It's funny how you cry if someone post "off topic" on your thread.  Please post your opinion in your scam thread.

I guess I should have waited another minute before I posted.😳

For some reason I am having problems getting my S3 miner to work here, keeps showing dead?

Thank you for the response and the lynch mob remark was not directed at you in particular but as a whole not only here but on the other couple of threads dealing with this pool. I had many questions about the pool and pulled my miners many times when I still was trying to figure out if it was for real also. Right now the pool is at 9 hours+ on paying out even tho my payout is set at 2 hours. This is the first time in about a week that its been late and a few months ago I would have switched pools but I am not as fast to move miners anymore. Anyways in a short while my miners will be pointed back to CK solo pool and I will only come back to BAN if the price of BTC warrants it. As I rather take a chance on solo mining than just turn the miners off and let them sit on the shelf. ( I am thankful to all that can carry a civil conversation on here even if their views differ)

After rethinking about your question if you really want the most profitable pool I think it would be to solo mine. The risk is high but the payout if your lucky, as a few others have been, would make it the most profitable. I have mined here and plan on turning my miners back there once they become less profiable in the near future. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=763510.0

I have watch a lynch mob come after this pool for the S3 giveaway and then over how much it pays out. It's funny as I have never seen this type of response when two very respected people on these forums ( Kano and Luke-Jr.) went at it over alleged  improprieties with Eligius Pool? (And when other pools had questionable  things happen and never addressed) I find it funny when other pool operators want to bash another pool as you know they have no reason to ever mine there in the first place.  Also there is one pool operator which I hold in high astiem which I have never seen question anything about this pool yet have seen him answer many questions on other pool threads.  I really am not looking to bash anyone or feel the need to defend why I mine at any pool or defend this pool, just these are my random thoughts.

Edit: without going back thru the old posts please forgive me if Kano was directing his allegations  about Eligius at Wizkid and not Luke. I may still be thinking back when Kano and Luke would go at each other over which had the better programs for mining.

If you mean on the BAN pool then no my hash rate and payout have been very stable. At first I thought I was seeing a drop in my payouts because after the difficulty change it seemed it was a day and a half later before I seen the drop But it looks normal for the change.

Edit: The reason I mention my payouts is this is what I spreadsheet out daily. As long as the payouts are right and stable over every 24hour period for my hash rate then I assume things are right no matter what's being reported on the pools dashboard. My payouts over the last 3 days  ( also over every 2 hour payout) have been spot on and show no significant  difference from day to day.

The pool also has started merge mining which I am not a big fan of after   Eleuthria explained why BTC Guild does not merge mine.

I am not saying weither it's a smart move or not to rent or pay what the pool does, but am just pointing out what I see. Since it pays PPS and I get paid every 2 hours, I really don't care how many blocks are found or what kind of luck the pool has. I will say I am happy to have won a S3 miner from the pool and am happy with the payouts I have been getting.

One of the big things at play with the pool is it seems the pool operator owns or controls most of the hashing. So even the 10% he pays out to the minority of the miners I think is still less than what he is paying for rent on a lot of his miners. So if you would look at the fact if he is renting a large portion of his hashing or paying the same amount or less out to miners on a PPS it all the same and comes down to weather he is lucky enough to find the blocks.

Edit: all the above is my opinion only

I have just made my first Bitcoin transaction other than using them to buy mining equipment or selling coins outright. I booked a room thru Expedia and usually pay with my credit card but seen the Bitcoin option. I must say it was easier than paying with the credit card! They direct you to Coinbase which I had coins in my wallet there and had it paid within seconds. I am now looking forward to using this in the future. Also this may help the wife understand just why I have all the miners in the basement hashing away! 😉

Try BAN  https://mining.bitcoinaffiliatenetwork.com/admin.php which is a PPS pool. I have my payments sent every 2 hours and I like the steady payout.

I have mined at both the above pools and left Slush due to poorly ran and to many mistakes on payouts. GHash is good but I get better/higher daily payouts from BAN

I had at one time 9 penciled modded and they worked great for months until I sold them. Here is the thread on how to do it https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=526060.0 

I thought is was a handicap temperature

NW Indiana ...if you have NIPSCO electric then your paying .125 KWh plus taxes. If your interested in buying S3 miners I have upto 4 I would sell and live over by South Bend so we can meet and save the shipping cost.

That is all true but also if a couple miners go down it really does not effect your overall hash rate by much and if you end up with miners costing at $20-30 each just toss them out. No need to repair. But without more information on his infrastructure it's hard to know what is best.

If you don't have any electric cost then I would be buying up all the S1 miner I could get cheap or free.  Someone just sold 200 of them on EBay for @$6000. There is another thread on here of someone that just took a large amount of miners out of service. The S1 miners are very easy to run with very few problems and have been proven to be a work horse, but most are being sold as they will not make enough anymore to pay the electric cost which you don't have to worry about.

How do you fund your PayPal account? If you do fund your account with a credit card your still fine and can file a charge back against him. I will be interested in seeing if he replies back yo PayPal about this dispute. Send PayPal screen shots of the PM's showing that he was to send you something. Then how he wanted to wait and then how you wrote asking him when he would send you the item you paid for but got no response. If he does not prove that he sent it then you should be in good shape.

If this was a normal PayPal transaction then file a dispute with them about not receiving the goods. If you funded the transaction by using a credit card ( never have your bank account linked to PayPal) then file also with the CC company which you may want to wait till you get your statement. The minute you do this the PayPal dispute will be put on hold and they will address the charge back.

The first thing with PayPal of filing the dispute the "seller" will need to send a response back to PayPal. You can send PayPal screen shots of your PM's. If the seller does not respond you will get your funds back.

PayPal is very good for the buyer and very risky for the seller anymore. When I sell something on EBay anymore I am very careful on the buyer to make sure they have a lots of good feedback for cancel the sell.

Good luck

I think what he is willing to PayPal for is for someone to help him get mining with the GPU he already has. But as we all know it's a waste of time and money for him.

   Eleuthria
You are by far the best pool operator. When I started mining my first pool was Slush and I was amazed at the fact you answered so many questions on that pools thread you seemed to be the pool operator. This was the reason I switched to your pool. I wish you the best of luck in what ever you do post BTC Guild.