However, P2Pool is open source - there's no closed server that could be secretly diverting hashes.
It doesn't have to be p2pool software doing the diverting, there are other softwares installed also. I see p2pool more as a target than hiding some hidden attack/assault/diversion agenda.
It's either a bug somewhere (which I've been trying like mad to find) or just really bad luck.
Barring some "luck" bug, it may require thinking outside the p2pool software box.
How far back do your stats go, can there be a correlation between updates and efficiency/luck?
Can p2pool gather stats on miner software used, OS of a miner, miner software stats like efficiency, rejected, etc.?
Regardless, its still worth it to mine with P2Pool!
+1
10% is totally worth it. Don't care if it is a bug, a security problem, bad luck, the phase of Ivpeter, "ghosts", whatever.
I get that you are willing to take one for the team, but where are you taking it? Are they using grease?
You have a widget factory and next door is another widget factory producing exactly what you are producing using the same equipment that you are using. Both of your products are priced the same. You have set up your equipment to be as productive as it can be without killing your workers. You have access to the exact same markets. If all things appear to be equal and yet you are producing 10% less then the widget plant next door, then the question is why? What is causing the 10% reduced production based on other widget manufacturers? Is it an internal issue or an external issue?
