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There is a lot of scum out there in the world & the ordinary folks posting here aren't among them. They don't deserve the crap
Hope you will remember the alternative I proposed, though it's very mentally taxing and difficult.
You can keep the 0.05 as a token.
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Yup, one of the IP's is not a proxy and is a normal broadband connection in Hobe Sd, Florida.  Tbh, just submit the info to your cops or report at http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx, you already made their job that much easier plus the forum admin here can verify he has posted from his home address even without a subpoena |
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lmao
This is why I'm very cautious of new pools now...
Guys, go to a PPS pool and withdraw your earnings every ~12 hours or more often... You effectively limit your risk of something like this happening, to nearly zero
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Jack of Diamonds, I don't know how this fraud classified in U.S., but in most EU countries typical sentence for this crime is suspended prison term for few years and if perpetrator admits guilt he can only get monetary penalty.
Ryan Webber
8658 Oleander St
Hobe Sound, Florida 33455 If the details are correct he will be sentenced according to US federal law. The address definitely exists, if someone lives nearby they could pay a visit. |
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Yes, *MPPS or anything which bases payments on found blocks will still have the same problem.
I meant any kind of PPS variant that pays a fixed amount of BTC per share, and is withdrawable regardless of the pool finding blocks or not.
(Though so far I have only run into 50 / difficulty minus various fees)
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I think BTCGuild was accused of this recently.
The bottom line is, yes, it is possible, and no, you couldn't detect it if it was well-hidden.
If you use a PPS derivative reward scheme it doesn't matter. Since the operator has only two options, to pay for your submitted shares or get labeled as a scammer PPS fraud would be instantly visible within less than a week, since there is zero variance & multiple miners would be reporting 2-3% less than average earnings suddenly. Maybe if you take 0.1% or a similar amount, it would be brushed off as a normal occurrence. Doesn't sound too profitable though. Bigger pools can already earn enough without risking their entire reputation. |
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Just to save you disappointment in front of the friends, Crysis 1 is terribly buggy with 69xx cards in crossfire. http://www.overclock.net/amd-ati/973630-hd6990-problem.htmlConstant lockups to 24fps, tearing even with vsync, flickering etc... I can also confirm this since I have multiple 6990s and they just "don't work" for this game. Nvidia cards on the other hand have no such issues. Other stuff like Crysis2 works just fine and scales well. |
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Pure PPS is supposed to 'hemorrhage' BTC every now and then (negative balance) with a small buffer. It's bound to happen.
With 7-10% fee you ensure long term profitability just like a casino that runs house-edge games.
There is only one winner and that is the operator.
smpps pools like eligius go down by even ~400BTC in one weekend then make it all back in a few days.
But I wish you luck, that's your decision
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I have 8 rigs running 4x6970's in them. With the memory clocked down and the voltage dropped a little, each machine is pulling 1049W from the wall. This means that the PSU is probably seeing around 950W on the input side. These machines have AMD X3 445's in them with two of the cores disabled. Only one stick of RAM is being used. They are booting from a flash drive as well (no hard drive).
With a quality power supply, you could probably get by with a 1000W PSU if you keep the memory clocks down. Underclocking the video RAM and undervolting the cards dropped 100 watts (at the plug) on each rig. 2x6990's will use a little less power than 4x6970's, but not by much. Another thing to consider is that a PSU is usually most efficient around 75% load. Coughing up the extra cash for more than a 1000W PSU might save some electricity in the long run.
The good side is that a 6990 will draw much less power than 2 normal 6970's, because the chips in 6990's are hand picked to work on the lowest possible voltages. A 6990 at stock consumes only 375 watts while two 6970's consume about 500 watts. The OC switch complicates things a bit as it will make the card consume 450 watts, so that's a total of 900W (bit more at the wall). Counting in processor, ram, HDD, mobo power requirements, a quality 1kW supply could just about pull it off. I do have one such setup, but with a Corsair 1200W PSU to be on the safe side. |
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Not surprised by that,"Ryanwebber" mentioned through PM that "Zem" had done business with him in the past.
They are the same person. I will release his IP addresses if he doesn't respond to these allegations within two days. I'd also contact the ISP and notify that their client is using their internet connection to conduct wire fraud. Wire fraud, in the United States Code, is any criminally fraudulent activity that has been determined to have involved electronic communications of any kind, at any phase of the event. The involvement of electronic communications adds to the severity of the penalty, so that it is greater than the penalty for fraud that is otherwise identical except for the non-involvement of electronic communications. Wire fraud also incurs harsher penalties than mail fraud or theft so there is a high chance he will go to prison if he gets caught. Since wire fraud is never considered a misdemeanor but a felony offense, he would face 10-30 years in a federal prison among rapists, killers, pedophiles etc. The more of you that report Ryan Webber to the police or FBI the harsher his sentencing will be. It's likely he will ponder if it was worth a few thousand bucks. If the mail and/or wire fraud charges do not involve federal securities or banks, each violation incurs 5 years' imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. In most cases, federal prosecutors will include far more than just one mail or wire fraud charge. The venue for prosecution under 18 USC 1343 is any district where either the transmission began or ended. The venue statute, 18 USC 3237, provides that venue is proper in any district in which the offense began, continued, or was completed.
Wire fraud is a felony offense under federal law. The penalty can be 20 years imprisonment. However, where the victim of the wire fraud was a financial institution (eg, bank), the sentence is enhanced. In these cases, the sentence can be 30 years in federal prison. |
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Just a note, be REALLY careful when accepting wire transfers and/or sepa transfers, as many of those are fraudulent (that's our main issue with banks in Europe right now, especially in France where banks are f****** r******* and have no clue to what kind of fraud exist in this world).
I went through the SEPA documentation and consulted my bank. I don't see how you could actually fraud with SEPA transfers. If it's sent, it's sent. How can you possibly claim it back? As long as IBAN/BIC were correct I don't see how you could potentially get it back once it arrived at the seller's account. To my understanding, you are not liable, if your customer's account was stolen/hacked whatsoever. Could you please elaborate on this, as I'm accepting SEPA per default? (Feel free to PM if you don't want to bring people on bad ideas *g*) Thanks, sonba Professional criminals can use stolen EU consumer bank accounts & fund it with illegal cash from another foreign account, then rapidly transfer it to a third party which sends out goods. By the time authorities catch up & freeze the account for money laundering , it's too late. All they have is a link to you recieving money as an "unwilling mule", which can still be punishable in some countries and a headache to explain to the police. The transaction wont be reversed per-se, but you will lose any euros you recieved due to confiscation (even if you are innocent), as well as any goods or services you sent out in return. This is a rare scenario but it exists. The more valuable items you sell (such as a car or house) the bigger your risk becomes. Some cautious people will sell big property only for physical cash in the presence of a lawyer or judge who can verify the transaction on the spot. There are other, difficult methods and legal loopholes for reversing a SEPA wire transfer but I will not post those here. |
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As long as it takes for your transaction to be accepted by miners & 6 blocks to be mined.
Anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours usually, if you use a fee.
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I signed up for Moneybookers and could not figure out how to get money in or out of it. So I gave up and went elsewhere.
It has the most user-friendly funding system of all payment processors. It allows various instant bank transfers, instant credit/debit card funding... If you want to raise the usual daily limits, you need extensive verification though. Home address, passport scan, telephone number etc. need to be verified. They are located in the UK which is batshit insane about money laundering and funding of terrorists. But sadly, I've heard they *do* chargebacks, if someone pays you using a stolen CC. So be careful who you deal with. |
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When I plugged it in, the Yubikey detected as a USB keyboard.
So yes, if you are pressing shift, caps lock etc.. It will mess up.
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ACH fraud can occur (e.g., stolen account used to make payments,
account holder falsely disputes a transaction they had authorized, etc.) so there is the risk of ACH chargebacks. In some circumstances, an ACH chargeback can occur within 180 days of the transaction. Too risky, can be charged back just like Paypal. What about Western Union? They have sales points everywhere. I'll sell for $12 per coin if you want to pay above market rate. You save $50 dollars and no chargeback risks. Can be funded with cash instantly so that's a non-issue. I should, but unfortunately I'm not familiar with "payment owed" from paypal, is there risk with that payment option to chargeback ? or this is really a good protection ? If yes I would integrate it into my services. EDIT: Just read on other forums that people have still been "chargebacked" with "payment owed", it occurs when you claim your account have been hacked. So this is the exact same thing as normal paypal payment. Yep, Dwolla is just as unsafe as Paypal. I'm never going to use their service since they do allow disputes and chargebacks. I hope BTCrow.com will take Western Union some day. |
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The dollar is a recognised safe haven in times of trouble.
I'm not sure if you're sarcastic. My detector is broken |
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I've ordered from Dealextreme quite a few times and their avg. shipping time from China is 3-8 weeks.
Also many of the products are very low quality or have to be RMA'd right away due to being defective.
I would never put cheap ribbon cables in my mining rigs just to save a few bucks. But do as you wish
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ACH fraud can occur (e.g., stolen account used to make payments,
account holder falsely disputes a transaction they had authorized, etc.) so there is the risk of ACH chargebacks. In some circumstances, an ACH chargeback can occur within 180 days of the transaction. Too risky, can be charged back just like Paypal. What about Western Union? They have sales points everywhere. I'll sell for $12 per coin if you want to pay above market rate. You save $50 dollars and no chargeback risks. Can be funded with cash instantly so that's a non-issue. |
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Last month was $1,023.43 for 7,408kwh. This month was $1585.67 for 11,140kwh. I'm having a "time of day" meter installed so that the electricity used at night is half of the cost...
How many ghash online? |
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Yes, you're right. Though I copypasted it, the last letter somehow ended up lower case instead of upper.
Works fine now & thanks for the help.
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