[4+ EH] Slush Pool (slushpool.com); Overt AsicBoost; World First Mining Pool - page 46.

HagssFIN

legendary

Activity: 2464

Merit: 1710

Electrical engineer. Mining since 2014.

Quote from: VentMine on April 08, 2017, 01:02:47 PM

I'm not exactly computer literate, so I would appreciate any help re setting up a mining proxy.

I am currently mining on Slush with a cellular internet connection and I want to minimize my bandwidth use, since data is expensive. Currently I've boosted my miner difficulty to the maximum setting and have managed to minimize my bandwidth to about 4.3 mB a day / Antminer S9. This is not good enough however, I am soon going to be doing a rather sizable farm expansion.

I understand I might be able to point my Antminers through a proxy and minimize my bandwidth. I've been fumbling around trying to figure out how to set it up, Slushpool has some info in the helpcenter about using the Proxy, but I still am having problems figuring it out. In fact I have no idea what I'm doing, I have no background in this kind of stuff.

If anyone has any info or can refer me to a how-to or anything helpful, I would be much obliged. Feel free to PM me

Can you get a better deal for the internet service? That would be the easiest way.

VentMine

full member

Activity: 236

Merit: 105

I'm not exactly computer literate, so I would appreciate any help re setting up a mining proxy.

I am currently mining on Slush with a cellular internet connection and I want to minimize my bandwidth use, since data is expensive. Currently I've boosted my miner difficulty to the maximum setting and have managed to minimize my bandwidth to about 4.3 mB a day / Antminer S9. This is not good enough however, I am soon going to be doing a rather sizable farm expansion.

I understand I might be able to point my Antminers through a proxy and minimize my bandwidth. I've been fumbling around trying to figure out how to set it up, Slushpool has some info in the helpcenter about using the Proxy, but I still am having problems figuring it out. In fact I have no idea what I'm doing, I have no background in this kind of stuff.

If anyone has any info or can refer me to a how-to or anything helpful, I would be much obliged. Feel free to PM me

Coali

newbie

Activity: 15

Merit: 0

If you really want this to work and get the consensus support from the people mining in SlushPool, submit a proposal on their Development Corner. Let's see how it goes from there.

VentMine

full member

Activity: 236

Merit: 105

Quote from: KNK on April 07, 2017, 03:20:40 PM

An empty block is bad for the network, as it does not contain any transactions (while the sole purpose of the blockchain is to secure the transactions), but (almost) every pool needs to provide to it's miners some data to work on initially (after a block is found) and an empty block is the fastest way to do it (with or without ASICBOOOST). Mining only empty blocks (with or without ASICBOOST) is bad for the network (and that can be considered a hack), but it can be easily confirmed from the blocks mined from the pool and no pool will probably do it anyway (and loose the transaction fees), so (IMHO) this is simple trolling around this matter.

Sure, I agree and understand empty blocks are bad for the network. I don't want to mine empty blocks, I'd be at Antpool if I did. I'm not trying to troll, I just want to compete with the other cheaters, until the problem is fixed, is all.

KNK

hero member

Activity: 692

Merit: 502

An empty block is bad for the network, as it does not contain any transactions (while the sole purpose of the blockchain is to secure the transactions), but (almost) every pool needs to provide to it's miners some data to work on initially (after a block is found) and an empty block is the fastest way to do it (with or without ASICBOOOST). Mining only empty blocks (with or without ASICBOOST) is bad for the network (and that can be considered a hack), but it can be easily confirmed from the blocks mined from the pool and no pool will probably do it anyway (and loose the transaction fees), so (IMHO) this is simple trolling around this matter.

VentMine

full member

Activity: 236

Merit: 105

Quote from: KNK on April 07, 2017, 02:46:06 PM

Quote from: VentMine on April 07, 2017, 11:41:23 AM

Slush,

Is it possible for you to set up the pool to allow ASICBOOST? I have no idea what this would entail

A pool has nothing to do with ASICBOOST!
Don't listen to trolls (blindly) and do your homework on the matter first.
(hint) this is over an year old (patented) optimisation - not illegal to use (in production) if you pay the patent fee.

Well I thought one has to mine empty blocks to take advantage of covert ASICBOOST (?), therefore I figured the pool would have to organize that in their mining code.

Also, a Patent in China has no jurisdiction outside of China. I'm not in China, I would like to use ASICBOOST and compete on an even playing field.

Preferably, Segwit is activated ASAP and it is rendered obsolete...

KNK

hero member

Activity: 692

Merit: 502

Quote from: VentMine on April 07, 2017, 11:41:23 AM

Slush,

Is it possible for you to set up the pool to allow ASICBOOST? I have no idea what this would entail

A pool has nothing to do with ASICBOOST!
Don't listen to trolls (blindly) and do your homework on the matter first.
(hint) this is over an year old (patented) optimisation for mining hardware and software - not illegal to use (in production) if you pay the patent fee.

EDIT: Just to make it clear - it is illegal to use it without paying the fee (as with any other patented technology), but it is not a hack as it was published, probably because of misunderstanding.

VentMine

full member

Activity: 236

Merit: 105

Slush,

Is it possible for you to set up the pool to allow ASICBOOST? I have no idea what this would entail, I assume my S9 firmware would need an accommodating upgrade as well.

I would like to compete fairly with miners who have this covert ASICBOOST enabled.

Cheers

wmabern

hero member

Activity: 658

Merit: 500

Visualize whirledps

Quote from: Coali on April 04, 2017, 11:34:02 AM

There must be something going on there.

There is too much fluctuation in the last few days Undecided

Yeah, hash rate dropped like a rock along with the luck. Glad I jumped back to Kano pool a few days ago. Might only hit a block or two every few days, but at least I'm getting paid for the work I submit. I hate that Slush only pays if you are mining when the block is found. PPLNS is the way to go for a small miner - ~50TH's

Just my opinion. Wink

Coali

newbie

Activity: 15

Merit: 0

There must be something going on there.

There is too much fluctuation in the last few days Undecided

Biffa

legendary

Activity: 3234

Merit: 1220

Probably some big concerns who have slush as a backup pool, their primary pool goes offline for some reason and they flip over to slush, then flip back when their primary comes back.

VTdude12

member

Activity: 76

Merit: 10

If the slushpool mod watches this forum can you please explain the large swings in hash rate recently?

Is this people coming/going from pool using software to pick pools based on luck rate, last block hit, etc?

It's very confusing to me because sometimes hash rate drops by high # of PH, but the number of works goes up... how is this possible???

Thanks!

adyb

newbie

Activity: 23

Merit: 0

Well that was a good 8 so hours 9 blocks since I went to bed!

stormwind

newbie

Activity: 31

Merit: 0

Hi,
Mine miner found a block, how do i know witch block it was?

wmabern

hero member

Activity: 658

Merit: 500

Visualize whirledps

Who crapped on the good luck??? Angry

Over 9 hours for a freakn' block. Really? With +215PH?

Come on, crack some of those SOB's! Make it happen!!

-ck

legendary

Activity: 4088

Merit: 1631

Ruu \o/

Quote from: Megaquake on March 19, 2017, 12:16:46 AM

Signaling BU I see Booooooooooooooooo!

Block 457,904 SlushPool Vote BU!

Strictly speaking, slushpool offers a choice and is not only signalling BU, as miners can choose to mine for segwit as well.

Megaquake

hero member

Activity: 630

Merit: 506

Signaling BU I see Booooooooooooooooo!

Block 457,904 SlushPool Vote BU!

Herv12

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Activity: 226

Merit: 103

Quote from: VTdude12 on March 14, 2017, 08:40:35 AM

Hello slush family!

Quick question... I recently changed out my mining equipment that I have pointed at the pool (3 S9s). For you S9 users out there, do you let slush auto-set the MIN DIFF (ie leaving the setting in workers set to Cool

or do you update that value?

Yes, usually, it is better to let the pool choose the DIFF.
If you have a lot of hashpower, it can be interesting to exact adjust diff for win 0~0.2% better. But for 3 S9, you will loose your time.

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FYI, when I log into my miner statuses directly it's showing diffs = 8.86k / 8.89k / 8.84k respectively?

I ask because I've been seeing swings up / down in my hash rate between 36TH <-> 46TH. Is this about normal? The 3 S9s are all 13.5TH, so would expect ~41TH.
Thanks!!!

Thats normal, you should look the 24h average to evaluate your "exact miner efficiency" by select it in Worker page.
Usually, it is a little less than the S9 display because include ping effects, reject share and time lost at each new block. If difference exceed ~-1% in average of every days you check, then you have a problem.

VTdude12

member

Activity: 76

Merit: 10

Hello slush family!

Quick question... I recently changed out my mining equipment that I have pointed at the pool (3 S9s). For you S9 users out there, do you let slush auto-set the MIN DIFF (ie leaving the setting in workers set to Cool

or do you update that value?

FYI, when I log into my miner statuses directly it's showing diffs = 8.86k / 8.89k / 8.84k respectively?

I ask because I've been seeing swings up / down in my hash rate between 36TH <-> 46TH. Is this about normal? The 3 S9s are all 13.5TH, so would expect ~41TH.

Thanks!!!

hurricandave

legendary

Activity: 966

Merit: 1003

So my ticket finally got a response about the web page not populating correctly and they said they screwed up the Explorer version and will eventually fix it. Well I'm not a fanboy of chrome but it does populate correctly. It's a work around for now. But Edge doesn't work either.

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