This is from the threads OP -- which I read because I was intrigued by your contest.

I'm just curious why you would suggest that Slush is a Bitmain Pool?

This is a legitimate question.  Like some here -- I was one of the group that began the "merged mining" which was the beginning of Slush.  Until 1 1/2 years ago I stayed in touch with the people over at Satoshi Labs and even participated in their Cryptoanarchist hackers convention.

Is this legitimate?  Is it rumor that I haven't heard?  Or just internet BS?

Seriously -- I'm genuinely interested because Bitmain has really bothered me lately with their BCH agenda (not to mention the "ordinary" laundry list of concerns).

Thanks!

Go to "settings" -- in the upper left quadrant, click on "Bitcoin" -- then click on "Monitoring".

You can also edit each worker to set your monitoring limits.

^I actually counted 25...

And around 101% for the last 250 blocks...


EDIT:  Recounted -- and it was 24...

I will pay 2400 each -- plus shipping of 100 to Oregon.

5K total.  I can pay with bitcoin.  Just let me know.

Escrow required with PhillipMa.

I'm just wondering where people that might want to take advantage of a potential quick profit with their mining gear would solo mine BCC?  I know that viaBTC has a pool -- any other options?  Thanks!

 

 

Thanks Philipma for you post.

I only have a small amount of my power here -- and it has always concerned me that kano doesn't budge from his pure philosphical stance.  Personally, I'm a compromiser -- yet only want what is best for bitcoin's future -- even if that means losing a little in tx fee income.

It is nice to see a big mind (like yours) present a simple easy to understand argument.

Thanks!

Challenge accepted.

I'm pointing the luckiest one of my S7's this way.

Looking forward to pointing everything this way as soon as the base hash hits at least 4 or 5PH.  If everyone participates in your challenge, it shouldn't be long. 

^I was teasing.

I'm sure that he meant Sunday 3/19. 

I am unable to travel back in time to participate in the promotion you just posted.  

Having stated that -- the thing that frustrates me the MOST is that this pool has never taken off.  EVEN if we only hit 1 block a week month -- it would be doable.

The pool experience here was way more fun than anywhere I've ever mined.

The contests here are the COOLEST and MOST FUN of anywhere.

If you decide to change your contest parameters to dates in the future -- I'll be happy to participate!  And, more importantly, if we can get some other people to mine here -- I would love for this pool to be my permanent home.  

1)  Not everyone pays their mining expenses by selling mined coins.

2)  This doesn't address the anonymity issue.  I'm sure I'm not the only one here that doesn't want the government to know how much btc I hold.  It's none of their business.  If, and when, I choose to use/trade/sell -- then I'll route it through a kyc account -- and they'll know about it.  In my country (the U.S.) -- that is the only time there is a tax implication.

I agree with everything he says.  The question I was posing -- is there another solution that I'm not aware of where I can compile and aggregate the micro transaction payouts from kano -- fee free and anonymously.  Not holding the private key for a week at a time earnings is a risk I'm willing to take.

I'll weigh in on this one.

The per block payout is probably my biggest 'dislike' regarding mining here on this pool.

For me -- I don't "spend" the bitcoin often -- and then, when I do, it takes forever for my trezor to compile all of the tiny transactions to make up however many btc I'm trying spend.  If the amount is over 4btc -- it won't even work due to the size.  Also, the transaction fees are horrendous.

Having said that -- I get kano's perspective that he isn't a bank.

Just one of those quirky things I guess about this pool.

As an aside -- I just recently changed my payout address from my trezor to a coinbase wallet -- and I'll aggregate there without the fees.  The thing I don't like about this plan, is that it is coinbase (with their kyc rules).  Does anyone else know of an online wallet that one can aggregate micro transactions -- and then occasionally pull them into cold storage anonymously and fee free?

I didn't check the dashboard all day -- so, not sure if I experienced the same problem.  However, I do see the long gap in between blocks during that time frame.  And, also for some reason, I am showing a discrepancy on hash power from my miner interface here and the slush dashboard of about 2% +/-.  (This normally doesn't happen at Slush).

I've had this discrepancy over on Jonny Bravo's site, which is why I've been mining here, Kano. Bitminter, and, until recently ghash.

For example, my miner dashboard says 13.04 Th -- and Slush worker page shows 11.3 Th.  

Any idea on what causes this?

And -- I already received a response.

Good idea -- I've sent them a note as well.

I crossed my threshold around 4.5 hours ago -- no payout.

Your transaction meets the minimum fee to use viabtc.com's transaction accelerator:

https://www.viabtc.com/tools/txaccelerator/

Just offering an option.

Two points:

1)  Chinese New Year should NOT come as a surprise.  All of China pretty much shuts down to celebrate.

2)  Don't they have a warranty center in Colorado?  Did you have to ship to China because they didn't have the parts in Colorado?

I've been fortunate over the years that I've only needed to do simple things (like replace a fan a few times and probably will need to replace a controller on one of my B1 S9s soon) well after the warranty expired.  Things that I can do easily on my own.

However,  I do understand your frustration.  And, yes, they are notorious when it comes to these issues.

$130 USD per Terrahash (6.3) = $819