Quote from: Leon on July 15, 2011, 01:42:02 AM

Quote from: error on July 15, 2011, 01:31:19 AM

You've been pretty lucky, it seems. Maybe you'll be pretty unlucky for a while after this.

The point of being in a pool is to reduce variance; instead of randomly receiving 50 BTC at virtually unpredictable times, you receive smaller amounts at more predictable times. If you don't mind the variance, then by all means mine solo.

This exactly, I would suggest switching now.. but of course in the "long run" you will always come out making more because you aren't relying on a server to be up 24/7 and you aren't paying any fees.

So you get less downtime and more BTC.. hmm..

Hmm, thanks for the suggestion...

Downtime is a factor; Slush's has been down before:

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2010/btcddos10072011114431.png

I quite like Slush's interface as it lets me check the status of my workers (and reward) remotely via a convenient interface...

Thanks,

SM