Funny, I think there is more interest in Seattle server than ever!
Hey Kano,
I do currently use a single IP, however it is dynamic. It vary rarely changes, like every two years. I can either set up the new server as pool 0, and NYA as pool 1 as the backup incase my ip changes on me. The other option I have is to make a VLAN for the miners and route the traffic out my static IP. ( this is different than the IP my miners are connecting from now)
Up to you, I know milliseconds matter, but as to how much for the bitcoin network, I have no knowledge how much it affects it.
I could ping it and see the differences, maybe PM me the IP address or host name if you want me to test it?
Thanks
Heh yeah, it was directed at you, maybe I should have used PM
I (normally) don't whitelist a server for home miners - only data centres - I don't even whitelist myself at home, though it wouldn't really make any difference for me on the rare occasions lately that I do mine
Firstly, 10ms difference is next to meaningless, since out of an average 600,000ms block that's pretty small.
50 to 100ms difference is worth trying to work around with a large number of miners, since we have had blocks that only a few hundred ms would make a difference, so on those rare occasions, an extra 100ms or more, faster,
might matter, but 10ms really doesn't mean much.
I was more interested in the fact that you seem to be close to Seattle but get a better ping to NYA than to Stratum.
Stratum is in both LA and Silicon Valley.
The Seattle node is rather important in that it is around 1ms from the Fibre node there, so I wouldn't open it up, it will only ever be whitelisted.
Also, of course, you've been adding miners on and got yourself in the top 100, so while we are small, that counts a lot towards the pool hash rate
Email me from your pool account and we'll work it out
