focus should be to enable lightning payouts ( what a true innovation in the mining space that would be!) , not on block templates.
The market must appreciate the new choices that nostr:npub1qtvl2em0llpnnllffhat8zltugwwz97x79gfmxfz4qk52n6zpk3qq87dze is offering as the pool's hash rate has jumped to over 500 petahash/sec.
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im a pleb with 3 S9's. i've been using ocean since launch. if i was using Braiins still, i wouldn't be able to withdrawal my sats either. i'm used to waiting nearly a year to do so. if they get lightning withdrawals up and running before a year is up, then it's faster than Braiins pool. Let's go.
Thats a very altruistic approach to mining, and i applaud it, but i think its probably the exception to the rule and certainly does nothing to refute that the incentives ,for a pleb miner, to use Ocean are the worst of all available options.
I am pro Ocean's success 🤙
> ... We expect to add Lightning payouts in 2024 and thereby eliminate the payout threshold.
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