I'm not sure what it is you are doing, but would this be useful to you?

http://textmechanic.com/Remove-Duplicate-Lines.html

+1 Gizmo. I can vouch for you as I have been mining from the beginning also without dumping any (I still mine 24/7). It's interesting how similar our attitude/thoughts are towards Noble and Jason. I think the Noble community as a whole have similar views and that is one of our best assets.

Although it's uncomfortable watching the value of your investment diminishing 1 satoshi every few days, if we forget about the price for a short time and think about what Rofo (and the Noble community) are accomplishing it makes it all seem worth it again. IMO even IF we were to fail, it was still worth it because we did it the NOBLE way without cheating, stealing, scamming or screwing anyone over!

P&Ders will always get the recognition they don't deserve (thanks to human nature) in the short term, but if we outlast them then we have a great chance of long term success by slowly filtering to the top.

I think it's worth mentioning that I also support Dnotes. For those that don't know, they have a close community also and the developers work like Rofo.
They did a halving of mining supply a few months ago and the price went up from 250sat to over 1000. Is a halving something Noble should look at doing as a intermediate progression before POS?

I'm not sure everything is fine. Network hashrate skyrocketed to over 3Ghash. Difficulty shot up to 42. That's not normal. The massive influx of mining power could have a negative affect on the blockchain.

EDIT: Transactions are confirming as normal and right now the blockchain is all good. Crazy things happening with Noble price and mining though.

Nothing to worry about. Noble marketplace is headed by the Noble dev (Rofo) and is 100% legit. They are busy, just be patient and you will hear back from them. Plus it's the week end! They need time off just like the rest of us

Yes, you are probably correct.

But, you guys that are responding to my posts saying my investment in asic miners was a waste of money are just proving my point. You are not willing to do anything that will help the future of the coin unless it will get you BTC ASAP.
That isn't how investments work. You get out what you put in, and right now Noble needs well distributed powerful miners backed by dedicated individuals that do not dump to market.
I made a concious decision to step up and do my part to help Noble get through this tough time with the hope that it'll have been worth it in years to come.
Sure I could have bought a $hit load of Nobl for the cost of the miner, but that would benefit no one but myself. That's not going to help the network, and probably cause more people to dump if someone is buying.

Rofo has stuck in there through a lot of crap and if the community isn't willing to put their necks on the line for no short term reward, we'll be going nowhere fast.

After reading my post all you take from it is that I claim GPU miners are unprofessional?
I never said I was professional. But, anyone that is willing to put their money into expensive hardware that does nothing but mine scrypt coins will be making that decision with a more professional mindset than the average fickle GPU miner.
Some GPU miners are just as dedicated and 'professional' as the best of us, but most dump a coin as soon as it's not popular and/or profitable before moving onto the next fad.

Miners buy asic hardware that is 'locked' to a select few coins.
Take LTC for example. The price is dropping fast, but the hashrate and difficulty is rocketing up as more asics hit the network. These miners choose LTC and will probably have their hardware working on LTC until it can no longer compete with new miners or cover it's electricity bill.

The point I am trying to make is that GPU mining is great to get a fledgling currency off the ground easily (and test new concepts), but once it is up and running (like Noble is now) it's past the 'startup' stage.
Stage 2 requires a more professional and efficient approach.

Many people have said we need to change algo to avoid asics, but have not offered any insight as to how they would contribute to the future of Noble.

Personally I'm hoping Noble stays how it is and we find ways to secure the network without forking.

I recently invested in 100 Mhash of asic mining hardware to do my part. I have been bouncing around the various mining pools for the last week to keep the balance in the network, and so far I have had a positive effect.
I never sell my Noble, so it annoys me when people paint all asic miners with the same brush. Not all of us dump as soon as the coins are mined. I put a lot of money into my asic hardware, and if Noble is forked to make it temporarily asic resistant I'll be slightly pissed off.
If I have no choice, I might turn my power wasting, heat producing inefficient 280X rig back on. But then again, I might not. Despite how much I believe in the Noble Movement...

GPU miners are generally un-professional. If Noble is not treated as a business and expanded to become immune to pathetic attacks on the network, it is at risk of being left behind and forgotten.
If every one of this Noble community vowed to contribute 10 mega hash to secure the network, we would truly OWN Noble, and we would take some serious steps towards becoming one of the most reputable currencies in the crypto world.

Hopefully then growth and adoption would be exponential.

Something bad is happening?

Both Poolerino and Charity mining pools are completely down. 44% of the network hashrate is "BlackCoin" Pool, and 46% is "unknown". Difficulty dropped to 3 and is now 4.5 and network hashrate is at the lowest in about 1 month.

Are we under yet another attack? This time with even more brute force?

I'm not spreading FUD. But the way I see it, the current mining situation doesn't look good unless Rofo has something in action that I am not aware of.

The high difficulty (20-30) will take a large chunk out of your mining profitability and because the total hash power is so unbalanced, it will make it much harder for small pools to find blocks and then get payouts.
Just hang in there and keep mining. More than likely the crazy high hash rate will drop back down if the past few weeks is anything to go by...

Unfortunately the 1500 odd mega hash that is currently unaccounted for is not me When I said I was going to bring more hash power, I wasn't meaning $250,000 worth of hardware! I would announce it on the forums if it was me.
It is very unlikely a group of individuals would decide to put that much mining power into Noble as an investment at this stage. However, if they have decided noble is the best alt coin to mine, that is probably a good sign we have a bright and strong future.

IMO that much hash power (outside of Litecoin) must be mining hardware manufactures running their equipment to make profit before sending out the units to customers. If that is correct, we need to be prepared for another 100 million noble being dumped to market in the coming weeks/months. This would also explain the huge fluctuations in mining power and difficulty from day to day.

Donated 30,000 to faucet. Charity mining pool is surprisingly good too. Keep up the good work!

Unfortunately Poolerino is still broken and not giving any payouts or confirmed coins. Until Poolerino is fixed you should consider changing to another pool. I changed to Noble charity pool and have been recommending it to other miners. Charity pool increased by 130 Mhash in about 15 hours! Currently sitting at 260 Mhash total and payouts are working great.

I have been doing some detective work.
I looked at the mining hash rate on all of the Noble pools and found we currently account for about 50% (32mhash) of the network hash rate. So at this stage it should only take 5000-10,000 more khash to combat the 51% attack.

Also, am I paranoid or do the 2 top wallets on the rich list look suspicious?
http://chainz.cryptoid.info/nobl/address.dws?384427.htm
http://chainz.cryptoid.info/nobl/address.dws?407772.htm

They appear to be new, have been active recently and rocketed to the top of the list in a very short time.

I like conspiracy theories, so what are people opinions on what's going on here? New whales filling their bags? 51% attack mining wallets waiting to be dumped? They could also be mintpal/trading site wallets, but I doubt it.

I agree they are, but only because they are being controlled by scum!

I am mining Noble with 14Mhash (I know it's not enough), but have more asic hardware arriving early next month. I won't say exactly how much hash power I will have, but lets just say it should enough to slam the 51% attackers as long as my fellow miners keep their rigs mining too.

I never sell Noble and will do everything I can to support the network, just like I have since day 1.

IMO the fact that someone wants us dead, shows that some see us a genuine threat. If we are a threat but don't fold under the pressure, that puts us one step closer to guaranteed success!

Dig deep guys (pun intended). Rofo, has gone above and beyond to make things happen. Give what you can in return and mine the hell out of Noble!

Found this list http://crypt.la/2014/04/12/218-best-cryptocurrencies-social-media/. Noble only gets a 'B' grade(#71), but judging by the number of scum/scam coins above us I don't think being near the top means much.

Great to hear! The number of precious metals guys adopting crypto, and crypto guys buying bullion/coins is increasing. Having a reliable and most importantly legitimate source of gold and silver will definitely be a big step forward. Earth coin already have that option, but with respect to them, it isn't handled professionally enough. Also, they certainly don't have connections to one of the most respected precious metals suppliers in the world!

Once again, very well said Rofo. Everything you said is spot on.

While it is painful and disheartening to see the price drop further than we thought it could ever go, it is still VERY early days. Especially for Noble!
Treat these currencies like companies. Invest in the ones that have the best director, community, future planning and dedication and you will be minimising the chances of losing your investment. Remember that at this stage the investors (you), have as much power to make or break a coin as it's creator.

Unfortunately I speak from experience when I say; no matter how many new (flavour of the week) coins you invest in, you will probably never be one of the 1% that makes a profit.
Thankfully my ethos has always been to invest in long term coins and I have seen many 'fad' coins come and go in the 5 odd months since I got started.

In regards to the POW/POS/X11/anon war, IMO we already have the answer. The only algo we need is what LTC had all along. If it wasn't near perfect it wouldn't have survived the first 6 months of existence. Although, anonymity is somewhat important and as far as I can see the only truly useful advancement to the crypto scene since POW scrypt was implemented.

While Noble doesn't (yet) have all the latest/new features, ultimately that isn't going to affect it's potential.

See why Noble is right to stay as it is for now (first 2 posts):

https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=18166.0

I am a New Zealander which makes it prohibitively expensive to have precious metals sent from the US. Also most of the metals I want are from NZL or the Perth mint in Australia. Buying gift cards to use as a store of value in place of dollars is what I am trying to avoid.

I support cryptocurrencies as a direct form of payment, and believe people need to push to use them in place of government fiat currencies in order to increase their intrinsic value.
Despite the fact that the cryptography and technology that goes into creating these cryptocurrencies is far more valuable and advanced than any fiat money will ever be, the average person will never want this ground breaking revolution if they can't easily turn it into a physical item.

Unfortunately, as much as I want to spend my Noble to help keep it circulating, I don't have a use for gift cards right now. However, as soon as gold and silver is sold for Noble I'll be very interested! Mining and buying Noble in preparation for spending millions of Noble on precious metals.

I paid 2200USD for 11,000 khashes of Gridseed equipment running for $1 per day @ 200watts, mining $30 of coins. I also have 5 x R9 280X GPUs running at 3700 khash using 1430watts and mining at around $4 LOSS per day.
The main reason I still run the GPUs is because I have a 2.6Kw PV solar system powering them. Without my solar system it would be stupid to continue GPU mining. If everyone stopped mining, the coins won't exist and the network collapses.
So to say "ASICs only benefit the ASIC seller, the hardware makers in China" is wrong. Once all the greedy GPU miners stop because they aren't getting rich, who is left to support the network? Only dedicated miners like me that embrace progress and realise you don't mine to get rich now. You mine and HOLD to get rich in years to come like with BTC.

There really isn't much of a point to argue, when we are seeing history repeating. BTC went through the exact same process and it's easily the biggest and strongest network thanks to efficient asics. GPUs just help to consume the earths resources turning electrons into heat.

New algorithms will constantly be developed to try and be one step ahead of asics (which is good for the development of cryptocurrencies), but the fact is they are just delaying the inevitable and slowing the integration of cryptocurrencies into the real world.

"how long will it take to pay for that $4000 miner?" - If I mine LTC and hold them for 5 years, chances are it took 2 days to pay off my mining hardware!