By the logic of don't sell your votes no one should use pools either. Seems like bad advice for the little miners.
Paranoia aside the only people with the power to do what you suggest would be a Pool op. Assuming they would do it anyways ( I personally think few if any would.) the losses to them personally after the attack would be (I believe) staggaring. To do what is suggested one has to be able to actually pick what chain the pool is working on and pay for a large enough run to fork it. That wouldn't be some unknown miner on a pool. They don't pick the block to work on. Plus it wouldn't be cheap. Luck matters, it could be a smallish purchase but it likely wouldn't.
I do understand the fear. I just think its misplaced. I get that a double spend or hostile fork is the reason behind the top pools having a limited amount of hashing power.
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Please do not sell hash power like this.
Services like Hashpower and GPUmax are fundamentally bad for Bitcoin. They decrease the security of the network and increase the risk of double spends. They are inherently against the basic design of Bitcoin which is that by mining, miners express their support for a particular chain. By selling your hash power to anonymous miners who may or may not be doing things you would agree with, you make it radically easier to mount an attack on the network.
If the owners of hashpower.com were here, I would ask them to shut their service down. But as they aren't, I will ask you to boycott it instead.
Never forget that mining is voting. It is not just a way to make a quick buck. If you sell your shares you are selling your votes.
Services like Hashpower and GPUmax are fundamentally bad for Bitcoin. They decrease the security of the network and increase the risk of double spends. They are inherently against the basic design of Bitcoin which is that by mining, miners express their support for a particular chain. By selling your hash power to anonymous miners who may or may not be doing things you would agree with, you make it radically easier to mount an attack on the network.
If the owners of hashpower.com were here, I would ask them to shut their service down. But as they aren't, I will ask you to boycott it instead.
Never forget that mining is voting. It is not just a way to make a quick buck. If you sell your shares you are selling your votes.
People have been selling their votes even since votes were invented tho.
Seems database is down:
Are shares being counted normally?
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Could not connect
Are shares being counted normally?
Workers are unable to connect and I am unable to login to the website... 
great service guys, BUT i need more than 3 workers...
anyone have an invitation code for wexchange?
New members don't have access to invites (at least I don't), but you can ask on their IRC channel (#weex) over here http://webchat.freenode.net/
anyone have an invitation code for wexchange?
Great service!
Please add automatic withdraw to make it more user friendly
Please add automatic withdraw to make it more user friendly
im trying to sign up and i always got "There was an error creating your account."i try several browsers and severla pcs got the same message everytime, trying to sign up since the past 23/10. Problems with registration?
I saw on IRC that much more than 300Gh/s pointed here causes issues. What plans do you have to handle more load? Not complaining, just curious.
using mpbm im getting:
Invalid long polling URL for SLUSH: http://hashpower.com/?LP=1 (Long poll URL contains host but no port!)
Invalid long polling URL for SLUSH: http://hashpower.com/?LP=1 (Long poll URL contains host but no port!)
Try http://hashpower.com:80 .
cannot get it to work. can someone please post a screenshot of the config using slush/mpbm and hashpower.com?
Can I get a WeExchange invite? I tried to register and got very strange errors :/.
using mpbm im getting:
Invalid long polling URL for SLUSH: http://hashpower.com/?LP=1 (Long poll URL contains host but no port!)
Invalid long polling URL for SLUSH: http://hashpower.com/?LP=1 (Long poll URL contains host but no port!)
Try http://hashpower.com:80 .
using mpbm im getting:
Invalid long polling URL for SLUSH: http://hashpower.com/?LP=1 (Long poll URL contains host but no port!)
Invalid long polling URL for SLUSH: http://hashpower.com/?LP=1 (Long poll URL contains host but no port!)
As far as CGminer check out their thread. Kano and Con are really helpful. I would be amazed if they couldn't get you setup.
Hey guys,
i have 2 questions:
- when i am able to add more than 3 workers?
- Is there a known problem with BTC Miner? Got some issues, "wrong protocol" have no logs but i remember anything with "//". I cant mine with Cgminer and ztex due problems with a FPGA on one of my quads.
I add some logs tomorrow.
- nyana
i have 2 questions:
- when i am able to add more than 3 workers?
- Is there a known problem with BTC Miner? Got some issues, "wrong protocol" have no logs but i remember anything with "//". I cant mine with Cgminer and ztex due problems with a FPGA on one of my quads.
I add some logs tomorrow.
- nyana
The credit did come through. I am very happy that this was a I hope quick fix. I can without a ton of hassle or personal info apparently get bitcoins moved around just like I wanted. The payout once linked is super fast.
As far as the Graet thing I mentioned I only ment in charge of WeExchange. I realize that it was both misleading and because of my wording just plain wrong.
The account didn't link properly. I linked it again now I can withdraw. No idea why it works but I have 2 HashPowers on WeExchange and I can move BTC around.
Thanks for your help.
As far as the Graet thing I mentioned I only ment in charge of WeExchange. I realize that it was both misleading and because of my wording just plain wrong.
The account didn't link properly. I linked it again now I can withdraw. No idea why it works but I have 2 HashPowers on WeExchange and I can move BTC around.
Thanks for your help.
hi Askit2
Ukto has credited your account and properly linked your WeExchange and Hashpower accounts.
It should work correctly now.
For clarification Ukto runs Hashpower and is US Director of WeExchange
I am Australian Director of WeExchange and run Ozcoin Pooled Mining
Some people seem to be confusing some of this
Ukto has credited your account and properly linked your WeExchange and Hashpower accounts.
It should work correctly now.
For clarification Ukto runs Hashpower and is US Director of WeExchange
I am Australian Director of WeExchange and run Ozcoin Pooled Mining
Some people seem to be confusing some of this
For me something is wrong with WeExchange. I can not withdraw bitcoins from hashpower despite
Also my bitcoins have been taken but never credited on my hashpower account or actually marked as being sent properly on WeExchange
So I guess my point is that since I am unable to link without it appears providing them with enough info to actually use my identity I get to see this on hashpowers website.
I have opened a support ticket over the 1BTC that is so far misplaced. As far as the rest setting it up seems to require a lot of information I really wonder about giving out. It seems maybe Graet is in charge and that is all well and fine. He seems very nice. I am sure it will get handled.
Think of it as a warning. The actual linking of hashpower seems to be missing the click on the "Link Merchant!" box step in the instructions. For me after that it didn't seem to link. I really should have concidered that the minimum 1BTC deposit wasn't required and could get lost. This is a new service. So what I should have done was not tried depositing it. I apparently should have waited patiently. Will add when this is solved or delt with.
Also my bitcoins have been taken but never credited on my hashpower account or actually marked as being sent properly on WeExchange
So I guess my point is that since I am unable to link without it appears providing them with enough info to actually use my identity I get to see this on hashpowers website.
I have opened a support ticket over the 1BTC that is so far misplaced. As far as the rest setting it up seems to require a lot of information I really wonder about giving out. It seems maybe Graet is in charge and that is all well and fine. He seems very nice. I am sure it will get handled.
Think of it as a warning. The actual linking of hashpower seems to be missing the click on the "Link Merchant!" box step in the instructions. For me after that it didn't seem to link. I really should have concidered that the minimum 1BTC deposit wasn't required and could get lost. This is a new service. So what I should have done was not tried depositing it. I apparently should have waited patiently. Will add when this is solved or delt with.
A longer term solution would be to get a second port. Short term setup CGminer with a backup pool and your gpu should stay busy. Instead of waiting for work (getting ads) it should work on work from a backup pool. It will keep as much hashpower going to hashpower as possible while keeping your GPU's busy.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/official-cgminer-mining-software-thread-for-linuxwinosxmipsarmr-pi-4110-28402
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/official-cgminer-mining-software-thread-for-linuxwinosxmipsarmr-pi-4110-28402
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