Yeah, when renting a lot of hashpower for a short time there's a good chance you either double your money or lose it all.

I could double the size of each shift and we can see how that works out. I get the impression that most people renting hashes for Bitminter would prefer that. And those mining 24/7 with the same hashpower aren't affected much.

Are there anyone who would be unhappy with doubling the shift size? It would make unpaid shifts much more rare.


Yeah. Over time it certainly evens out for the big miners. But we have done these "mint races" where the one to find the "best block" (lowest hash) is the winner. And tiny miners have won those. On the other hand many small miners never find a block. Mining really is a lottery.