The following things are still of critical importance IMO:
1. Ensure that the new address where all COG funds are stored will be verifiable and contains *all* the expected "reinvestment" funds (so it should have 50% of all divs since the time of the last CT order, right?)
2. Ensure that all of our hardware is using a visible pool like eligius, against the same address, and has backup pools should eligius go down, for best uptime
3. Ensure that the pools we use, along with their deposit address, are all documented ON THE WEBSITE (for BTC and scrypt miners) (we can't be digging through this entire thread to get critical info like our current hashrate, payout address, etc)
Once all of these are done, the "present" is taken care of, and there can be no question about stolen funds moving forward, the only questions are about the past. To clear those up, we'd like to see the following:
1. The long-promised financial report. How much did our CT order cost exactly? What money came in/out last year?
2. What payout address was in use during the infamous "missing div" period? Was the discrepancy due to your error, the pool's error, bad luck, or something else? Any answer is better than no answer.
Finally, after that in priority, it'd be nice to have a discussion about next steps.
1. Tell us more about this PR person
2. What does our reinvestment fund look like? Are we still in talks with CT? Will we be placing another order soon? How are the scrypt machines doing, is their return making that look like a better plan than more ASIC based hardware? (imma guess "probably not", but worth considering)
theterabyte,
I am going to discuss all of these questions and concerns with Garrett within a few hours, and I will respond to them as soon as I have answers.
Thank you for your patience.
- Samuel