On to a lighter subject
I guess few noticed, but no one asked, about the thread title.
Well I added another node the other day that can be mined to.
nya.kano.is

What's NYA? Well ... actually nya is the Japanese word for the sound a cat makes

or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlwVBKs5T_E

... oh and also ... it's in NY (New York)
If you are between the link between NY and Vegas it wont really help.
If you connect to NY and it's WAY faster than to Vegas then it may reduce your stales.