<p>These are just arbitrary rules. Made by the pool admin. Really doesn't matter.</p>

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2014-02-24T02:20:29.520Z
2014-02-24T02:20:29.520Z
uminatsu
<p>The majority of pools I see that they use a period such that:</p>

<p><code>username.workername</code></p>

<p>others use:</p>

<p><code>username_workename</code></p>

<p>I see that it definitely is not interchangeable.  How come some pools use underscore (such as bitminter and btcguild)  and others use a period (like gigahash.io)?</p>

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Why do some pools require a worker name with an underscore and others require a period?
Frankenmint
# Why do some pools require a worker name with an underscore and others require a period?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-23)

The majority of pools I see that they use a period such that:

`username.workername`

others use:

`username_workename`

I see that it definitely is not interchangeable. How come some pools use underscore (such as bitminter and btcguild) and others use a period (like gigahash.io)?

**Tags:** mining-pools


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-02-24. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

These are just arbitrary rules. Made by the pool admin. Really doesn't matter.


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