Topic: [1050 TH] BitMinter.com [1% PPLNS,Pays TxFees +MergedMining,Stratum,GBT,vardiff] - page 56. (Read 837101 times)

Not sure what it is. Let's see if it helps when the new server version is up and running.
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Hey Doc, some advice/tips from a webmaster/game developer...

You need to UPGRADE your server, one PH/s I lose too much hashing power because of traffic bottle-necking, too many connections.  Tried your pool for a week today and I am disconnecting today too due to having too great of a hash power loss compared to when I joined when you were below 1PH/s.  I'll assume you're hosting online, most hosts can do an upgrade in an hour or so.

That's why you're having such a hard time to find blocks as of late, you're not using the pool's complete hashing potential I am afraid.  I observed about 10%-20% average hashing power loss using your pool compared to other modern, non-beta pools I have tested.  Has nothing to do with the recent difficulty increase, made really little to no difference.

I noticed the difference the minute BMT went back over 1PH/s and kept growing on it.  I monitor my workers like a hawk, so I know in real time what's going on, at all times of the day and when your stats show almost 50GH/s difference from my miner's interface to yours for most of the time, I start asking questions because that's rather significant, in my book anyways.  Connection is steady though.

Your server needs a hardware upgrade and maybe very well, bandwidth.

Sorry but I can't mine here with only having 400GH/s with a 50GH/s loss due to bottle-necking.  People buy machines that clock at 50GH/s, right now it's like I have one of those and your pool's rejecting the whole thing.

I hope you take from what I just said, lots of people pay good money for my advice.  But again, my knowledge on mining is still rather rudimentary but my knowledge on making money, computers and web design is spot on =D

I mean, it's not just your pool with bottle-necking but I actually like BitMinter... well used to thus so far anyways.  Maybe it's just me?  I doubt it, your pool does stand out in the bottle-neck column.  That's why i don't hash with GHash anymore, bottlenecks and gaps were too great during the day.

Peace out

Holy Xor DOC!!

I solved a block!!  Imagine my shock when scrolling through the previous block list on "BTC Miner" app and I see FeFox, JoeCool2k, Koi, Koi, Collective,…

then MY NAME!!!!  blink eyes, rub eyes, readjust glasses, yep I read it right. And on Towel Day as well !!!!

Never thought I would solve one for the pool. Did just get my first ant miner S1 on the 19th.

Feel like a proud Poppa ;-)

BTC block at height 302575

Minted by: bitdude

Status: confirmed

Proofs of work submitted: 16693206284

Work begun: 2014.05.24 - 20:25

Work completed: 2014.05.25 - 15:25

Holy Xor DOC!!

I solved a block!!  Imagine my shock when scrolling through the previous block list on "BTC Miner" app and I see FeFox, JoeCool2k, Koi, Koi, Collective,…

then MY NAME!!!!  blink eyes, rub eyes, readjust glasses, yep I read it right. And on Towel Day as well !!!!

Never thought I would solve one for the pool. Did just get my first ant miner S1 on the 19th.

Feel like a proud Poppa ;-)

BTC block at height 302575

Minted by: bitdude

Status: confirmed

Proofs of work submitted: 16693206284

Work begun: 2014.05.24 - 20:25

Work completed: 2014.05.25 - 15:25

One day is extremely long. I can't think of anything on my end that would cause that. Let me know if you have any more problems. And make sure you are running a recent version of bfgminer/cgminer - there's been bugs with the failover pool functionality before, but hopefully not with recent versions.

Hey, congratulations Very cool to find a block now with this difficulty.

Holy Xor DOC!!

I solved a block!!

I am starting to think the cause of this is because FW or something

My worker address is username.workername, however, web page says: " As user name put your Bitminter user name, an underscore, then a worker name, e.g. DrHaribo_asic3." So, does username_workername work as well?

One day is extremely long. I can't think of anything on my end that would cause that. Let me know if you have any more problems. And make sure you are running a recent version of bfgminer/cgminer - there's been bugs with the failover pool functionality before, but hopefully not with recent versions.

OK...Thanks for your thoughts and comments on the hardware aspect guys.  I have a bit more thinking and spreadsheet work to do, so I'll get back on topic.

New question...

Is there a direct correlation between the total pool hashing capability and the frequency of blocks being "mined" that can be charted?  I ask because I've seen people say that a larger pool capability simply means that the smaller guys get a smaller percentage more often...but given the "luck" or CDF that this pool has seen over the past couple of weeks, I have to wonder what part that CDF plays in relation toline of thought that says, "...individual hash ratio to pool decreasing, but payouts are a wash due to increased frequency of blocks."

My gut says that there must be some benefit to a larger pool...right?  This pool has grown from around 400TH to 1000Th since I've been a member.  Should that mean that the frequency of blocks "mined" should have increased by the same margin...?

I don't see how you can recover your CapEx even with low cost power.  If the difficulty keeps rising ~20%, you'll never earn enough BTC to warrant what you'll spend in BTC to cover your equipment costs.  If you buy with cash and then BTC goes up significantly, then you can earn a return.  However, you'd simply be better buying BTC at current rates and if it goes to $600 to $800, you'll make a much more significant return.

The S2 is much more power efficient, but the cost is significantly higher than the S1's for the same Gh/s. You can get nearly double the hash rate by buying S1's.  At some point though, you'll run out of power in your facility.

It took a day for them to switch

Sorry for the late response.

20 connections from the same location should work fine. There may be a temporary issue if they all connect at once, though I don't think 20 is enough to trigger anti DDoS measures. If your IP address gets filtered as an anti DDoS response, you should be able to access the server again after just a couple of minutes as long as your miners are not repeating connection attempts at a very high rate.

There is a bug in the current mining server code that can cause delayed response to stratum authentication commands. This can cause a delay when first connecting to the server, or even your client timing out. But if this is the problem your miner should normally switch back from backup pool fairly quickly and begin mining normally at Bitminter. This bug is fixed in a new version of the server software that I hope to have up and running in a few days.

In both cases your miners should switch back to Bitminter within a couple of minutes. But I take it this was not the case?

There are some issues with blacklotus
I have rebooted my miners - 20 tplinks

Ok...here it goes...

I am currently running 1.2TH in antminer S1's.  For a variety of reasons (all legal) I have been presented with a situation where my electricity costs are minimal.  (less than 6 cents kWh) The catch is that I only have 24U in a data rack with which to put miners in.  The room is also air conditioned and sound is not a problem. So...the only limiting factor is CapEx (I'm no lottery winner) and space.   It's funny you should mention Spondoolies because it would seem to solve my problem nicely.  Except...I have found the PepperMining Habanero.  I have run the numbers and I can fit 2 boards in a single re-purposed 2U server case complete with psu's and plenty of cooling, for a little less than half the CapEx of the Spondoolies. So 1.4TH vs 1.3TH in roughly the same space with a significant cost difference, minus the intangibles. (which might make a huge difference and I'm just too new to see them - i.e. who can you trust, who will be supportive, who's going to be around in 6 months time)

My question is...without being burdened by power efficiency, cooling or noise pollution, am I crazy to consider building up the Habanero's (which haven't even be produced yet) in lieu of going with a tried and tested Spondoolies (which is so highly priced that the ROI is scary, and delivery data is kinda iffy)?  Or I could simply stick with the tried and tested Antminer S2 which is shipping in 48hrs and jam as many as I can in the cabinet and call it a day. (a bird in the hand)

Or am I missing something so obvious that you're all screaming at your monitors right now?

The pools' collected wisdom is very welcome