Is it worth switching to a new mining pool after years with the same one?
I've been mining BTC for almost three years on the same pool. Everything is stable, but lately I've been wondering if I'm missing better conditions elsewhere. I have six ASICs (around 900 TH/s total), and the difference of even 1–2% in profitability becomes noticeable over time. I've started comparing different pools and came across https://emcd.io/pool/. What caught my attention was the relatively low fee, daily payouts, merged mining, and the ability to manage everything from one ecosystem. On paper it looks interesting, but marketing always looks good.
Has anyone here actually moved production hardware there? How stable is the hashrate, are there any issues with rejected shares or payout delays? I'm interested in real long-term experience rather than just first impressions.
I switched gradually instead of moving all my miners at once. Sent one ASIC there for a couple of weeks, compared average rewards, pool stability and rejected shares with my previous pool. That gave me a much better picture than any online calculator. I'd definitely recommend testing with part of your hashrate before making a full migration.