Add mining pool tagging based on coinbase address (data supplied).

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Add mining pool tagging based on coinbase address (data supplied). #174

Open KHinney opened 10 years ago

KHinney commented 10 years ago

The biggest pool at the moment (ghash.io) seems to not tag it's blocks with it's name anymore, and it would be nice to keep the information about pools as consistent as possible in the API. If blocks could be tagged based on their payout address as well as the coinbase tag, I have compiled the information needed in a gist.

https://gist.github.com/KHinney/c6335393fc94bc67a0b0

jameshilliard commented 9 years ago

Without this feature the pool list will continue to be very incomplete. Its generally a good idea to tag known addresses wherever possible as a backup in case the coinbase tag gets changed. Also having a chart on pool percentages like blockchain.info has would be nice as well. I have a nice long list of pools that only use address based detection if this can be implemented.