[∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 256 blocks solved! - page 6.

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Quote from: willi9974 on November 04, 2024, 06:25:00 AM

FYI - The certification processes at Nicehash are getting more and more complicated. KYC with proof of address / income / photo / etc. which makes me stop using Nicehash from now on, so there will probably be no more block parties.

so do not send any more BTC to our old nicehash groupbuy wallet! I'm not able to refound if the account is restricted.

Huh, well this is extremely disappointing news. Nonetheless a big thank you to Willi for coordinating many past runs and for keeping us informed with this update.

Always thought I'd be part of a successful BlockParty, but so far it hasn't been the case. Personally I hope things change either w/MRR pricing or NH not being idiots (despite normally being an optimist, I'm certainly not holding my breath). If things do change however, I'm in for another run for what it's worth.

Lastly, the pool has been stuck at 48T hours since the day of the latest block and we're collectively now at nearly 84%. Good luck everyone! At the very least let's get that Best Share up before next Difficulty adjustment (currently 25 blocks away from next adjustment, est to go +6.12% as of now) if not an actual block! It ain't gonna get any easier shortly, after the Difficulty is adjusted to > 100T.

Once again thanks Willi and good luck everyone!!

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Quote from: willi9974 on November 04, 2024, 06:25:00 AM

FYI - The certification processes at Nicehash are getting more and more complicated. KYC with proof of address / income / photo / etc. which makes me stop using Nicehash from now on, so there will probably be no more block parties.

so do not send any more BTC to our old nicehash groupbuy wallet! I'm not able to refound if the account is restricted.

That is understandable for both parties. The US is requiring strict KYC and can understand how you don't want the responsibilities to try and account for it to the government.

Thank Willie for the past block parties

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So many numbers and so little time

I tried setting up a nicehash account, only for them to reject it because I'm in the UK. They could have told me that at the beginning of the sign-up process but instead chose to waste 3 days of my time and countless emails. I was not impressed.

If they're now demanding proof of identity and other documentation it makes it even less attractive. I can't see why they'd need proof of income, that's a major invasion of privacy.

MRR is not cheap by any means, but it does seem to work.

On the handful of occasions I've used MRR, its worked OK. Although their dashboard does complain about "too low difficulty" when pointed at CKPool. They suggest adding d=1000000 to the password string but it makes no difference. I think CKPool automatically adjusts difficulty anyway as the message goes away after a while.

It'd be sad to see the block party dissapear.

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Enjoy 500% bonus + 70 FS

yes right, to expensive, but maybe the future will provide more or other rental services.

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Quote from: willi9974 on November 04, 2024, 06:25:00 AM

FYI - The certification processes at Nicehash are getting more and more complicated. KYC with proof of address / income / photo / etc. which makes me stop using Nicehash from now on, so there will probably be no more block parties.

Sad. Don't you want to try with MiningRigRentals? I guess it's because it's too expensive right?

In all cases it's good to avoid Nicehash, they seem to have totally lost the right direction of doing business, they even charge their users for having an inactive account now... Roll Eyes

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Enjoy 500% bonus + 70 FS

FYI - The certification processes at Nicehash are getting more and more complicated. KYC with proof of address / income / photo / etc. which makes me stop using Nicehash from now on, so there will probably be no more block parties.

so do not send any more BTC to our old nicehash groupbuy wallet! I'm not able to refound if the account is restricted.

mikeywith

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be constructive or S.T.F.U

Regarding the testnet4 mining, I think it would be better to discuss it in a different topic, I created one here, if CK wants to keep the discussion in his thread, fine by me -- I will lock the other topic.

-ck

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Ruu \o/

Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on November 03, 2024, 09:43:28 AM

Quote from: paid2 on November 03, 2024, 09:36:11 AM

Don't you think he just have more hashrate?

He might have more hashrate, but he mines with difficulty=1, as everybody else. Testnet4 is specifically designed to be mined with CPU, because every 20 minutes, difficulty returns to 1. It'd be understandable if he mined in ASIC difficulties, and rewrote our CPU-mined chain with his, but he enjoys the benefit of mining with ASIC on a CPU difficulty. It just drives me crazy!

Essentially, he continuously wins on block propagation every 20 minutes, because that's the only game you need to win, when difficulty is 1, and everyone can mine a block. The only reasonable explanation is that he's using a software like ckpool, which is has better optimization on block propagation, than Bitcoin Core.

ckpool routes its blocks through bitcoin core.

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Farewell, Leo

Quote from: paid2 on November 03, 2024, 09:36:11 AM

Don't you think he just have more hashrate?

He might have more hashrate, but he mines with difficulty=1, as everybody else. Testnet4 is specifically designed to be mined with CPU, because every 20 minutes, difficulty returns to 1. It'd be understandable if he mined in ASIC difficulties, and rewrote our CPU-mined chain with his, but he enjoys the benefit of mining with ASIC on a CPU difficulty. It just drives me crazy!

Essentially, he continuously wins on block propagation every 20 minutes, because that's the only game you need to win, when difficulty is 1, and everyone can mine a block. The only reasonable explanation is that he's using a software like ckpool, which is has better optimization on block propagation, than Bitcoin Core.

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Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on November 03, 2024, 08:14:16 AM

--snip-- still there's this ckpool miner who monopolizes all the minting in testnet4, and I'm not sure how he manages to replace everyone's blocks with his.

Don't you think he just have more hashrate?

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Farewell, Leo

Quote from: paid2 on November 03, 2024, 04:33:42 AM

You can use ck' code without mining on solo.ckpool. By the way, most of the time they don't change the OP_RETURN data, that's why you still see "ckpool"

Thanks. I'll try use that. Has anybody attempted to mine either testnet3 or testnet4 using this software? I have no doubt that it's more optimized at propagating blocks than Bitcoin Core, but could I find a short summary which describes the key differences? I have tried mining with a Bitcoin Core node, which is well-interconnected, and still there's this ckpool miner who monopolizes all the minting in testnet4, and I'm not sure how he manages to replace everyone's blocks with his.

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Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on November 03, 2024, 04:31:14 AM

Someone is mining in testnet4 using the tag "ckpool": https://mempool.space/testnet4/block/0000000000c3d212439105c35e9130268649946d5638eae64b12d720948fcb44.

You can use ck' code without mining on solo.ckpool. By the way, most of the time they don't change the OP_RETURN data, that's why you still see "ckpool"

https://bitbucket.org/ckolivas/ckpool-solo/src/solobtc/

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Farewell, Leo

Quote from: -ck on November 03, 2024, 04:26:30 AM

Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on November 03, 2024, 03:14:41 AM

Can I mine testnet4 coins using this pool?

No

Someone is mining in testnet4 using the tag "ckpool": https://mempool.space/testnet4/block/0000000000c3d212439105c35e9130268649946d5638eae64b12d720948fcb44.

-ck

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Ruu \o/

Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on November 03, 2024, 03:14:41 AM

Can I mine testnet4 coins using this pool?

No

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Farewell, Leo

Can I mine testnet4 coins using this pool?

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Quote from: SunGlassesRon on November 02, 2024, 02:14:01 PM

would I be better to mine 50 x 1Ths miners?

or 1 X 50 Ths miner?

Same hashrate = same chances to find a block, no matter how you split (or not) the hashrate.

Quoting NotFuzzyWarm from another thread:

Quote from: NotFuzzyWarm on July 05, 2024, 02:35:38 PM

--snip--
FYI: a block is found by a single chip in a miner. That's why even a 1-chip stick miner does occasionally find a block Wink

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Quote from: SunGlassesRon on November 02, 2024, 02:14:01 PM

Hello All
Sorry but this may seen like a stupid question but I am not sure so I thought to ask experts.
mining a solo block ? would I be better to mine 50 x 1Ths miners? or 1 X 50 Ths miner?
thanks for any reply

Makes no difference as the work applied is the same.

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Hello All

Sorry but this may seen like a stupid question but I am not sure so I thought to ask experts.

mining a solo block ?

would I be better to mine 50 x 1Ths miners?

or 1 X 50 Ths miner?

thanks for any reply

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Another month starting, good luck to us

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Quote from: NotFuzzyWarm on October 31, 2024, 07:24:59 AM

Quote from: aurel57 on October 31, 2024, 07:22:53 AM

ck do you still get your 2% fee?

Too lazy to look at the 1st post which states what his fee is? Roll Eyes

Too lazy to read the quote? Roll Eyes

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