Hi pumawolf,
FYI.
Although we are temporarily not able to switch our machines off and on based on the wildly fluctuating bitcoin price, Bitmain will continue to make PPS payments during this time. For the period of Jan. 15-24, hashrate payouts will work as follows: Each day, we will calculate mining revenue based on PPS payout using the bitcoin price at 4pm Beijing time (0800 GMT) for ANTS2, ANTS3, and UMISOO holdings. If revenue is lower than maintenance costs, users will not receive a payout, but they also do not need to pay the maintenance fee. If revenue exceeds maintenance costs, a PPS payout will be made as usual.
If operating cost exceeds revenues for ten days continuously (cost:profit>=1.0), these machines will be switched off indefinitely.
As long as costs do not exceed revenues for ten days in row, payouts will continue to be made in this manner.