Topic: [CLOSED] BTC Guild - Pays TxFees+NMC, Stratum, VarDiff, Private Servers - page 421. (Read 902926 times)

Updated Auto Payout rules slightly, you can now enter multiples of 0.1 instead of whole bitcoins.

I stated earlier:  I wont' implement MM until it has a close to 0 effect on BTC mining, regardless of whether the tradeoff is 1% loss of BTC for a 5-7% gain in profit due to NMC.  Shadders is implementing a change to PSJ soon where the getwork creation is prepared within PSJ, rather than relying on bitcoind which has always been the bottleneck at longpoll time.  That change should reduce the performance impact of merged mining enough to be worth implementing.

please go back and read through the pages mm isnt really totaly stable and namce coin isnt worth that much atm and it creates alot more stalls on the bitcoin side e has a post of why he hasnt implmented it yet i think on page 4.

So how come other pools already have MM ? I am not too well informed on MM.

Shares are still being logged right now, don't panic.  Looks like daylight savings time is messing with the speed calculations, should clear up shortly.

Not until shadders releases the final PSJ which includes built in work generation for merged mining.

MM coming soon I assume then ?

Added Pool Block History page, API for it will be coming soon as well so web services can scrape our block data.

Regarding bitlane's post, yes, there was about 15 seconds of downtime last night for a pool restart.

Oh Oh....it just got really quiet in here as all my fans spin down....lol


...and 10 seconds later, it's LOUD again....hehe

You forgot to add "and I'm sure I'm not the only one." 
But point taken and I fully agree.
Sam

It's been long overdue, but automatic payouts have finally been added to the pool.  They're implemented slightly different than what you may be used to:

1) Set your automatic payment threshold either through the My Account page, or the sidebar.
2) Only whole numbers are accepted.  Set it to '0' to disable the automatic payouts.

Automatic payouts are processed every hour.  If your unpaid rewards are equal to or greater than your threshold, you will be paid the amount you set.  This is different from some pools, where an automatic payout might be your full balance once it crosses the threshold.  I chose this method because it allows users to keep their wallets clean with whole numbers for timed payouts, and people using automatic payouts are planning on continuing to mine (otherwise they'd just cash out and leave).  You always have the option for an instant payout which includes your full balance.

And I'm considering not dining at any pool that doesn't have hot waitresses, and cheap drinks.

Seriously, it's an open market. Find a pool that fits your flavor instead of bitching about this one not changing to fit your specific needs. Features are suggested and decided on, and implemented or not at the pace the pool operator chooses. We are guests in his world, and should show due respect.

Anyone other miners idling like crazy atm?

*edit*

Hmm, seems to have fixed itself, now.

And I'm considering not mining at any pool that doesn't implement a proportional payout method, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

And I'm considering not mining at any pool that does implement Merged Mining, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Sam

I won't mine at any pool that doesn't have merged mining implemented, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Do you think you could keep the 24h payout lock as an alternative? I don't like the idea of locking my wallet as it means that I will have to create a new account, should I want to use a different wallet address for whatever reason (e.g. if I lost my wallet to a lightning strike; and no, I can't afford backup that will withstand lightning...)
I also may want to change my email address in the future. I use a webmail provider, and should they ever decide to change their policy or demand money for their service, I won't be able to stay with them.
I really don't want to have to create a new account and the 24h payout lock was a nice alternative for me.

Awesome security features. I am using both.

Item 1 finished early.  Wallet Lock is now active, and is replacing the previous 24 hour Payout Lock feature.  By enabling Wallet Lock, you are PERMANENTLY locking your bitcoin address in your account.  This means even if you are hacked, an attacker cannot do anything to your account other than change your worker names or email address (unless that is locked, which should be available in the next few minutes).

UPDATE:  Email lock has now been added as well.  If you combine these two security features, your account cannot be drained.  At worst, somebody who has your login/password could mess with your worker names, or continually reset your account password if they have access to your email.  However, they cannot change the email, so you will ALWAYS be able to change your password back, and they can't change the wallet under any circumstances with Wallet Lock.

I will be adding the following features tomorrow:

1) Permanent Wallet Lock
2) Permanent Email Lock
3) Automatic Payouts [may be Saturday instead of Friday]
4) Pool Block History
5) Pool Speed/Performance History


I originally didn't think much of adding a Pool Block History, since its irrelevant to the users income.  However, I was reminded in IRC this morning that by not showing our blocks it isn't transparent regarding merged mining (or lack thereof).

Merged mining is still eventually planned.  The big problem with merged mining is the increase in BTC stale rates due to extra long polls.  It may take 0-2 seconds for a long poll to finish being issued to all miners, and it may take an extra 0-1 second for a miner to react to it depending on their latency.  Merged mining more than doubles the rate of long polls, meaning there is a higher risk of BTC stales.

I think I have been very clear in the past that I am not a fan of namecoin.  I understand the niche, but I don't think it has much future.  Because of this view, my priority has always been BTC, and I will not implement MM unless it has a close to 0% effect on BTC hashing.


The good news is that shadders is close to finishing an update to PoolServerJ, which fixes the biggest limitation pools have had:  Speed of generating work at long polls.  Even with JoelKatz' patches, bitcoind can vary randomly, producing anywhere from 500 (worst case scenario) to ~5000 getwork/second.  Generally due to the overhead of the initial block chain update within bitciond, the client normally produces around 1500-2000 getwork/second for a moment after a new block.

The next version of PoolServerJ will be generating the work within the pool software, which will drastically speed up the ability to send out thousands of getworks once a new block is found on the network.