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Too bad this pool still isn't going nowhere
It has a great concept...
Indeed, that's the saddest part about all this. For all the awesome innovations, and things that set this pool apart from all the other multipools out there, the terrible maintenance really just ruins it. If they'd just get some decent people maintaining things, who actually keep an eye on this stuff, then they really would be the King of multipools.
Agreed, they can achieve such status if they put someone in charge of maintenance and details...
We have just finished up a major overhaul on the stratums and believe we have completely resolved the stability issues.
The new code has been running for the last 3 days without incident, so we welcome you all to come back and mine with us. Feel free to send me a PM or reply to this thread if you have any questions or concerns.
Thanks for your patience!
How about that updated API, so your pool can be used with MinerControl? It really shouldn't be so hard to add profitability statistics for each algo, normalized to BTC values. MinerControl also isn't the only utility that makes use of such API data, so it would be of even more benefit to CoinKing to add such a simple value to the API. Even more, the MinerControl dev is very active, and not hard to communicate with, so if there is any questions or difficulty then you can easily ask him.
While we're on the topic of things CoinKing can do better, I also don't understand why the X13 algo was shut down. Many other pools still have their X13 stratums up & running, and they're still quite profitable. Why can't CoinKing find any profitable X13 coins, like those other pools have? I also can't help but notice that the "new algo" survey finished quite some time ago, yet neither X15 nor M7 have been added to the pool.
I still believe CoinKing can be the best pool on the planet, but you've got a lot of work to do to make up for these shortcomings. Over a month with no response on some of these suggestions, especially when you've previously said that you would work on it, is unacceptable. Take our advice, and find someone to keep a better eye on these things; your current team doesn't seem to be doing a very good job.
I'm glad you've got it all figured out, maybe you should put your extensive pool operator knowledge to good use and start your own pool. My team works very hard for little to no pay, but since you're the jedi master, I will now run all pool decisions and support through you.
We have been working diligently on improving our back-end processes and increasing uptime/stability. Someone of your technical prowess would surely know that it's not wise to introduce new code to an environment that's already under repair.
We are not going to publish realtime profit numbers, as this would allow other pools to "track" what we're mining. I'm terribly sorry if this is not OK with you, master.
X13 was removed because it has no long term profitability. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what features we roll out next.
P.S: Let me know where to send the server bill, since youre in charge now.
Thanks so much
Adam
Wow, what an ass.
You asked for suggestions, so I gave them to you. Don't ask for something you don't want.
Is your API integrated that heavily to your stratum code? If it is, then you're doing it wrong. Keep it simple and separate, so you can change one thing without breaking everything else...basic programmer etiquette (which by the way, I do indeed have programing experience).
If you broadcast real-time profitability statistics for each
ALGORITHM, how are they going to "track" what coins you're mining? Aside from ridiculously complicated equations and tracking of each and every coin on every exchange, no one would be able to figure it out. And if they did, so what? How exactly would that hurt you? If they're already collecting that much data on every coin anyway, they already know what is most profitable, so why would they then care about what you're mining? Simple logic, dude. ...oh yeah, and they could also just create an account and look at your website, if they don't want to go through all that trouble. Takes some real expert spies & hackers, to figure this stuff out.
No long-term profitability for X13, huh? So that's why X13 is very often more profitable than X11 on at least three other pools that I know of? I guess you know something they don't, my apologies.
I do have my own server bills to worry about, so you can keep yours, thanks. Good luck to you, I'll be cashing out my coins and moving elsewhere now. See ya round, I won't be recommending this pool to anyone.
