Re: [1450 TH] BitMinter.com [1% PPLNS,Pays TxFees +MergedMining,Stratum,GBT,vardiff]
Do you think that "bad hardware / software" exists and that could make the pool vulnerable?
Like I said, all mining pools are vulnerable to block withholding attacks. All pools.
Whether bad software is still out there, I don't know. But as we have seen, it can happen.
Bad hardware is very unlikely. All the ASICs I heard of so far simply look for anything from diff 1 and up. Doing something else would require more logic on the chip.
Okay, I concur all pools are vulnerable to block withholding attacks (currently) .. and established bad software exists, and we can debate hardware concerns pointlessly as a "consumer union" report would have to test different hardware with testcases.
So, given that vulnerabilities exist, do you think it is possible and worth protecting against known vulnerabilities?
Is there a statistical test to say that a miner or group of miners are behaving unusually ... I would think there is.
yes there are tests, but all involve groups of about 100th to 200th of hash.
In bitminter :
group 1 total of 200th
koi
group 2
fefox
kdecastator
tyson76
rbatista204
MRoj
r0ger
jay83434
spiccioli
amahastpl
xportz
finnfiu
jzarcaro total of 200th
make 6 groups of 200th
each group of 200th should make around 9 block per month that drops as time moves on.
after 1 month you could see if there is a terrible group.
the problem is the groups at the bottom will have many little guys.
Next test method put koi on the side. since he does so well.
pick 5 top miners 95 bottom miners
pick 5 more top miners 95 bottom miners.
say 5 piles of 200 th groups with a few big guys and a lot of small guys. look for 1 month see what happens.
All of the above is needle in a haystack and not the best way to sift out really bad miners.
Also does any one care if a 6gh miner sucks no
does anyone care if a 60th miner sucks yes.
Well I like doc h I have 3 s-1's pointed here and will keep that up. I have my hosted miner at btcguild.
And more firepower in gridseeds pointed at wemineltc.com
I feel I may end up being a solo ltc miner since I can point enough gear solo to get blocks.
oh I now joined solopool.net pointed 17gh there.
rather do it here solo .
pointed at solopool.net
pointed at bitminter
