BTC Guild Pool Name BTC Guild Hash Rate N/A Network Share N/A Last 6 Months All Time Block Count 0 32,935 Rank 30 2 Share of Blocks 0.00 % 6.97 %Jump to: , is a which offers proportional () based rewards, where your reward is equal to the block value, multiplied by your valid shares submitted during the round.The pool does not take a fee from each block solved, and calculates rewards to the full 8 decimal points supported by the Bitcoin protocol.The pool is run off the donations of users, and is offering premium services at different donation levels to encourage users to donate a small percentage of their rewards.Donations are taken from the individual user's reward when a block is calculated.2.5% donators (calculated on a per block basis) are able to claim their rewards without waiting for 120 confirmations of the block.This also acts as invalid protection, similar to DeepBit, where a user can claim rewards even if the block is later invalidated/orphaned by the network.

The coinbase signature for this pool is: "Mined by BTC Guild"[1].BTC Guild first opened up on May 9th, 2011.[2]It is currently for sale and a possible buyer has been found.There is a 90 day notice period.If the sale does not go through, another 90 day notice period will be announced.30 days for the pool to stop operation and an additional 60 days for users to withdraw their mining proceeds[3].Contents 1 2 3 4 On June 15th, 2015, it was announced[4] that BTC Guild will be shutting down on June 30th, 2015.Its operator - Eleuthria - cited concerns over low percentage of network hashrate vs funds in a hot wallet, the New York Bitlicense and possible but difficult to prove gaming of the pool by miners.UPDATE (16th June 16:00 BST): Following the publication of this article, a spokesperson for the New York State Department of Financial Services told CoinDesk "miners and mining pools are exempt from the BitLicense".BTC Guild is set to close at the end of June, months after previously announcing that it would shut down its long-running bitcoin mining pool.

In its announcement, posted to Bitcoin Talk, owner Eleuthria cited the finalization of the BitLicense as a primary motivator for shutting down, stating that BTC Guild could not afford any legal threats that may arise as a result of the New York regulatory framework.grafico diario bitcoinThe pool announced last October that it was considering closure in the face of falling revenue and rising risks for both users and the pool itself.litecoin alternativeBTC Guild first floated the idea in July 2014, citing the then-incomplete BitLicense at the time.total bitcoin outstandingEleuthria noted that whether BTC Guild is based in New York "does not matter" and suggested that the pool could face significant legal liability regardless of its location because "the final regulations have enough gray area that BTC Guild is at risk".bitcoin conference boston

"This fact makes it possible for New York to attempt to claim jurisdiction to enforce regulations.Whether or not BTC Guild could win in defense of such an attempt is irrelevant, since the cost of defending the pool would be greater than any income the pool is expected to generate going forward."bitcoin worth 10000BTC Guild will cease operating after 30th June, with withdrawals available until 30th September.litecoin price australiaThe mining pool – a collective of miners who share their hashing power to compete for blocks as a group – has reduced its minimum withdrawal amount to 0.0001 BTC, with no transaction fees required to remove money from the platform.In addition to the BitLicense finalization, the gradual decline in size of the pool relative to its costs and liabilities was cited as a factor in the closure decision."As mining has become more centralized, BTC Guild has continuously shrunk in proportion to the network, now being less than 3% of the network hash rate.

The costs of running the pool have not changed, and the amount of funds at risk in the event of a compromise is significantly higher than what the pool could ever recover from."The announcement pointed to the growing risk of fraud BTC Guild allegedly faces, with Eleuthria stating that "I have been growing concerned for some time now about attempts to defraud pools.""When the pool was 20-30% of the network, the amount of funds at risk was slightly higher, but the ability for the pool to recover from that loss was present," Eleuthria wrote."At 3% of the network, the pool would not be able to recover from such a loss."In its last announcement, BTC Guild floated the possibility of a sale in order to continue operating.According to the latest post, any idea of a sale was abandoned due to the perceived risk of fraud, as well as "personal attachment" to the pool on the part of its staff."The risk of users being cheated or stolen from as a result of transferring pool ownership is not something I am willing to accept," Eleuthria wrote, reiterating that the decision to shut down is in part an effort to protect users from fraud.

Eleuthria went on to thank the community for its support of BTC Guild, which began operating in 2011, writing: "Thank you to all the users and the Bitcoin community for making BTC Guild a success for the last four years.It has been hard to finally make this call a second time with the determination to not reverse the decision."Closed shop sign image via Shutterstock The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is an independent media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies.Jump to: , A statistically valid analysis of some pools and their payout methods: Bitcoin network and pool analysis The following pools are known or strongly suspected to be mining on top of blocks before fully validating them with Bitcoin Core 0.9.5 or later.Miners doing this have already lost over $50,000 USD during the 4 July 2015 fork and have created a situation where small numbers of confirmations are much less useful than they normally are.