@middlecoinpool: We're now using a difficulty of 1024.
...before anyone complains... this WON'T significantly decrease your earnings, however, it WILL increase short-term variability
as far as I understood, it is like finding some coins walking on the street, and throwing them away until you find a banknote. instead, lowering the threshold means to keep in your pocket everything you find, even the smallest coins.
so, the word "significantly" actually has to be put in relation to how much money you find on the street per unit of time.
correct me if i'm wrong.
nothing to complain to the pool's owner if this is necessary to get all running smoothly again.