An update on the backend side... We are now the second pool to implement
BIP 34 (block height in coinbase). Compatibility for
BIP 22 (getblocktemplate, for decentralized mining) has also been brought up to the current draft, including support for
BIP 23's "Basic Pool Extensions".
For the time being, Eligius will remain backward compatible with our old BIP 22 draft implementation (getmemorypool) as well.
Eloipool's gmp-proxy is
not updated, and I do not plan to update it. Instead, I plan to enable Eloipool itself to run as a fully functional BIP 22/23 client and provide the same basic behaviour gmp-proxy did before,
plus be able to use all its usual pool functions. This basically means you can run sub-pools under any other BIP 22/23-compliant pool (including nested sub-sub-pools).
Additionally, after I finish with the pool updates, I plan to implement a MIT-licensed library for BIP 22 and 23, which I will then use to enable
BFGMiner to achieve a whole new level of efficiency, necessary and in time for the anticipated ASICs within the next month.
As for reward systems, we are still running on SMPPS. CPPSRB seems to have fairly good reception, so that seems like what we'll be migrating to in the coming week(s).
