What a massive few days at Kano pool -- amazing block party today, brings back the good ole days and also it kind off put some truth behind Kano's calculations on bad luck brought by S9s.
To convince myself that moving out is the right thing to do, a few days ago, I temporarily moved 108 x S9s off the pool... taking a chunk of S9s off the pool may have normalised the pool altogether. I was hoping I could proof kano's math wrong. so my conscience is clear when I come back to the pool.... but I think he right in this matter -- its as simple as: take 100 x S9s out from pool = get luckier and get 4-5 blocks even with lower PHs.
While I am happy for fellow Kano miners, I am sad to face the fact the S9 farm pointed to this pool is not good for the her - means also that I am cannot mine at kano with the current gear. Lack of A7 information didn't help too... if it ever comes out, I would be more than happy to get my investors expand Juvia's farm and add a "Gray's farm" with A7s only to Kano pool.
I am no expert in the science behind bad luck calculations but I have my fair share of agony caused by faulty controller, hash board repairs, long RMAs and weird readings off a rip-coff copy of cgminer labelled as their own - so I know how bad we need a good competitor to Bitmain. I am still hopeful of getting some good news from Avalon...
...until then.... Juvia & minions have left the building.
My apologies to my fellow Kano pool members for being MIA - appreciate all the PMs too.
I hope to be back soon after some S9 issues are neutralised (link below), until then good mining to everyone
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.16642262Geez, man...I can't thank you enough for this information. You've helped me out a couple of times, no strings, and I appreciate that kind of honesty. Some day maybe I can return the favor. Anyway...I'd like to second everything.
I was going to stay quiet for a bit, but (as usual) can't. I'm still waiting for a formal RMA on the A6. It's been down for four weeks. With no news on an A7 (no, I don't know anyone at the Smithsonian...seemed a chuckle at the time) it's quite disconcerting. OTOH, I think the inductive logic result is that perhaps you...and some of the others...have been correct in your assertions re the cribbed software on the S9. I'm glad I didn't buy any, in deference to waiting for Canaan.
I'm still going to wait. I don't see any advantage at all in buying BM hardware now, or in mining elsewhere, unless it was solo.