I guess I don't understand how this pool (ETH) pays out. In one place it says payouts run every 5 minutes and that there's a minimum payout. I'm running nearly a week: no rewards, no payouts, no count of shares owed, no immature or mature balance. The last good block found was the 26th, then an orphan block (on the 29th?), now back to nothing.
I would point my miners somewhere else but then this time would be a total loss right?
So can someone please explain this pool to me?
Thanks
Hi,
As you can see from the block page, the block that the pool found on 30/10 was an orphan. This means that it did not receive a reward.
The ethereum pool does have a low hashrate, that does not allow it to find blocks daily. Without those blocks you not receive a reward.
Also I would like to point out that since the pool has a PPLNS payout scheme, a big renter can come and can have all the shares in the window when the block is found. This means that he will get all the payout.