Would you guys be willing to show the buffer amount you have for the pool within your stats page? Is there a reason for not having this transparency?
Tbh it doesn't matter in pure PPS as long as it keeps paying..
Interesting suggestion gigasvps. We don't actually have a fixed buffer; we rebalance the system wallet periodically to align it with outstanding balances and future member earnings.
Your posts have me thinking about adding some kind of solvency indicator and a failsafe that shuts down the pool in case wallet balance threatens to creep below the member balances. That way miners can be confident that they can withdraw their earnings; even if the entire pool management should die in an air disaster while on corporate retreat.
Regardless of any promises made by us or any other pool,
we advise our miners to withdraw their earnings regularly. For reasons mentioned in another thread,
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--34282,
ABCPool does not intend to be a bank. We don't want to be holding on to large amounts of BTC for our members.
Also, I don't see a found blocks page. Do you not show when you find blocks?
I guess these things are not absolutely necessary to run a pps pool...
We know that our stats are currently pretty basic. We plan to introduce extra stats on the individual level, so users have more insight into their performance. We expect to work on that after this week.
Any updates on these requests? I would like to mine at your pool but feel the transparency is necessary to grow. Also, from a pure vanity standpoint, i would also like to see some type of leader board.