If somebody has a lot of BTC unpaid by the pool and it has been delayed without reason, one might be very angry (and at the extreme track down and sue Slush for financial damages!?) if they lose a lot due to the holdup. Not his problem right? Fortunately, today the BTC value has not dropped much more than a percent at any small period so far. So lets hope for the best...
Its not that I'm ungrateful towards Slush for trying to sort this mess out - quite the opposite. I was just pointing out the problem that even small delays in payments might have catastrophic results for users.
I suggest the minimum payout value be capped to minimize pool liability in case coins do get lost. This would somewhat lower the risk huge damage claims. Of course this would only help for coins mined in the past and not for coins mined during the time payments are not processed.
Yer a fkn idiot! Anyone who thinks that Slush is responsible for them mining on Slush's pool or ANYTHING that results from that needs a trout upside their stupid head!
What?! So now I'm an idiot because the pool doesn't come with a proper disclaimer in the terms of service for such cases and some bastard tries to profit from that "legally" by sueing him? I guess such a person would certainly find some laws etc which regulate the pool in EU (assuming Slush operates from the EU) and could have very good arguments against him. If they just want to cash in, it wouldn't even matter to them whether Slush is responsible or not. And they might have a very good chance of winning such legal battles.
And you're calling me a fkn idiot for pointing to these risks?
EDIT: If this is impossible, prove me wrong.
Dude, holy sh1t, you need chill the fk out mang, or yer gonna have an embolism or some...
Ok so you are not an idiot for suggesting Slush cover his butt - maybe a few more disclaimers wouldn't be a bad idea, but... it says right on the front page:
Key features
Service lifetime & operator trust - Users have to trust pool operators, because pools aren't cheat-proof from the side of the operator. mining.bitcoin.cz was the first Bitcoin mining pool, has been operating consistently since December 2010 and has a long history of stable and accurate payouts.
Anyways, you are still an idiot if you think Slush is gonna get sued for a few BTC - LMAO!! Now where did I put that trout? hmmm...