Chia Farming Revisited

Previously I posted a review of the #Chia Farming process (#XCH):

https://www.publish0x.com/mining-altcoins-in-202x/chia-farming-xppjzmk

Since that review, Pools have been introduced and therefore I am providing an update.

Since the release of Official Pools, things are starting to balance out a bit. The link above will help you understand the nuts-and-bolts on what Chia Farming is and how to do it. 

You can find more technical details at chia.net

Pros:

• Energy consumption is way lower than mining any other alt coin
• You can plot farms on most any quad-core CPU
• Small HDDs are easy to find or can be salvaged off old machines
• Pooling is offered now. You don't need to proof a block in order to accumulate #XCH
  • The Official Pools are secure and you maintain control of earned chia and the payout threshold for this pool (Space Pool) is 0.01 XCH
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Cons:

• Some of the Chinese farmers have banded together to form ad-hoc pools
  • One of the largest is literally claiming >33% of all Chia
  • The estimated worldwide storage pool is >35EBs (yes, that's Exobytes!)
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  • Top 3 pools shown
• It is almost impossible to compete as a solo miner
• Storage is becoming hard to find at reasonable prices
• Chia is not listed on most exchanges
• If you switch from solo to pool mining, you must replot all of your farming plots
  • If you switch from pool to pool, you will not need to replot

Pools:

Top 10 pools are shown (by size)

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