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Title: Pools Under Attack Post by: Chaseshaw on October 13, 2011, 12:41:46 AM I usually mine on Slush's pool, but that went down this morning, so I jumped over to deepbit, which timed out. Then I registered and set up with BTC Guild, and their servers are failing as of about 10 minutes ago.
What the heck is up in the bitcoin pool world today???/ Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: CYPER on October 13, 2011, 12:42:33 AM DDOS attacks I guess.
Good I have BTC Mine Account. Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: abracadabra on October 13, 2011, 01:14:41 AM Mine on a mid-sized pool ;)
Deepbit, slush, and btcguild are easy targets. This is a perfect example why too much hash power to a single pool is not a good idea. Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: cbeast on October 13, 2011, 01:24:29 AM Mine on a mid-sized pool ;) Deepbit, slush, and btcguild are easy targets. This is a perfect example why too much hash power to a single pool is not a good idea. Which pool is it? We will all join you ;) Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: vapourminer on October 13, 2011, 01:26:34 AM just have your miners setup with multiple backup pools configured as failovers. sooner or later your miners will automatically switch over to a pool thats running.
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: Vod on October 13, 2011, 02:30:57 AM http://guildminers.com is very reliable. :)
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: c_k on October 13, 2011, 02:39:01 AM https://rfcpool.com/ still working just fine ;)
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: ctoon6 on October 13, 2011, 02:47:15 AM taking 2x longer per block approx. this could be good to help dock a lot of the higher pools and distribute the hashing better.
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: acostanza on October 13, 2011, 02:54:08 AM just have your miners setup with multiple backup pools configured as failovers. Will do. I'm using GUI Miner. Is there a better way to do it than the -f60 trick? Seems inelegant and wasteful to have a card splitting resources in 'good times' Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: Digigami on October 13, 2011, 03:41:54 AM check out bitminter, great website stats, very low stales
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: teflone on October 13, 2011, 04:23:20 AM check out bitminter, great website stats, very low stales Im liking bitminter, its slick as hell, and has been pretty stable for the last couple days.. For some its almost dummy proof too! Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: Steve on October 13, 2011, 05:42:28 AM My guess (based on this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=46498.0), is that someone is trying to prove a point about difficulty adjustments.
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: The LT on October 13, 2011, 05:51:38 AM My guess (based on this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=46498.0), is that someone is trying to prove a point about difficulty adjustments. It seems like it, at least it's the most plausible explanation if we don't take any conspiracy theories into account. Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: phorensic on October 13, 2011, 05:59:34 AM I'm thinking the same thing. Attempt to spike difficulty down at the last couple hundred blocks before adjustment.
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: SlaveInDebt on October 13, 2011, 08:12:18 AM Just shy of 2 hours with no blocks found put that in your variance pipe and smoke it.
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: Shevek on October 13, 2011, 08:24:47 AM I'm really shocked about how many people still mine on deepbit: big fees, no 8-decimal pays, not particular clear interface, and... not DDoS-reluctant...
So, the worst pool has the biggest power. Incredible! Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: finway on October 13, 2011, 08:35:47 AM I'm really shocked about how many people still mine on deepbit: big fees, no 8-decimal pays, not particular clear interface, and... not DDoS-reluctant... So, the worst pool has the biggest power. Incredible! history, habit Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: Raoul Duke on October 13, 2011, 08:58:57 AM I'm really shocked about how many people still mine on deepbit: big fees, no 8-decimal pays, not particular clear interface, and... not DDoS-reluctant... So, the worst pool has the biggest power. Incredible! brain damage from the heat of the mining rigs? Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: abracadabra on October 13, 2011, 01:43:45 PM I'm really shocked about how many people still mine on deepbit: big fees, no 8-decimal pays, not particular clear interface, and... not DDoS-reluctant... So, the worst pool has the biggest power. Incredible! People are too lazy to switch Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: stryker on October 13, 2011, 02:06:03 PM pretty interesting if you consider to perform a 51% attack you start by knocking out as many of the biggest pools you can (that will be about 3) then commence with your hashing might against whats left
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: stick_theman on October 13, 2011, 04:12:45 PM WTF "Other" has more than 51% hashing power according to Bitcoin Watch. Does it mean that we are !@#$#?
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: Mousepotato on October 13, 2011, 04:22:19 PM WTF "Other" has more than 51% hashing power according to Bitcoin Watch. Does it mean that we are !@#$#? Back before there were pools 100% of the hashing power was "Other". I think you're reading too much into this.Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: abracadabra on October 13, 2011, 05:06:31 PM Oh, this is news? Big pools suck. People who mine in them don't care about keeping the network secure. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6874.msg100664#msg100664 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=6874.msg100664#msg100664) +1 Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: Mousepotato on October 13, 2011, 05:08:14 PM I like MtRed. It has fast refresh time (5 minutes vs. 1 hour for Deepbit) and really low fees. I still like Deepbit's interface the best though.
Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: cablepair on October 13, 2011, 05:18:11 PM deepbit = evil empire. :P
I always celebrate when I see them get knocked down a bit, but I dunno I been sayin that since they hit 2000 ghash and that was awhile ago /// Title: Re: Pools Under Attack Post by: c_k on October 13, 2011, 08:30:31 PM https://rfcpool.com is still working just fine ;)
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