I want to mention again for those of you who are new here:

It's normal to expect a 200%+ block from time to time. We are 174% at the moment.   All pools have them.  Even higher at times.  Look at the last time we had a 200%+ block.  It was November 26th.  The positive way of looking at this is you are slowly but surly working towards your 5N Diff.  Hang in there.  All will be well.

Sounds good...  Thanks for spreading the word!!!

Thank you very much, wikkidtt.  I've been sleeping.  Stayed up too late last night.

I know this block is a bit long at the moment.  A good way of looking at it is your 5N is accumulating.  When a block is found, you are a little higher up in the N range to get a little higher payout.

Thank you for pointing your rigs here, ATCkit.  All of us here at the pool appreciate it very much!

Congrats on the new S7's.  I imagine you've been looking forward to another fix...    "fix" meaning, like a drug...  

Let us know what you think of the Batch 8 after you've had them up a couple of hours.

Happy Mining.

EDIT:  I'll say this, There are many worth following here in this forum.  Much to be learned here with links provided for other things to learn.  Even with behind the scenes politics of bitcoin and bitcoin mining.

Thanks for pointing some of your rigs over here, xleejohn.  Very much appreciated for anything you point here.  I hope we can soon convince you to point the rest over here.  Just remember it will take approximately 4 full days to ramp up to full payout.  Once you have reached full payout, it would be beneficial to stick around for at least 2 to 4 weeks for a decent comparison.  Hopefully, you will be convinced to move the rest over after that 2 to 4 weeks.

Happy mining, Sir.

Well said...  That's why I mentioned in my PM's to others to give it a try for AT LEAST 2 weeks (14 days).  However, that may not be long enough for them to see it's better than other pools.  A month or longer for sure.

Some are in a situation where they feel they cannot wait long during a slow time here at the pool.  It's understandable...  In any case, if one feels they have to leave for whatever reason, I want them to know they are welcome to come back any time.

Welcome to the fold.  The more the merrier!  Spread the word, please.

Happy Mining.

+1

Sure, you're welcome.

I do need to edit something I said but it's a good edit.  I said in the PM it would take about 5 days to ramp up to full payment.  At current average hash rate of the pool, it would take approximately 4 days I believe.  If I am wrong, someone please correct me.

Thanks for your consideration, Captain.  You're welcome to point them here of course.  Yes, it takes about 4 days at present to ramp up to full payment but it may turn out to be more profitable for you and to the network to point them over here.  I don't want to pressure you.  Everyone has their own particular situation.  Your consideration is much appreciated.

Happy Mining.

Thank you kindly for considering pointing your rigs here.  Even if it's one at a time over the course of time.  Every rig adds up over time.  Much appreciated.  You're welcome to point them here any time, Sir.

Happy Minning.

Thanks for pointing your rigs here.  The more the merrier!  Spread the word to any friends you have.  Would be appreciated very much.

Happy Mining.

Sorry to hear it's not working.  Anyone is welcome here as long as they are not up to mischief with the pool.  Hope you get it to working soon.

Thumbs up...   

Thanks Kano,

I had to take a break.  I just sent out maybe 50 PM's.  I will send out more tomorrow.  I started with page 1076 and went back to page 1071 and completed it on a particular pool forum.  I'll start tomorrow on page 1070 and work back to page 1061.  I plan on doing 10 pages each day until I get all the way back to about page 900 or maybe 800.  Surely, that should help get some more to come over.  All I can do is ask and they say yes or no.

I'm getting responses to my PM's already.  Gotta go.

Thanks for bringing them over, wolfen.

Yes, I'm pulling the trigger.  I'm just the type of guy who prefers to do it themselves.  If anything were to go wrong with a rig, there is no one to blame buy myself or the manufacturer [Depending on what went wrong].  I feel better not being concerned about if anything went wrong, would I be compensated for the loss of a rig(s).  I've seen too many horror stories for me to risk 78 or more rigs potentially getting lost, stolen, burned up, etc... then hope they had insurance that would take care of it IN AN EFFICIENT AND TIMELY MANNER.

There are good hosting centers I might consider trusting in the future, such as, Toomin, sidehack, or Oregon Miners.  That's about it.  In the mean time, I intend to keep going here till I reach 600 amp demand and cannot add anymore.  THEN, I will see about hosting the rest afterwards.  The price savings between keeping them for myself verses hosting is very little difference IMHO.  At least during the winter.  At present, my revenue is 4 times my power costs.

EDIT:  BY THE WAY, Good job finding that block on kano.is

AriesIV10 just mentioned this on the forum and they are right.  The RPM's on your fans are WAY TO LOW!  If it is on auto, take it off of auto and put it on manual to 100% as soon as possible.  At least 80 or 85 percent minimum.  My guess is you already have them on manual and need to increase the percentage.

Oopsy, I missed that one.  Thanks Tupsu.

Well said, but I'm just the type to baby my equipment because I personally feel the S7 will be able to mine profitable for possibly as much as 2 years.  Especially, if you live in low power cost areas with 3 cents or less per kWH.  I believe there will come a time the heat will take it's toll on the boards and you will slowly lose one chip after another if not properly cooled.  That's my opinion of course.  I hope you will be able to prove me wrong but only TIME will tell.