That is why i said that we heave nothing to worry about

Con and Kano are most reputable people here. Even though i can check it i am not wasting my time because as you said it is about the trust in a first place. ckpool code is public and all is inside. You can take a look so you will know what to check if you want
Yes I trust the operators of this pool and solomining.com. I spread my hash between the 2 pools to try and spread my luck

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+1
he even added the bestshare option to stats.
it makes some more value to this pools trust.
no one ever reported unpaid blocks.
(and some lucky ones getting tons of paid blocks..)