Re: [12000 GH/s] Slush's Pool (mining.bitcoin.cz); TX FEES + UserDiff; ASIC tested
but I have a hard time feeling I'm being punished for my downtime when ... well ... I'm down.
In the long run, you're "punished" just to the extent you're down.
When you won't come to your work, you won't be paid.
Or would you like something like paid holidays?
Another parable comes to my mind.
- You won't come to work, and boss comes and realizes. You won't be paid. (Short round, end of round)
- You leave work for 2 hours, return at luchtime, boss comes in a while, and colleagues remember and tell him. You are paid less. (Some time before the end of round.)
- You are late to work in the morning, boss comes in the afternoon, no one remembers, you're fully paid. (Beginning of a long round.)
Ooooh, now that's an idea -- unfortunately, as a Bitcoin miner, I'm self-employed. Oh, well ....
Are you? Are you mining solo? :-)
OK, let's modify the above example, when you don't feel yourself "employed" by Slush. ;-) If you're self-employed, you get money for some goods or services.
Then, when you don't deliver your goods or services, you're not paid. OK now? ;-)