Just how much hash power can be aimed a BitcoinQT and have things function correctly?

or the price of hosting a stratum proxy and the greater cost of network swithces vs usb hubs? After the pain of setting up two old style blades i swore to myself that i would not buy another at any price.

I've got 2 BlueFurys. the setup is the two are in an orecio hub(anker type) with artic breeze fan using a 12 year old laptop with winXP. Did the zadig thing. I'm using cgminer 3.7.2. Everything is running perfectly!!! Only nonissue is that very once in a while a bubble pops up saying that the USB device could run faster in a USB 2.0 port. nonissue because this machine only has 1.0 ports. heh. but it keeps reminding me just the same.

This setup works great, i got 2 more BlueFurys on the way.

I agree 100% I've been here since i started mining in May. The key on any of the pools is to try to not to micromonitor the pool. Given time, most pools work out their problems. On this pool, if you look at stats right after processing has finished, it is possible to see 00000 reward and freak out. It works out after about 10 minutes. Most pool Operaters realize that their reputation is gold and will do what ever they can to be fair to everyone. Slush is too busy to talk to us, but i'm pretty sure that he or one of his people is keeping an eye on us.

In part, it depends on which motherboard you have. the V1 boards come with an adapter that gets screwed to them. Get the polarity right or you smoke the MB. The V2 and later MBs allow you to plug the PCIe power connecters right into the MB.

So then, based on that, this pool isn't a good candidate for a fall back pool? I'm thinking that a pool you can come into for a short period of time with out penalty would be the best for a fall back pool.

It also shows that people spend way too much time MicroMonitoring the pools. I'm all for checking on your equipment regularly. I've had Blades stop working, USB hubs fail, Some ASICminer USBs require being replugged in, The Pi's memory card go bad on my Bitfury, etc. But i refuse to second quess the pools i'm on based on a few days observation. I understand Luck, when it is good and when it is bad and just accept that it is what it is. I understand constantly diminishing returns. Heck i even started a thread about how Mining will always be a losing proposition.

I rarely consider the pools at fault, and on those rare occasions when i do, I post and accept the Pool Operater's response as gospel(unless i don't understand, then we go back and forth until i do understand).

Basically, walk away from your miners, check them a couple times a day to insure they are running. Quiting trying to verify that the pool is working correctly, the computer is smarter than you are and less likely to make a mistake. Accept that Luck and Variance will mess with your head.

I have two blades pointed at 2 workers through one proxy. separate workers makes it easy to see if there is a problem.

This is the way it is always going to be. If you go to the store and something is cheaper than it was yesterday when you bought it, do you throw a hissy fit? I can understand being pissed for not getting your stuff yet, but not complaining about dropping prices. They should stop selling stuff because you want some time before the price drops? Are all the other sellers going to take a break as well? If you have expectations of profit or fairness you are in the wrong game.

This is so untrue. Nothing is free. Instead of giving you a quantity discount for buying 50 they are applying the savings to the cost of Hub. This just makes it harder to see the actual cost.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!

These come with out power supplies, so you need to figure in the cost of a power supply when figuring the per port costs as well.

"Free with purchase" is never Free.

Dang, I was planning on buying another H board in a couple of days.

oh, He went to Jared. 

It seems that most people consider it a capital gain when/if you change it into fiat. In the US the Tax is Capital Gains - Expenses - Capital Losses. Since no one will make back their expenses it can be considered a Hobby.

Jared, just how did Dave manage to steal you from SUBWAY? 

From a small miner's perspective, 1% is almost nothing.

Although running a pool may be profitable for the existing pools, I suspect that it is almost impossible to start a sucessful pool at this time ( not including pools formed to take advantage of existing hashing power ). Just like every new miner brought on line dilutes the other miners, every new pool dilutes the existing pools. The variance on really small pools would be so great that it would mimic solo mining. Also, a new pool would have to offer something that the existing pools didn't and do it sustainably.

Then there is the infrastructure that is needed. I suspect that to be a viable public pool one would need hardware beyond one's own home computer or home network. Also, one would need the know how to setup and maintain the pool. At some point other pool owners will tell you that you are on your own.

I can probably be done, but success isn't likely. 90% of all small businesses fail in the first year.

This is off topic, i suspect that i am addressing the underlying purpose for this question. If not, Oh well.

I just noticed, one of my miners found this block. My first block ever! I started in May with 10 Mh/s. Now i have 130 Gh/s with 40Gh/s on Slush Pool.

give it time. the Stats often do that for a few minutes after a block is found. Look back in an hour.

And this is why there are different pools. if you know of one that works the way you want, use that one. Changing this one to work like that one would just make me look for another pool when i'm content where i am.

If you give the finder more, you give everyone else less. I've never found a block and don't expect to. this means that i'd just get less all the time.