Quick question for people trying to maximize payouts.
Does anyone have suggestions on servers, or ways to maximize payouts for newer SHA-256 miners? I am noticing roughly 5% less PPS than other PPS sites. I am having hours where I go to like 1/2 of what I was paid, and the next hour doesn't increase the payout. So I am trying to figure out if my machines are really finicky, or if its just the pool undergoing changes in payout structure. Anyone else noticing big swings in payouts? With the bonus I seem to be doing a bit better than other pools. Without the bonus I'd be better off elsewhere.
Thoughts?
I got into mining scrypt earlier in the year, so these are my first SHA-256 rigs, thanks for the help for me and others!
Currently all my hash is pointed at first NY server. Should I move to the Virginia? What about the IX telehouse?
Does anyone have suggestions on servers, or ways to maximize payouts for newer SHA-256 miners? I am noticing roughly 5% less PPS than other PPS sites. I am having hours where I go to like 1/2 of what I was paid, and the next hour doesn't increase the payout. So I am trying to figure out if my machines are really finicky, or if its just the pool undergoing changes in payout structure. Anyone else noticing big swings in payouts? With the bonus I seem to be doing a bit better than other pools. Without the bonus I'd be better off elsewhere.
Thoughts?
I got into mining scrypt earlier in the year, so these are my first SHA-256 rigs, thanks for the help for me and others!
Currently all my hash is pointed at first NY server. Should I move to the Virginia? What about the IX telehouse?
I have both my S3's pointed at east2 and I'm getting just about the expected hashing rate. Anyway, I'd like to know which PPS pools you've been using that pay roughly 5% more than BAN! I've used Discus Fish but have too high a ping to them from my location which results in too many rejected shares. I also used to mine at EclipseMC until I found out they were BFL though I must admit I didn't stick long enough to get some good PPS stats out of them. The only other PPS pool I've participated in was Deepbit but that was eons ago in Bitcoin years...
Anyway, I haven't been mining long enough at BAN with two Antminer S3's to do some good stats of actual payouts vs. expected payouts though but after getting that S3 from them the other day I feel quite motivated to mine here for the foreseeable future!
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