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Re: [326 GH/s 0% fee SMPPS] ArsBitcoin mining pool! Come join us!
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rcsheets
on 12/12/2011, 14:35:45 UTC
There is a thread for discussing alternate pools: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=53983.0

Please keep the discussion in this thread to the topic of the Ars pool. I really don't think I'm asking too much here.
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Re: [1014 GH/s 0% fee SMPPS] ArsBitcoin mining pool! Come join us!
by
rcsheets
on 05/12/2011, 08:32:01 UTC
Surely there is some better thread/forum to discuss random other pools, their merits and drawbacks, etc.

Can we keep this thread related to ArsBitcoin, please?

My offer to help with infrastructure needs still stands. Is/was BurningToad really running this pool entirely by himself? Does anyone know what would be needed to get this pool back on its feet?
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Re: [1014 GH/s 0% fee SMPPS] ArsBitcoin mining pool! Come join us!
by
rcsheets
on 06/11/2011, 08:42:47 UTC
3) I haven't done the numbers, but I'm probably losing money each day at the moment on this because EC2 is expensive and the BTC price is low.  The bill this last month was ~$400+ with the two servers + bandwidth costs.

Could you elaborate on your infrastructure needs? I may be able to provide you with some low-to-no-cost space, bandwidth, etc. if I could better understand the resource requirements.
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Re: How to check MtGox Hashdump for your password?
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rcsheets
on 20/06/2011, 02:46:19 UTC
any way without setting up apache? have windows and a linux vserver for use

basically i just want to take the salt from my line in the csv, then try some of the passwords i mostly use.
If you were, for example, the first line in the file:
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1,jed,jed@thefarwilds.com,$1$E1xAsgR1$vPt0d/L3f81Ys3SxJ7rIh/
Use the following command on practically any linux box (all you need is openssl installed):
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$ openssl passwd -1 -salt E1xAsgR1
You will then be prompted for the password and shown the full salted-hash value. Repeat as necessary.
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Re: How to check MtGox Hashdump for your password?
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rcsheets
on 20/06/2011, 02:43:10 UTC
I dont know how people manage to remember dozens of different long passwords.
I'm sure there are others.
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Re: MTGOX learns a lesson on cyber security, so should you
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rcsheets
on 20/06/2011, 02:37:48 UTC
In their defense, they didn't start up with a million dollar budget and man years of development time. It was a hobby project that got out of hand quickly.
You don't need a million dollars to store passwords properly. See http://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/ for example. The software libraries for doing this correctly are free.
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Re: BTCMine - mining pool (zero fee, long polling, SSL, JSON API)
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rcsheets
on 27/05/2011, 22:38:04 UTC
The web server at https://btcmine.com/ is configured incorrectly. The issuer CA bundle is not being sent. This will be a problem for some browsers, but not others. Whoever provided you with the certificate should have provided a CA bundle, and you should configure your web server to send it along with your site's certificate.
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Re: Bitcoin - expected hashrate-bitcoin conversion
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rcsheets
on 16/05/2011, 22:56:15 UTC
You need on average 4295*difficulty Mhash before you generate a block
Can you explain how you arrived at that number? Why is it 4295? Also, by "on average" do you mean the same thing that I mean if I say that when brute forcing a symmetric-key cipher, I will on average find the correct key at halfway through the key space?
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Re: GUI mining - now with BFI_INT optimization
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rcsheets
on 15/05/2011, 14:18:52 UTC
Thanks for writing this, Kiv. It's really handy. A donation is on the way. Smiley

If I may make a suggestion, I think a graph tab would be really nice, with hash rate on the y-axis and time on the x-axis.

I'm also among those who'd love to see GUIMiner working on Linux.