Btw: Funny how the discussion rolls on, while the guy who opened this thread seems to have disappeared....
He vanished right around the time everyone realized that not only were we owed the 200+ BTC that were held back, but also the 400+ BTC or more that he was paid for mining when he was not contributing.
That or his so called "mining partners" told him to shut the hell up before he got them banned from all the major pools.
His gear represents a true threat to all pool mining.
So far no one has offered a method to prevent bad luck attacks to their pool...
A solo fork for a pool works but and a big but not very attractive to the smaller miners.
Pretty sure the bigger pools see and understand the threat of a bad luck attack. I can see this to be a real issue from now on.
To any pool op out there besides a solo fork what other solutions are there for us?
At New liberty thanks for seeing and mentioning my ideas value.
for me I make money mining and selling and setting small guys up to run a small mining op.
When a block is found, send the winning nonce to other large miners and see if one doesn't return it.