Upon further inspection the chainsperday number seems to jump around all over the place.  anywhere from 0.58 to 0.89.  Currently it seems to have stabilized at 0.77, which is still markedly higher than it was before the changes at 0.69.

edit: are you using other settings (or default settings)?

Also, sorry for thread jacking primedigger.  We really should move this conversation back to the correct thread.

How long did you leave it running for before checking? (and yeah my numbers were based on change in chains per day)

I can confirm this gave me a speed up on my 4 machines as follows:
1: 6.88%
2: 4.52%
3: 4.69%
4: 8.42%

Ahhh. sweet, good to know.  I don't write much c++, just learning it now.

Thanks!  Just as an aside, in c++ what does it mean to wrap a block of code in { } when there isn't a function definition, if, else, while, for, etc. statement? (in regards to the second block of code you mentioned to comment out, it seems wrapped in {} with no initial statement.

So, correct me if i'm wrong here, but i thought the whole point of YAC was that at the current difficulty the GPUs should only be getting 0 H/s.

If the GPU miners are still doing better than the CPU miners, doesn't this completely invalidate the purpose of YAC?

You're focusing too much energy on pleasing the miners, and not enough energy on making a currency that would be a suitable compliment to the existing currencies on the market already.

One of the biggest issues that people talk about with bitcoin is the idea that when the block rewards end, will there be enough transactions every block to warrent miners to continue spending money on electricity to continue mining.  Bitcoin attempts to combat this issue by having a block reward that goes down over time, while at the same time (hopefully) the rewards from transaction fees go up overtime, and at some point when the block reward goes away completely, there will be a smooth transition for the miners, and they will not just immediately jump ship.

What you are proposing would be the opposite of smooth.  You would have a insanely huge block reward at the very last block before it stopped.  Then suddenly you would go from say a block reward of 250,000 plus 25 for transaction fees, to 25.  What's going to happen when that happens?  Everyone will stop mining immediately and switch to another coin.  Your network hashrate will drop to nearly nothing, and suddenly your coin will be extremely vulnerable to a 51% attack!  It will be a sudden death scenario for your coin.  With this in mind, the coin will never get off the ground in the first place, because everyone will be aware that one day the coin suddenly dies.

The issue of block rewards going away at some point is a more interesting problem to solve.  And Sunny King has made two attempts at solving it now.
1) PPC, with proof of stake rewards
2) Primecoin with a block reward that goes back up as difficulty goes down (exact opposite of what you are proposing)

So, like i said earlier.  If you really want to contribute something meaningful to the crypto currency community.  Start by looking at the real issues with bitcoin, and trying to find solutions for them.  And this doesn't mean focusing on the miners profits.

So uhh... should we not be using HP9 then?

So no Linux users or osx users will be allowed to mine your coin at the start. To me this sounds like it should be called windows coin, not neo coin.

You have officially lost my support due to your extreme ignorance of operating system market share in the crypto currency world.

You will eventually end up with a block reward that looks like this
http://bitcoindifficulty.com/

The coin eventually be worth $0.

There are lots of really cool ideas in the original implementation of bitcoin. Not all of them need to be "improved upon".

Wait...wait...wait...

So, you're saying there's going to be a 4th, and then a 5th launch?


Careful guys, he might start crying.

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This article says exactly the same thing as you just posted here.  This is such sensationalist writing, just to try to get clicks to your blog.  You are adding nothing to the community but FUD.

This guy has been mining primecoin since day 1.  He's just trying to drive the price down so he can buy more. i wouldn't put any stock in this drivel.

That was the default string in his code and was assigned to the first block that was created.  If you read the code you will see what i am talking about.  And everyone knows that you need to create the genesis block to start the chain.  So i don't think that he did anything wrong.

Not much point in starting new vps right now if the GPU miner is already out to the beta testers

looks like someone's got their hands on it: http://cryptobro.com

Really? i just vomited in my mouth a little bit.

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'System message
xxxxxx is now known as yyyyyy."

This is a security issue.  I should be able to choose a nick without it identifying to the public what my username is.  People could easily build a list of usernames from these useless announcements.