Topic: [ANN] [888] [SCRYPT] OctoCoin ◦ The Power of Eight ◦ Don't Blink - page 199. (Read 297725 times)

Exchange ?

THE new pool url= http://oct.sumpool.com

It is working

I've been watching this launch for the last couple of days and mining it - well, trying to mine it - from launch. There are a few things I'd say are 'not a good sign' here:

First, apparently in the hours and minutes running up to the launch of their shiny new cryptocurrency, the devs were going through safety lectures and putting on coveralls so they could climb into a zero g (misnomer, actually, it's not zero-g, it's freefall) simulation/parabolic flight. So you can pretty much forget coverage for any sort of untoward event that might happen in the race up to the launch.

Second, the actual launch (mining of the first block?) is apparently triggered by someone on the team during the flight. Did you know they call these things vomit comets? Brilliant idea.

Third - don't know about you, but I was trying connect my modest ~5 Mh to one of the launch pools. Said launch pool couldn't find a block for nearly an hour, while someone (dunno who, seemingly not the other pools) was apparently finding plenty of blocks, thank you very much. Apparently the pools had to regenerate addresses and reconnect to stratum, etc. to finally get everything to fly.

Fourth, when the devs (hate calling them that, but okay) finally do make an appearance they blame the pool operators, saying they can't be bothered to 'test' them, and anyway it's just like a 'gold rush' so relax, there are plenty of blocks coming up. Well, yeah, now that the difficulty is at {insert higher difficulty here}

I'm still mining this (p2pool, getting about 20 coins every 10 minutes last time I looked), because there isn't much else to play with tonight. Yeah, I'm a noob. But it looks to me like this team forgot that they needed to be PRESENT for their launch, and not flopping around exchanging high-fives with their Macau-based investor in a plane over Texas.

Why aren't they around now? - They're at SXSW, fer chrissakes. Partying their faces off. Probably leaving paper wallets full of Octocoins in the urinals at Stubbs.

That reminds me, I'm hungry.

There is a compiled client for Windows and Source Code for you to compile in Linux.

Only thing missing is the Mac Client. But in my opinion these users cant suffer enough for their poor choice 

I've yet to see anyone do this right...  Good points.  In my eyes, Mac support is a must as well at launch.

If a dev plans to launch a coin to be a real player in economic markets, the least they can do is compile the client for linux and windows.  Since they did not, we can only speculate they are some fly-by-night hackjob crew.

Cross platform is important, and not having it at launch (or even hours after launch) is a huge problem.  The devs have been nearly silent on launchday which is not a good sign.

Not sure about the official one.  But I've compiled my own.

OSX Wallet, 10.6 - 10.9 / 32bit Compatible:
https://mega.co.nz/#!BRJmkYiK!_SUWxyy0yFCKwK-sRA4KZ-gNc9WQptpJhLxQOE94jPw

No BS.  Just a working wallet.  In the old days, this how we did it.  If the coin ain't got a Mac client, you build it.

I'm not opposed to donations...
8LXEAESZN2BT5qUf9xEKp1nFixLjSST82w

Enjoy 888...

Edit:  PS - I've let the dev know about this build.

This coin will die before. Like other scamcoins.

All missing payouts should NOW be accounted for, please check your wallets guys! Sorry about this. We're definitely going to put some measures in place tomorrow. In the meantime, if ANYONE has any more trouble with stuck transactions or anything do not hesitate to contact me. Also, sorry about the contact form, I'm working on a fix on that. It was working fine earlier...

when will the mac client be launched ?

does anyone know at what block number the first pools were able to mine octocoin?

Any estimation on the expected delay, I did a payout of 27 coins about 2 hours ago and have yet to see them. Earlier in the day I did a small test pay for I am sure my address is working.

Transaction ID 5978

Yes, our payout cron is acting a bit sluggish, it has to run more than once before payouts are processed. Everything is working fine, though, everyone's getting paid and mining is proceeding as normal. In fact, I have the pool set for 10 confirmations for the time being. That could be part of why payouts are running a bit slow but AFAIK we're paying out quicker than most pools.

0.00008 would be the max at the moment

Fusionhash is a scam.  Just woke up, about 6.5 hours of mining on fusionhash and have a pitiful amount of coins. I keep thinking that a pool with that kind of hash rate will be much much better than solo mining, but it's not even close. I would've had ten times as much if I just kept my rigs soloing.

Hehe, just switched to solo before writing this and already found my first block while writing.  How can a "pool" with that kind of hashrate produce so few coins?  I call it a scam.

P2Pool node started at http://p2pool.thepeeps.net:8888

EDIT: Located in NE USA

Check to see if the ping times are good for you.

So, what are some good prices?

Have a look at this.. http://www.reddit.com/r/dogemining/comments/1uncvb/the_benefits_of_mining_using_p2pool_better

So there was no problems with the pools at launch?
That's weird, considering they all had warnings stating there was a problem with the source.

Any good reason to use P2Pool over any of the good pools here?  So far so good with octocoinpool [dot] tk.  Sorry for my newbness.