Quote from: gourmet on February 17, 2014, 02:46:28 AM

Quote from: as2davis on February 16, 2014, 09:44:45 PM

Quote from: Sir Alan on February 15, 2014, 11:00:14 PM

Quote from: as2davis on February 15, 2014, 10:46:48 PM

Why is the minimum payout so high. My computer mines so slowly that it will take me months to reach the threshold.

Slush has to add a small fee to every payment. If the threshold was lower, this would become a substantial part of the pool's running expenses. As Slush takes only a small cut for running the pool (2%) there has to be a limit, or some people would claim every tiny amount they earn, and the thing would be unsustainable.

Are you mining using only a CPU or GPU? If so, you are probably not covering your running costs anyway unless you get free electricity.

I have a nvidia gtx 660 ti gpu. I have switched to scrypt mining because I only get 100 M/hash on my card with bitcoins, and I don't have the funds to upgrade to an ASIAC miner.

Still I have 0.00098937 Btc in my account that I want to transfer, but I would never be able to reach the minimum payout.

You coud have earned more by doing something useful instead of posting on this topic.

My desktop has been doing script mining for a few weeks. Still in college, so I can't afford, and don't have the time to but together a bitcoin mining rig.