How Does the Cost of Bandwidth and DDoS Protection Factor into a Pool's Operational Expenses? ⎊ Path

How Does the Cost of Bandwidth and DDoS Protection Factor into a Pool’s Operational Expenses?

Bandwidth costs are incurred for transmitting mining jobs to miners and receiving shares back. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection is a necessary expense to defend the pool server from attacks that could disrupt operations and lead to lost revenue.

Both are significant, non-electricity infrastructure costs that must be covered by the pool's fee revenue.

How Does the Use of a “Stratum Proxy” Help in Mitigating DDoS Attacks?

Could an Insurance-like Derivative Contract Be Created to Hedge against the Financial Loss from Pool Downtime Due to a DDoS?

How Does a Pool Operator Ensure That a Rejected Share Is Genuinely Invalid and Not Due to a Server Error?

How Does a Pool Operator Manage the Risk of a Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attack?

What Is the Risk of Setting the Pool Share Difficulty Too Low?

How Does a Pool Operator Detect ‘Share Hijacking’?

How Does the Stratum Protocol Handle the Adjustment of the Pool’s Share Difficulty?

Can an Exchange Borrow from Its Insurance Fund for Operational Expenses?