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Nanopool
Nanopool is a cryptocurrency mining pool. It allows getting 7 cryptocurrencies: Ethereum, Electroneum, Ethereum Classic, Pascal, SiaCoin, Monero, Zcash. On the Nanopool website users will see a list of supported cryptocurrencies, as well as information on the algorithm used, the rate, the pool hashrate, the range of payments.
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Description
The site is available in English only. Commission is equal to 1% with the exception of Electroneum and SiaCoin, for them, the pool established a commission at 2%. By clicking on the Overview users can see the details of the working conditions, instructions for setting up the miner. There will be displayed the TOP miners of power, the number of blocks and other stats. In the right part of the window there is a newsfeed from Twitter.
Servers
Like other pools, Nanopool is not focused on miners from one region. Miners are distributed all over the world, for different regions the pool provides different servers:
- Europe (2 different servers);
- the Eastern and Western parts of the United States (2 servers);
- Asia;
- Japan;
- Australia.
To see the list of servers users need to go to the detailed description of a particular cryptocurrency and go to the Help section.
It is simply impossible to get confused on the Nanopool website. On the main page users can see mined cryptocurrency. In a detailed overview of each currency there are:
- the number of miners, the number of workers is counting down in our example until the beginning of a new era (in the extraction of Ethereum such a division is accepted);
- the stats tab is the same statistics, but in the form of graphs;
- blocks — displays the extracted blocks;
- API to create a simple application on the basis of ready-made codes. For example, to display balance on this pool;
- FAQ — a small instruction on setting up Nanopool;
- Help — a kind of knowledge base on working with cryptocurrencies;
- Pools — a drop-down menu with a list of mined cryptocurrencies.
Check in
The authors did not provide a registration opportunity. In order to start mining, users have to get a cryptowallet, so it will determine their account.
Mining setup
Note that the pool puts forward strict requirements for the equipment, there is a minimum bar that PC must meet:
- OS only 64-bit;
- at least 4 GB of RAM;
- video memory of at least 4 GB;
- AMD graphics cards are recommended to use driver version 15.12.
Withdrawal
Output from Nanopool has its own features, in particular, users will need the password that they entered in the miner at the stage of setup.
Tthe changes will take effect about an hour after the worker finds at least 10 balls. For convenience, users can set a threshold, when exceeding which the money will be automatically transferred to their wallet.
Mobile client
In the Playmarket and AppStore users can download applications to monitor mining statistics remotely via smartphone. 2 applications from different manufacturers are available:
- Nanopool Mining Monitor;
- Nanopool Monitor.
