i been mining with this pool since august..
it is the only pool ive found that consistently pays more then the btc calculator says i should get with my hash rate..
waiting a couple days for the coins to come through doesnt bother me..
Same here but if the payout system has changed then miners need to know. Having the wrong information posted here and on the pools home page is not right. As the payouts get later and later it makes you wonder, as my last
partial payment went 64+ hours. The last time I was on IRC chat it was stated that the
payments would be fixed as he would be able to buy enough coins to get everything currant and this would not be a problem going forward. I believe that date was back in December or January as it all had to do with limits on buying thru CoinBase I believe. I have not been back to the chat since. I know miners have left the pool due to the payments and there will be a point where you could see a mass exit. The pool either needs to think about a fee, minimum payout or something other than the way it is now. You also need to consider the halfing of blocks next year and just how many blocks are in queue when that happens. When s0br first started he stated this pool was to be used to promote another business and I always felt I could understand then if the pool was structured not to make money as a stand alone pool.
You've stated in your post (the part I bolded) precisely why this pool cannot survive. I've been saying it since the start. Others have also been stating the same. Fee-free PPS is a non-sustainable pool model. It will require the operator to continually dump coins into the wallet so that payouts can be made. It's why every other PPS pool charges fees.
Look, s0br may be the nicest guy on the planet, but you are relying upon his good naturedness to continue receiving your payouts. The instant s0br decides he's spent enough of his own coin, bye bye pool, and bye bye payments.
It's getting worse