Good luck with the project. I know how difficult it is to do one's passion while still holding down a day job.
I am also running a pool for my own miners. I would open it to the public, but crap like the problems you have had here is exactly why I keep it private. I do no have time to reply to constant accusations of my pool cheating people, this is especially prevalent among crypto noobs who don't know what they are doing yet.
yup.
And thanks for the good words.