I admit to only peeking into this thread on occasion and I don't currently use the service. But from I've been reading, things don't look so good.
So is the general consensus that this is just a well-disguised Ponzi or other scam?
I still haven't figured out how BAN can possibly pay 112.5% PPS and giveaway S3s and continue to operate for any length of time. But the answer appears that they simply don't payout as they promise and the S3s never ship.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Can not be a Ponzi and payments when working right come every 2 hours, that and the pool does not want you to keep coin with them so not sure how they will scam anyone at the most a few hours or a day of mining but most that have been here any time at all is more than that ahead.
The pool operator has said that this pool is only a small part of his over all plans so I am not sure the pool is where the money will be made. You will find some of this information in the first 5-10 pages of this thread.
I appreciate your explanation! But why are people constantly complaint about being underpaid here? Certainly, consistently paying out the correct amount has to be the highest priority for any pool. And that doesn't seem to be happening at all.
The operator was also recently on this thread and invited anyone missing payouts to contact him for reconciliation. He has done so for miners of all sizes, including resolution of a payment discrepancy with Multipool.us. There are many miners using support channels such as IRC messages, emails to support@bitcoinaffiliatenetwork,com, and Skype chats with s0br himself, which have received pay adjustments.
I am also inviting anyone with a legitimate pay discrepancy to PM me the info regarding dates, hash rate, amt owed, etc. I am trying to create a single source of this information to provide to s0br so we can continue to work through these issues.