I currently solo mine but would be interested in joining this. Unfortunately I see that the payout method is proportional which is a deal breaker for me. Any plans to implement something fairer (like score based shares or shares from last 5 minutes only)?
I assume it's a deal breaker because of pool hopping?
I don't have any specific plans, but I have been thinking about the different payout methods. I realize it will be tough to prevent pool hopping with proportional payouts. Delaying stats may work for DeepBit, but it would not work as well for a smaller pool (or stats would have to be delayed much longer).
I think paying for last N minutes is vulnerable to pool hopping too. The more shares were submitted the last N minutes, the less they are worth. And the higher the pool hash rate the better the chance of creating a block. If many shares were submitted and hash rate then dropped: time to pool hop. You don't want to work alone and then give all the money away. If few shares were submitted compared to the current hash rate: time to come back again. Someone else is likely to find a block and you want to get paid.
Maybe "pay per last N shares" is the most fair. If pool hash rate drops there is less chance someone else finds a block that you get paid for. But also you will take over more and more of the N shares at an increased rate, "pushing out" the shares of other users.
Interesting charts on different payout methods:
http://eligius.st/~luke-jr/samples/800MH/I'm open to suggestions.