<p>Multipool clients generally have two sets of functionality fail-over or load balancing.  Fail-over is simply having backup servers in place so that your miner can continue working if your primary server goes down or experiences a connectivity issue.  Load balancing will split up the work across multiple pools simultaneously.  This would make the most sense to me in an environment where multiple people purchase a rather expensive mining rig and want to distribute shares of the rigs capability to accounts that are controlled by different owners.  I can't see a scenario where this functionality could be unfair to someone mining in a single pool.</p>

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<p>I noted that many clients now-a-days have the option for multipool. Regarding such feature I've got two questions:</p>

<p>What are the advantages of being in a multipool setup against the single pool? </p>

<p>Is such setup option fair for those people who are in only one pool? </p>

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Single pool vs multipool mining?
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# Single pool vs multipool mining?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-14)

I noted that many clients now-a-days have the option for multipool. Regarding such feature I've got two questions:

What are the advantages of being in a multipool setup against the single pool?

Is such setup option fair for those people who are in only one pool?

**Tags:** mining-pools


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Multipool clients generally have two sets of functionality fail-over or load balancing. Fail-over is simply having backup servers in place so that your miner can continue working if your primary server goes down or experiences a connectivity issue. Load balancing will split up the work across multiple pools simultaneously. This would make the most sense to me in an environment where multiple people purchase a rather expensive mining rig and want to distribute shares of the rigs capability to accounts that are controlled by different owners. I can't see a scenario where this functionality could be unfair to someone mining in a single pool.


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