I know many people choose publicpool over other options simply for the fact that it's free, but I'm wondering if the pools that charge actually perform any better, or they just greedy lol. One of the reasons I'm asking is this little gem I recently saw in Bitcoin Magazine:
"The reason people choose to join the Solo CK Pool is because they can leverage Kolivas’ server infrastructure for a 2% fee, which guarantees good-enough network performance — something critical for timely block propagation. If a miner solves a block but takes a few seconds to propagate their solution, they risk having another miner propagate theirs first, which would lead to an orphaned block and zero rewards for the first miner.”
CKpool takes 2% which obviously I'd rather keep, but if I'm more likely to hit a block then CKpool is a no brainer over a free pool. I'd rather have 98% of something then 100% of nothing. Any thoughts on whether the paid pools in general perform any better, and then specifically in regards to CKpool as well?
Oh and here's the full article in case you want to read it for context: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/how-small-solo-miners-solve-bitcoin-blocks
