Rig went offline a couple of times during my rental period.
No extension given nor any expalnation for down time.
Wont use again.

I am quite new to this game and have begun mining alts late Oct 13.
These are some of the points I have found frustrating when dealing with bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies.

1). The exchanges appear to be unregulated and trusting them can lead to a load of heartache (Read MtGox here).
2). Time taken to send bitcoins to these exchanges (with confirmations) can be rather lengthy and this may lead to missing any good buy/sell windows.

With these 2 issues in mind, can anyone see a way round them so that you can leave coins on exchanges safely? Or at least speed up the transaction?
I would prefer to be able to leave coins and fiat on trusted exchanges so that I can set up buy and sell orders but I am absolutely paranoid about doing so since this MtGox debacle.
It would seem to me that until people feel safe trusting their money (be it coins or fiat) to these exchanges then this must be really stifling the growth of cryptocurrencies.
Mac.

2 hours of rig down. (7 to 9 hours ago).
Can i get an extension of 2 hours to cover it please?

You have omitted the port number after mnt.coins4everyone.com.
it should read mnt.coins4everyone.com:3445
Hope this helps.

The MSI TF Gaming 280x cards CANNOT be modifed at this point in time (very limited voltage modding allowed as described below).
Although it would appear that using VBE7 and atiflash looks like it changes the voltage (shows in GPU-Z and in cgminer as new lower voltage), If measured on the card you will find no change.
This is true for card versions 3SB and above (2SB cards can be modified in this way).
The only voltage that does work is 0.943 V (Dont ask me why?).
The only drawback with this voltage is that you wont be able to hash anywhere near 700K you might get 650K at best.
So until MSI release an editable BIOS (if ever) or another tool is created that can edit it we are stuffed!
I have 3 X 3SB cards and 1 X 2SB card.
You may want to update the OP to reflect that these cards are not unlocked.

Fascinating article. Seems he was thinking of Bitcoin around the time it was invented! Could this be SN??? :-)

Just minted my first batch of coins. Sweet!
I noticed my second batch came through 3 hours later.
Anyone know how often the minting happens?
When I was mining in the early days the payments were coming through every half hour or so. How often does the minting happen?
Cheers.

Already ignored 3 out of 4 of these. Thanks for the 4th!

Not sure about most of these but for number #5 you could use RAID mirrored as well as a good backup strategy.
Then if a drive goes down you still have a mirrored copy from which you can restore.
Do not rely on this only though and do regular backups.
Furthermore, even if the had were to crash, so long as you have a copy of the wallet you will still be able to rebuild all your transactions.

Yazoo - The only way is up!

Who's Sally?

Thank you.

Thanks. I was trying to do this from my Ipad but the "proceed to cashout" button doesn't work. Fired up the PC and all is well. Thanks.

Your right of course. The 5th point in the FAQ explains this.
Thank you.

Which miner to use for I5 2500K?
Thanks.

Hi guys,
I am new to this game and have read what must be the last 100 pages of this thread and most of it has sailed right over my head. I like to think that I have some modicum of intelligence but can't for the life of me figure out what has been going on?
What I can say from my point of view as a relative newcomer to this (started mining alt-coins mid Nov and traded to BTC around 3 weeks ago) is that all this uncertainty in the bitcoin protocol can't be a good thing for its future.
It feels like the Wild West with a lot of volatility and people getting shafted left,right and center with a few people doing very well.
Now I know that the concept is great being decentralised and allowing the market to ebb and flow completely freely ( or not in the mtgox scenario) but it would seem that there may need to be some form of regulation to protect investors lest they are all scared shitless!
I have been re-investing my fiat into more mining gear and have a modest 5 BTC which I have been holding on to in the belief that in the future I will recoup my costs at least and might even make a small profit.
I have to say though that my resolve has been severely shaken.
Here's hoping things will improve in the future.

Thank you.

@ Fat miner.
Try using "expiry" : "1",
And queue : 5
Scan-time : 1.
This vastly improved my wu rate to around 0.95 and dropped my reject rates to around 1% on Amsterdam and eu servers.
Also double check your network as though ping times are excessively high.
Use a direct Ethernet connection to your router from the rigs

It looks like my first bet payout went to the wrong address GLZsrfbHEJggbX2N instead of GUmQJHSw9A5av7AE.
Time and odds tie up with what I sent.

Same prob. Sent 3 x 50 bets only 2 showing in history.
GUmQJHSw9A5av7AE.....