Title: Hey guys, as some of you know, bitcoinOre.com came under attack two days ago, wh Post by: bitcoinore.com on August 08, 2013, 10:20:02 AM Hey guys,
two weeks ago I introduced bitcoinOre.com to you guys, after a slow start, things starting looking really good after a week, and we had a good hash rate going. On the evening of 8/05/2013 the site started experiencing trouble, after an investigation, it was determined that the site was under Dos attacks, and attempts at exploiting the system. Here is the hash-rate prior to the attack http://imgur.com/UwIsoF5,gINk56X,TC2HvUi#1 (http://imgur.com/UwIsoF5,gINk56X,TC2HvUi#1) Here is the hash rate during the attack http://imgur.com/UwIsoF5,gINk56X,TC2HvUi#0 (http://imgur.com/UwIsoF5,gINk56X,TC2HvUi#0) And here is the hash rate over view, before, during, and after the attack http://imgur.com/UwIsoF5,gINk56X,TC2HvUi#2 (http://imgur.com/UwIsoF5,gINk56X,TC2HvUi#2) While investigating the attacks, we also found people trying to take advantage of the reward system. Mining just enough to meet the 500, and logging in every 24hours or so, to mining for a minute and then disconnecting again. The idea behind the 48hours was to give the people who's miners might crash unexpectedly , an opportunity to still win the reward. Here are the new rules:
I hope for those of you who have left us, might reconsider joining us again, and for those who have not yet given us a chance, to consider doing so. Thanks. Title: Re: Hey guys, as some of you know, bitcoinOre.com came under attack two days ago, wh Post by: ct1aic on August 09, 2013, 08:07:14 AM Greetings, bitcoinore.com.
1 - Never change the rules at the middle of a "game". 2 - How can you have someone hashing at your pool, with a probability of having to hash for more than 5000 hours (7 months) before getting ANY reward, only to have the chance of winning a extra Bitcoin (less than 73€)? That said, I liked your pool before the DDOS attack, I still like it (till now I hashed 228547 shares for you) but at the present hashing rate, I would be better solo hashing, as the reward would be to get the whole 25 Bitcoins with some (low) probability of getting those in less that 7 month). It's not with this type of attitudes, like forcing the miners to hash exclusively for you ("you must have been actively mining at the site when the first block is discovered"), that you'll get back the "big guys" that were hashing for your pool before the DDOS attack. Good luck to your pool and best regards. Rui Title: Re: Hey guys, as some of you know, bitcoinOre.com came under attack two days ago, wh Post by: Trongersoll on August 09, 2013, 09:07:03 PM Greetings, bitcoinore.com. 1 - Never change the rules at the middle of a "game". I think this falls under the term "Growing Pains". There will always be unintended consequences. People can't think of every possibility. It would probably be best to declare the site in Beta Testing and scale back rewards until it is seen how it performs in the real world. Title: Re: Hey guys, as some of you know, bitcoinOre.com came under attack two days ago, wh Post by: bitcoinore.com on August 09, 2013, 10:29:56 PM Greetings, bitcoinore.com. 1 - Never change the rules at the middle of a "game". 2 - How can you have someone hashing at your pool, with a probability of having to hash for more than 5000 hours (7 months) before getting ANY reward, only to have the chance of winning a extra Bitcoin (less than 73€)? That said, I liked your pool before the DDOS attack, I still like it (till now I hashed 228547 shares for you) but at the present hashing rate, I would be better solo hashing, as the reward would be to get the whole 25 Bitcoins with some (low) probability of getting those in less that 7 month). It's not with this type of attitudes, like forcing the miners to hash exclusively for you ("you must have been actively mining at the site when the first block is discovered"), that you'll get back the "big guys" that were hashing for your pool before the DDOS attack. Good luck to your pool and best regards. Rui To address your first concern; the rule change was merely to protect miners who were honestly contributing to the site from those who were just trying to take advantage of the contest. Greetings, bitcoinore.com. 1 - Never change the rules at the middle of a "game". I think this falls under the term "Growing Pains". There will always be unintended consequences. People can't think of every possibility. It would probably be best to declare the site in Beta Testing and scale back rewards until it is seen how it performs in the real world. ct1aic nailed it on the head, when ever you start a project, there will always be unforeseen obstacles, problems, and set backs that you for some reason or another over looked or thought of. As for your second concern, I understand 1 Bitcoin is not much, but keep in mind I have limited resources, and as it stands, I myself have ever owned at most only 2 Bitcoins, and I am offering half of that away. I know its not much, but its an incentive to hopefully get some people to join the pool. |