There is a lot of snark in these comments. No, mining pools do not mine. They ho...

beiller on March 14, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google bans cryptocurrency ads

There is a lot of snark in these comments. No, mining pools do not mine. They host HTTP website where users sign up, and a "stratum" server, where miners connect, and submit their "work". No mining (as in no CPU usage for hashing).