Re: [ANN][POOL] Profit switching pool

How about a pt= selectable payout parameter in the "userpass" config of miners then you could still have peace of mind, still have minimum and maximum limits. Let the user have the responsibility to decide what is a reasonable risk of loss, after all pool mining and trading is risky anywhere.

So if I mine to your address with pt=500 for a little bit right around payout time what happens then?

This is definitely an issue with any sort of password config option. (Unless it is something that can be easily handled per-connection like difficulty).

~~Not sure how you would handle payouts per connection and in any case~~ (sorry, I re-read your post and realized that's exactly what you're saying). I wouldn't trust anything that can be changed by knowing just my address, which is not supposed to be secret in the first place. I can put it in my signature like utahjohn here and that should not mean I don't get paid today.

As far as I know there are only two options for per-user payment schedule:

1) Have logins instead of anonymous mining. A big can of worms by itself.
2) Have users sign a message with their private key. Would not work with shared wallets.

Frankly I don't think it's worth time and effort to go that route. Poolwaffle knows his users and his stats, and should stick to a schedule that fits most users and his own comfort level. I like the N-day idle idea though.