Which mining pools do not require account creation?

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I know Eligius doesn't have a lengthly setup process, you just use your payout address as the username.

Which other pools are this easy to start with?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 06 '13 at 14:12

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You can try http://p2pool.info/

And P2Pool.info does not keep fees, they redistribute it ;)

In general you don't have to subscribe to P2P Pool (just search for "p2p bitcoin pool").

answered May 06 '13 at 14:12

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This requires me to run extra software, right? – Samuel Edwin Ward May 06 '13 at 15:25
Indeed, according to https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/P2Pool#Joining_the_pool you have to launch p2pool binary and just use your common miner software on 127.0.0.1:9332 – Nontenda May 06 '13 at 16:16

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '13 at 01:48

Ok, I'm going to iterate over this list. Although I think it is not very clear what "account creation" would imply, I list the ones that just want your Bitcoin address.

Ones I found that do not require account creation:

50 BTC
Eligius
Horrible Horrendous Terrible Tremendous Mining Pool
P2Pool
BitParking (requires you to create a UserId, but no password or whatever so basically you can just enter randomness and a Bitcoin address)

And ones that do:

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 04 '13 at 21:00

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50BTC, but I'm pretty sure they take some fees, while Eligius is takes transaction fees instead.

edited May 04 '13 at 21:00

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answered May 04 '13 at 16:39

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Eligius does keep transaction fees. I think it would be deceptive to describe it as "100% free". – Samuel Edwin Ward May 04 '13 at 20:45

Which mining pools do not require account creation?

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