Quote from: Wolf0 on October 22, 2015, 10:01:30 AM

Quote from: bensam1231 on October 22, 2015, 08:34:27 AM

Quote from: pallas on October 22, 2015, 08:17:29 AM

to guys spitting on developers like djm34 and wolf0: probably you don't know that many public opensource miners and algos where made by them.
they could just let you mine with cpu and their customers with gpu.
if you continue to bother them (and me), that's where you'll end up.
so please think before speaking.

They are... but they usually release a slower version then release a private version with a higher hashrate and/or they get commissioned to make the miner in the first place. That's not the same thing as charity or doing it 'for the community'. Some cases it's even double or triple dipping (getting paid two-three times over for the same work).

I'd look at the work and why they did it in the first place before thinking it's charity. They don't do bad work, but it's 'work' and not freebies that you'd think from a first glance. If a coin dev or the community commissions them to make a miner for their coin, those are who you should thank, not them.

But most of the time you can't tell what's going on because they keep everything hush-hush to prevent prying eyes and ears from figuring things out.

And it would be more profitable to never release to public, is his point. Doing public work IS, in a way, charity - even though you get paid, EVERYONE can now rip off your shit.

Pretty sure releasing it is part of making it for the community. They wouldn't employ you to make it otherwise. Doesn't matter who uses it, you were employed to make it and release it. By the employer, I'm talking about coin devs and community crowdfunds. Usually coin devs are the ones that employ kernel developers to make a new miner for their algo...

That also doesn't stop kernel devs from only releasing basically half the work for half the hashrate, then release a private version there after (which also happens). That's double dipping.

Quote from: Wolf0 on October 22, 2015, 10:08:48 AM

Oh, and by the way, EVERY question that was related to dev I've been PM'd, I've answered. Do you know WHY I don't always answer sale questions? Because quite honestly, it's boring, and unless the sale will be largely profitable, I really often don't want to.

You know what I love answering? People who want to help themselves - learn things. So I do that more. Sorry.

Awfully convenient. Too bad you don't just have the relevant stats listed in your signature or in a easy to access faq/thread... Oh wait, that undermines everything.

Quote from: theotherme on October 22, 2015, 09:32:17 AM

Quote from: sp_ on October 22, 2015, 08:32:14 AM

Quote from: bensam1231 on October 22, 2015, 08:04:04 AM

So the pub miner is broken? :l

It has been fixed in the 1.6.6-spmod fork as well. 0.1 BTC Windows only x86 exe

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Tpruvot version is broken too.