Hi!
I'm sorry for the lack of updates - I've been really busy
We're about to launch a huge update for the underlying system, it will contain this (and more).
* Fully load-balanced bitcoind/pushpoold environment
- Support unlimited amounts of nodes - we're starting with 3 tho.
- Sticky connections so you always get connected to the same node
* Updates to our pushpoold which means less connections, less lag, less latency
- Keep-alive fully supported now - all the way to you as a miner (bitcoind->pushpoold->gateway->your worker)
- Issues with home routes etc dropping keep-alive after a couple of minutes is solved.
* Less stale shares then ever due to modifications on both pushpoold and bitcoind above.
- Stats from my miner (currently): 1630 accepted - 8 rejected
* Company and name registered, for the upcoming exchange platform.
- We're now "Bit LC" -
http://www.bitlc.net will be the domain / name in the future
- Stands for "Low Cost Bitcoin Services" - as it's exactly what we're planning to offer.
* The development on the exchange platform have started.
- If you want, you can request features at our feedback page and/or at
[email protected]
EDIT2: Site related:* We're implementing optional YubiKeys (2-factor authentication) in the new system.
- This will mean extremely increased security for your bitcoins and you.
- It will be impossible to do payouts, change payout address or similar without having the YubiKey with you.
- It will be optional - you will still be able to access the site and do whatever you used to do, without getting one.
- We're aiming at making it possible to use the same YubiKey with us - as MtGox sells for their service.
* We're will force all pages to HTTPS. Both using redirects and a HSTS policy:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security - This is the same policy Paypal and a number of other big businesses enforces on their connections.
* And a lot more...
And yes - we will also launch the new site with API and everything else promised as soon as we're launched this.We had to focus on getting the pool 101% stable before doing anything else, to avoid loosing our users, because you guys - are our first priority.
We have some other surprises for our loyal users as well, but more on that later.
By the way, some internal schematics of this huge project, it may not look much, but it's fully redundant and should be very, very scalable.
http://www.bitcoins.lc/assets/Bit_LC_Network.png - the configuration of pfSense + the network have taken over 8 hours in total to get it do were we are today.
We're working as fast as i can - please be patient and you'll see how awesome this will be.
Think of it as a mining pool on steroids (Quote from our IRC channel - #bitcoins.lc)
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Regards, Jim
EDIT:
I totally forgot to mention that we're actually upgrading the hardware node to, a total of 32GB RAM is being added and another 3x300gb SAS 10k RPM drives to.
EDIT2:
Added site-related news to!