Open source, for an operator of any size. Payouts come straight from the block reward. Published share records let anyone recompute the split.
Hydrapool is open-source PPLNS pool software. An operator of any size can run it, from a home miner to a large operation. You host it yourself. Miners are paid straight from the block reward, in the coinbase. The pool publishes share records so anyone can recompute the split.
It is part of the 256 Foundation's open mining stack, with Mujina and Ember One.
Hydrapool aims to let you inspect and run the bookkeeper. P2Pool V2 aims to remove the single authoritative bookkeeper.
It is also a platform for how miners get paid. Design goals is the payout-plugin work: swap the accounting and the payout method.
Two ledgers keeps the operator-run pool apart from the P2Pool V2 sharechain. Where Hydrapool is today is the list of what the current release actually runs.
The public instance does not pay miners
stratum+tcp://pool.256foundation.org:3333 is a hashrate donation to the 256 Foundation. If that instance finds a block, 100% of the winnings go to the Foundation. It is not a community PPLNS pool that pays the people who connect. Stats are on Hashdash. A pool that pays its miners is one you configure and run. See Name the pool.
