Quote from: eleuthria on May 07, 2014, 10:10:55 PM

Quote from: hurricandave on May 07, 2014, 10:06:45 PM

Quote from: Minor Miner on May 07, 2014, 09:54:56 PM

Quote from: hurricandave on May 07, 2014, 09:51:00 PM

I don't think "they" owe any of "us" anything. If they had an issue, it's been recognized, with help and diligence in testing, "they" should be able to return to the pool and be a productive contributor. If "they" had enough speed to bring the collective results down, without malice intent, with the appropriate adjustments, "they" can be just as likely to boost "us" back up. In the LONG-TERM more than making up for any "losses" as others may cast upon them, and benefitting us all.

Want to walk me through that math? Not possible.

"They" have only been on this pool 30-days before an audit popped an issue. What do you think it will take for a successful operation to over come "losses". Do you think that because they had a 30 day issue they are forever behind the 8-ball?

If they came back and mined for 1 month while not taking any payment from the pool, it would not make up for the difference (unless they were lucky or network diff suddenly got cut in half), since the difficulty is now higher than the month they started. If they come back and add 10-15% to the pool's hash rate, and add 10-15% to the pool's blocks, that doesn't actually give anybody more money. The slice they take out of each shift's payments would be roughly equal to the percentage of blocks they add to the pool. That's a push.

is this miner back on the pool? if so is there confirmation that they are not withholding (intentionally or not)? also, is there any progress regarding the hinted at compensation by them to the other miners that were effectively shorted during their previous run?