Ok this makes sense. Thx
Another question. My "estimated" payout was much less in the end. It was up to ~0.02 during the previous long block .... In the end I was paid ~0.004 for that block. No downtime since I connected. Is this an effect of Dgm as well?
In that case I'll recoup these early losses in some manner when I stop mining here. Correct?
Thx again
It takes a while for the payout to ramp up. So if you just started mining recently your early rewards will be low then it evens out. So if that is the reason for the lower than expected payout then yes it will be made up later. But bad luck does happen so that may not be the reason as well. Just a cautionary CYA
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Sorry to take this further but how does luck play into DGM? I assumed DGM is a form of PPS,accumulating payout by shares.. but payouts do not actually happen until a block is found, unlike other PPS where you get it as soon as your shift is done but with a bigger fee
If this were the case the "estimated payout" wouldn't ever drop by soo much (a 1/4 of initial estimated payout) unless you are saying that THAT IS the case and that once I have mined for a while I will make closer to the "estimated payout" and while the estimated payout is accumulative for the round.. Unless I have mined for a long time I won't actually get the full estimated payout. If this is true it's fine but again I don't see how luck effects this as you are still technically accumulating by share.
Thx again
So apparently it was a bug that was just fixed today. Everyones payout was effected but is now fixed (the bug, payouts were still just a 1/4 of what was expected). So I am correct with my thinking and it WAS actually a bug. Too bad it happened on my first full day with the pool. Reading back I see the pool has had some major issues recently and back in April.
From someone who uses the pool often, is the pool stable enough that you feel confidant staying here?
I am not worried about a web interface bug here and there but when payouts are affected its concerning.. also I read about the ~1000 btc stolen in April.
Are these issues rare and is the team very good at coming up with solutions, communicating with the community, and therefore curbing these issues so that the miner is not so affected individually (like .. did they pay back people who lost coins when they were hacked?)
Before committing to the pool, i'd just like a guarantee that problems are few and far between (usually). I don't love being on BTCGuild with all my miners but I have really always had the best experience there. AND they have an amazing web interface that has never bugged out on me.
Thanks yet again.