i am mining in aropool.com and have noticed some strange behavior.

I have about 44 kh/s and usualy I check every 12 hours to see my inputs, sometimes their is a huge jump in coins received (e.g I expect to find 200 and i see 500).
Is this due to the pool staying back in payments, pool luck or is there a super- block feature (cant see that in ANN)?

Had some difficulty getting miner running on UpCloud, but Overlode1 assisted me on discord and got my miner working on the cloud using the following script:

#! /bin/bash
set -x #echo on
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl git libssl-dev libcurl3 -y
wget https://bitbucket.org/cryptogone/ariocppminer/downloads/ariocppminer_v0.9.5_ubuntu16_server.tar.gz
tar -zxf ariocppminer_v0.9.5_ubuntu16_server.tar.gz
echo "pool
http://aropool.com/
4YV7bWw76m4DfzT1NNTjjN9Cq9b41NvVRFh86xNQpj51X6yatw1h6xMttLg7aAb6XsRNuwYLS6yD8CN z6BJNsgg
`nproc`
enhanced
true
`hostname`" > config.cfg
tmux new-session -d -s my_session './ariocppminer_avx2'

Thanks Overlode1! 

Very strange, not sure why it isn't working

Also, could you please try the following script, it's using the new non Java miner but I would like to see if it successfully installs the script. After you have ssh'd into the VM via the console, type either tmux attach or top to check if "ariocppminer" is running. This script is presuming you are running an intel processor that supports AVX2. If you are using an AMD or older Intel processor then please change the "./ariocppminer_avx2" section to either "./ariocppminer" or "./ariocppminer_avx". Remember to enter your wallet address!


Let me know how you get on

Try typing just "top" for me and let me know what it says (screenshot if poss)

It's possible also that the script is still installing, it takes about 2 minutes to fully install, sometimes longer

Ok, calling all small miners that would like an injection of h/s for absolutely nothing. I have been in discussions with Upcloud, a relatively new cloud compute company based in London and they have given me access to their servers for testing whilst the Java miner was being developed and released, and working alongside ProgrammerDan, a range of test conditions were setup.

While carrying out this research and testing, I found the interface that Upcloud uses very simple and easy to use. Whilst it doesn't offer the same options as some of the bigger companies like Amazon AWS and Google Cloud Platform, they certainly are trying and have been excellent with regards to support and advice.

With this in mind, I am providing a guide so that absolutely anyone can give themselves that added boost to their h/s for free.

First of all, it would be very much appreciated if you used the following link - https://www.upcloud.com/register/?promo=59R28E . This is a referral link that gives new sign-ups $25 free to try out their service. Yes, ARO does receive some credit also, but this is used to provide servers for software testing on Upcloud VM's. I do also pay out of my own money for server time. This link just helps absorb some of those costs.

Ok, once you have signed up you will be presented with your Dashboard page -

http://i68.tinypic.com/30hmvcx.jpg

First we need to do the important stuff like setting up startup scripts and SSH keys.

I will walk you through how to create and use SSH keys in both Windows and Linux.

For Windows

Download and install the required version of PuTTY from these links - 32-bit - https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/w32/putty-0.70-installer.msi
                                                                                                                64-bit - https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/w64/putty-64bit-0.70-installer.msi

Ok, the reason that the pending amounts go up and down is purely because or your share in the work done to solve the block. Once a new "pending" amount is shown, it now will simply mean you have been paid the previous pending amount.

If you would like to give me your wallet address I can just double check to make sure everything is ok?

Ok, because you need to earn 10 ARO before a payment is made to your wallet, what will happen is that 7.7 will go from being "pending", get added to the 8.4 you have already earned and you should receive a payment of 16.1 ARO.

Any new pendings will then be paid as normal once you have achieved an amount of 10 ARO

Hope this makes sense

Is the 8.4 the first amount of ARO you have earnt mining with us?

If you have recently started mining with us, then your pending amount will be processed and sent to your wallet in due course. When this happens a new value will appear for your next pending amount. Please bear in mind though, you need to accrue 10 ARO before it is sent to your wallet.

Hope this helps