We have launched Pool.Garden on mainnet. You can join and start pooling now.
How is that possible? Simple - you just need to install a developer’s preview version of chia client (this is essentially what will become 1.2.0 next week) from official Chia Networks repository.
No fishy third party code. No need to share your keys with anyone. No proprietary protocols and unclear payout schemes. Just the thing that we were all waiting for for the last few months: honest pooling.
There is a catch, however: any plots that you make right now have up to 25% chance to be incompatible with the final protocol version (source). How much to plot in this situation is your choice. But joining with a few plots just to try things out will not hurt
Finally, while the pool is in “alpha” stage, we do not take any fees. This will continue at least until the official protocol release.
thanks i hate discord (personal choice). so when you say make a new folder. should I be using it to test and see if my plots work? im just a little confused. i have like 500 plots right now. but the directions linked kind of imply i can just set and go with all my current plots. sorry i just dont want to do it wrong
followed directions.
status says “pooling”
number of plots says “0”
dont see myself on the leaderboard at all. been about 20 minutes. am I doing something wrong?
I cant join discord it tells me i need to agree to the server rules and when i accept it says “this servers requirements have changed please close this and try again”
ive closed and tried again i cant type anywhere just stuck in some loop
No worries. Best would be to create a new folder and plot a few plots there. Your existing plots will continue being farmed, but you won’t be able to bring them into the pool, unfortunately.
No, testnet is a different network which requires different client configuration. By default any chia client, including developer preview one, connects to mainnet. According to chia.net, mainnet plots created today have under 25% likelihood of being incompatible with the final version. Seeing how release is scheduled to come in 2-3 business days, they will only change if something catastrophic has been found…
Am I understanding the setup script there, that there is a key built into each plot that is specific to the pool? Will the plots be portable from pool to pool?
