Note: This is NOT a pool despite its name, it is a service to allow miners to mine solo as you cannot mine directly to a bitcoin core node
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Sure 2% might be worth the convenienceā€¦ but I think for small solo miners the point is to demonstrate full decentralization and keep 100% if you win the hash lotto
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The thing is that you need to have your node well connected, otherwise you might lose the block.
It's definitely worth the 2% to not have to worry about any network issues.
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