TAG seems to be sorting itself out but I will try to spread the message to spread the hash power. If it means creating a few pools as joint ventures with others then I can do that as well. I cannot demand that Botpool, or any pool for that matter, refuse new miners..:-) I can only ask them to throttle back...
As for which chain anyone should be on, I suggest going with the block explorer at explorer.tagcoin.org, which should always have the highest block...
If TAG "is sorting itself out" why is the block explorer reporting the last blocks with Difficulty: 0.00417864?
As I'm typing this blocks 28706, 28705, 28704, 28703 and 28702 all have stupid low diff on block explorer.
Block #28702
Time: 2014-01-14 14:31:33
Hash: b8c580b4d6a000f87fec2ed2c3b97533a5521272179d321acc0da31fbd7b617f
Total Coins: 29.99939400
Size: 489
Merkle Root: e4848436b153b202c233fcebe3d79f2c9bc2d36302043107971e0d0e48f012a4
Nonce: 0
Version: 4
Confirmations: 1
Difficulty: 0.00531907Previous Block Hash: 00000000006df51e7252af09e4386d675ae36b577f21147edded56432354c98e
Next Block Hash:
Total Transactions: 2
0 97060a895b3ffdb2059179b324fd99042090f1f4abf2b450374ec3d00a4cd741 0
1 b9eac10c0844ac4814a7109f34bad136d8f84dd95171e5a11e4eee32f0ab539a 29.999394
Edit: A quick flick through shows a large proportion of blocks on the block explorer with a sub 0.006 diff.
Edit 2: Blocks 28702 through to 28713 all done at sub 0.006 diff, blocks 28714 @ 141 diff, 28715 @ 105 diff, then back to sub 0.006 diff on block 28716. It looks like all these low diff blocks are going to some solo miner.
Edit 3: Block 28716 found by Botpool but turned out as an orphan ends up on the blockexplorer with diff 0.00576075 who needs hashpower lol!