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OMG orphaned galore Angry

What causing this?

UTC does NOT have a DE-centralized network anymore.Congrats to miners insisting on just one (Nitro) pool.

Nothing wrong with the Stuhlman here,but this needs to change.Otherwise miners are going to see more orphans,who try to keep mining in other pools.That's what I suspect.

Why not somebody create P2P pool(s) for UTC? I'm not technically talented but I keep asking that question...

I've moved to leetpools since last week because of continuous dc of nitro.

I thought leetpools have this issues.

Its none of the pool owners fault, the network is unbalanced, and Nitro has more than 50% of the network (No fault of theirs). If the hashes spread out there would be less orphans on the network as I understand it. Nitro's hashrate is so large, they define the network. The hashes need to spread out.

Whats funny is that when Nitro goes down for maintenance, 35% of the miners instantly Failover to our pool (LeetPool), and the orphan rates go down immediately.

We need the miners to spread the hashes to all the pools on the network, and it will keep the coin healthy.

http://bitgo.pw/utc/ <--- Look at the bottom at the pool hashrate chart.

Since the hashrate is so enourmous as one pool compared to another this happens:

We will solve a block:

Nitro will solve the same block:

See what happens here? Nitro will beat everyone to the punch if they happen to solve the same block as another pool even if we might have solved it first, or if Nitro might have solved the block first, we will be late because the network is defined by the hashrate.

I was talking with TheSerapher in IRC, and he suggested that other pools add Nitro as a node for UTC -- But he did not elaborate on how to do this. If anyone can think of a solution, please chime in.

As of now they Nitro controls 78% of UTC network (!)...Much risk for not only the people on other pools, but also for the UTC network.

C'mon guys, spread out your hashes,please.

I'm not trying to bring more hashes to my pool, what I care about is spreading hashes to other pools.

http://bitgo.pw/utc/ is a great list to see the pools and their respective hash. If you are on nitro, do the coin you are mining and supporting a favor and please switch to another pool.

Whats worse is the owners of Nitro are very great guys, and I don't want to detract from their success, they deserve it. But Ultra isn't getting enough NEW hashes to the other pools. How does a pool owner tell their miners to get off their pool in a nice way? Its a tough question, and I hope we as a community can make the right move without having to put pool owners in an awkward position.