Quote from: DougB62 on February 26, 2014, 09:09:47 PM

Quote from: coinsmany on February 26, 2014, 09:01:56 PM

Quote from: DougB62 on February 26, 2014, 07:37:18 PM

Quote from: broken_pixel on February 26, 2014, 07:14:26 PM

Quote from: Colaxais on February 26, 2014, 11:20:31 AM

Anyone else had issues with http://mint.hashrapid.com/ ?
They changed servers, kept previously mined coins on the old server (apparently), wouldn't send a password reset email when my password didn't work, locked me out of my account after my password was apparently incorrect, and don't reply to support requests. Looking very much like they're trying to pull a fast one.

DO NOT MINE ON ANY HASH RAPIDS POOL. THEY WILL FUCK YOU OVER AND THEY NEVER REPLY TO SUPPORT EMAILS. THEY USED THE WALLET UPGRADE EXCUSE AND ENDED UP WITH OVER 9K OF MY MINT AS WELL AS OTHERS MINT.

And yes I checked the other ip they listed to only see 1k of my already confirmed 10K Mint when they where having issues.

And these types of things are what Gov's/Banks will use to implement Crypto-Regs - thus destroying the crypto-market , if they can (for everyone but themselves). Unfortunately they have been dumbing down, and removing all sense of personal responsibility from the sheeple for decades now. To the extent where average people think someone else needs to take care of things for them. I know people in here are generally more informed than your average John Q./Suzie Q. Public, but, for anyone just getting into this, please be insanely cautious with whom you deal. This is one of the last unregulated markets there is. We do not want this to go away. If you get screwed - you are screwed. Know that now, and take precautions. This is freedom. With freedom comes responsibility. It's on you. Be careful, and stay free.

Don't know why I felt the need to post this, but I really did feel the need, so I went with it.

Peace!

This is a good point, although now I'm going to make a point about what it's like to operate a pool.

Operating a pool is hard, not easy, and if it was everyone would do it. The software that many pool operators use is open source and everyday many commits are made because there always new bugs/issues found. The process of allocating shares for hash rates, the many different processes that have to be running, it's hardly a simple task to maintain. Not only this, but many new coins that are laucnhed have inherit issues in the wallet themselves. So this causes corrupt block index files and wreaks havoc on the system.

It's easy to just point your miner.

Not only does a pool owner have to maintain this complex system, but then you have to deal with constant DDOS attacks and other security issues.

I wasn't intending to attack anyone personally. Perhaps I should have posted this on it's own, instead of "pinning" it to a specific post.

It was only meant as a general piece of advice. No offense was intended.

That said - I do understand that there is a lot that goes into operating a pool. I don't envy anyone who takes on a busy one. I'll just mine and trade! Grin

So he did this "upgrade" scam twice now on the MINT pool ? I lost coins too during the first week. I can understand if it was a mistake, but he's purposely doing this to steal miner's coins. Happened on his COINO pool too.