http://poolpicker.eu/It's funny, isn't it? Middlecoin is the worst pool, just destroy any data points above the average...
I don't think the data was "destroyed". The data was adjusted, and in my opinion, for good reason.
The recent payout by Middlecoin had a large component that included the flushing out of a lot of unexchanged coins by miners that have not mined in many days, weeks, or even months at Middlecoin. This was one of the many problems with Middlecoin in that various account balances were not being flushed to the miner once they stopped mining. Large balances, yes. Small balances, not so much, as they appeared to be "stuck". That is why the unexchanged balance (blue in Middlecoin graph) was so enormous for a long time now. Finally, a couple of days ago, these small balances for thousands of these miners were all flushed out. This spike event should not be included in things like poolpicker because it distorts the graph and has nothing to do with current or even recent mining proceeds, which is the purpose of the graph.
If H2O communicated a bit, he could advise the amount that was current and perhaps a better data adjustment could be made by the person that makes the graph, but he chooses silence and auto-pilot so the current graph is the result. Some of the unusual component of the payment may have been recent and should be included if it wasn't.
H2O had a great pool. This is no longer true in my opinion. It used to have the best returns and H2O was great. For well over a month or more (since back when all the crazy hate thread postings), Middlecoin has gotten much worse and H2O has disappeared. I have mined at all the major pools for multiple time periods, comparing payouts with identical rigs, switching around only after carefully analyzing days of data. Middlecoin now has erratic and clearly lower returns in addition to the worst support by far. Like others that have posted recently, I am really surprised that folks still mine here. Many must be on auto-pilot and don't know the difference. Be aware that once you move off of Middlecoin you can get a distorted view of payments if you don't wait a few days for balances and rates to settle due to the many conversion transactions in process at both the new and old pool. Other pools also pay faster and Middlecoin frequently takes quite a period of time to flush the coins to the miner, providing a falsely inflated view of Middlecoin returns to the uninformed miner that switches over short time periods. Sometimes configurations need to be adjusted to maximize other pools. Perhaps Middlecoin still works best for some kind of miner, but none that I am familiar with.
My best to H2O; sorry to have lost him.
