This isn't a decision we wanted to make, and it wasn't easy. But trying something new comes with risks, and we've suffered some losses, had some setbacks beyond our control occur, and unfortunately, had some instances of people abusing the payout system and bonuses offered by the pool.
In the beginning, we said the bonus might be temporary, and it's lasted quite a long time. And we sincerely hope that, in the near future, we will be able to pay the bonus again. We're working to re-incorporate the bonus, with the launch of a rental site early next year, and we're acquiring increased BTC reserves in order to make sure we're prepared for our increased hashrate.
We can't thank you enough, all of you who have supported our efforts so far and helped to build our pool into what it is today. On a normal day, our average hash rate is over 3 Ph/s, and Bitcoin Affiliate Network is now one of the names you see on Blockchain.info and Blocktrail.com for blocks being solved.
BitAffNet is going to remain the best place to mine, and the most profitable Pay Per Share pool out there.
Thanks again for your support,
Matt, Gil, and the BitAffNet Team
Thanks for this. Despite my time on the pool and being a top 15 miner by hash rate, I never get these emails.
I switched pools after reading this because they owed me .4 btc and had not paid out since yesterday. But got paid shortly afterwards. I think I'll wait a bit before redirecting my hash back to them.