Topic: 📈 NastyFans: The Bitcoin Enthusiast Fan Club (est. 2012) - page 104. (Read 959011 times)

I forget the policy (though I'm sure it's on the policy page - just at work and am being too lazy to look it up..)

I noticed that the poll is basically finished:
no: 232 (1.0%)
yes: 18023 (79.5%)
not yet voted: 4413 (19.5%)
abstain: 2332

only 19.5% left to vote and that's not enough to swing the decision.

Therefore, my question - do we wait the full duration of the poll or can that be implemented soon (like maybe after today's donation)?

We also have some BFL Singles for sale.   

Antminer S1

If I wanted to get in on the pool, what do you guys suggest for mining on a budget?  Currently only handling with GPU's, sold the jalepeno and Bitfurys to get a house, now wish I could have both! 

Thanks and happy to be onboard as a NastyFan!

The P2Pool node runs without any problems the last several weeks. Today I restart P2Pool node after OpenSSL update. But otherwise there are no problems on server side.

I have scripts running to monitor P2Pool connections to handle connection-DOS. But this is not triggered since original instance. Does your miner report errors? What are they?

Extra info: The main server handling nastyfans Bitcoin transactions runs Debian 6 (squeeze) and was not vulnerable to recent OpenSSL bug.

Can some one check the pool? ... been noticing that my miners have been failing over off and on again since the weekend. Unless this expected maintenance (be nice to be notified JIC) think that you might have that "bug" back again.

I received my Nasty Fan coin today.  It is simply stunning.  An awesome coin for so many reasons.
It is beautifully done.
Thanks OgNasty and nonnative for a great Nasty ecosystem.
I will update my article later today to note I got my coin and how much I like it.
http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/news/nasty-mining-nastyfans-coin-different-way-mine-man-behind/2014/03/17

I just voted to keep the donations to OgNasty at 75%.
The reason being is that it allows for faster repayment of debt which makes it easier for him to secure new funding for future projects.

1 poll closed
[member opinion] reduce percentage of donations for fundraising
    no: 1020 (27.1%)
    yes: 2738 (72.9%)
    abstain: 21242
    RESULT: MAJORITY OF FANS WANT TO SUPPORT REQUEST OF OGNASTY

1 poll opened
[policy change] reduce donations for fundraising to 50%

Distribution 294207 is complete. We thank our donators.

Now it is time for P2Pool luck to pick up!

That is some solid growth guys.
Great work.

Cool.

A member ask me about the count of fans we have in nastyfans. I decide to publish this data. Maybe other members have interest also.

https://nastyfans.org/members.csv

Since NastyPool integration starts I receive private messages from members concerned about privacy. Perhaps they are scared when they hear the word "signed" and think this means privacy invasion. Bitcoin signing is key to all Bitcoin activity and is the normal method of proving you have the private key. As example: when you spend Bitcoin you sign your transactions.

I want to post some facts to maybe help clear concerns.

1. It is not necessary to be a member of nastyfans or register your NastyPool address. Unregistered NastyPool addresses will receive 100% of their Bitcoin mining reward. NastyPool is and will continue as a public P2Pool node using unmodified P2Pool server software.

2. nastyfans members that register a NastyPool address will have a custom pool interface and receive special bonus points for the P2Pool shares they mine. The bonus points will be useful for future nastyfans features. This is a extra benefit for members and does not affect unregistered NastyPool miners in any way.

3. It is possible to be a nastyfans member and registered NastyPool miner anonymously. Anyone that does not understand this is not using Bitcoin or nastyfans or NastyPool anonymously anyway.

I'll second that!  Great stuff nonnakip!

Thanks for your hard work and dedication to nastyfans.

Yes the pool interface is fantastic, and really sets us apart from other p2pool nodes.

Greatest news we've had in a while!  Very exciting to see a custom built p2pool interface getting assimilated into NastyFans.  Thanks nonnakip!

If you sign in to nastyfans.org you will notice some changes. I grow menu items so that mobile devices should navigate easier. I also add basic integration of NastyPool. This is a new "mining" menu item. It shows the current NastyPool hashrate. If you are mining on NastyPool and register your address with nastyfans then it shows your hashrate also.

The NastyPool integration is very basic now. There are many features coming. But I decide to post new minor versions and release minor individual features. This way we can maybe shake out bugs as we go.

I've never been a big fan of ASICminer equipment.  We actually have one of their USB sticks that I donated to Nasty Mining some time ago.  I don't believe it ever came near reaching any sort of ROI.  In my opinion ASICminer is a great company because they're good at making money from selling their equipment.  However, I question whether anyone actually made anything that purchased from them.  Similar to how I view gridseeds, I think that ASICminer will start off with the highest price they can to sell units to their supporters, then you will see them lower the price every 2 weeks at a faster rate than the equipment is mining, ensuring that nobody ever sees a ROI.  Perhaps this next round will be different, but you won't catch me buying at their original asking price.  Anyone who did that with their last round of equipment got burned, whereas we came out quite handsomely from our BFL preorder.

I get that people are skeptical of the preorder scene.  It sucks paying for something that would make you $10,000 a day and then only making $100 a day by the time it arrives.  However, there is nothing wrong with a preorder as long as you have reasonable expectations and know what you're getting yourself into.  As is the case with our Black Arrow preorder (if they ever refund it), they also act as a put option on BTC.  I'm not saying I like preordering and giving 0% loans, but I feel it is important for us to have efficient equipment.  That is also why I structured our debt at 0%, so the preorder risk is really just an exchange rate risk.  In the future, there are plans to have something in place to keep that exchange rate risk at bay as well.