I'm going to have to look into some hosting solutions, these block parties are pretty cool.

Since Avalon uses the latest cgminer and listens to Kano and ck and works with them I'm sure they would say the software is better.  The hardware is slightly less efficient power wise than the S7, but to me it is worth supporting Avalon because of how they support cgminer.

Phil, how is the best share for that 9.2TH after 17 hours running only 995?  Or is that the infamous Bitmain bestshare reporting bug?

And rather than 4.9.0 you should try using 4.9.2, it had updates specific for the U3 in it.  Do not use 4.9.1, though, it will not recognize the U3 (bug).

Yup, books have been making a big deal out of that one game, can place some smart bets today if you are paying attention!  Good luck.

If you have to ask something like this then you do not belong in a signature campaign.

One of my computers has issues with USB miners (U3, nanofury stick, compac, you name it), I would generally prefer miners to use ethernet connections.  Not sure if I'm in the minority or majority on this one...

Well I found this story about a new bitcoin mine opeing up in Ghana, http://www.coindesk.com/africa-internet-pioneer-bitcoin-mining-ghana/, but at the end they only claim to have a capacity of "several hundred terahash" which wouldn't show up on a network difficulty adjustment.  Of course they could be underselling their capacity... or there could be multiple "small" mines coming online.

My R1 ran with Crazyguys software for a while while I had a U3 that it was controlling, but once the U3 died there wasn't a reason for me to keep the R1 running to it's filed away in my drawer with other obsolete hardware.  I would have never run it with Bitmain's factory settings because I was concerned about where it was pointed and what it was actually mining, but that's not a concern with Crazyguy software.

I used the plug adapter, too, but mostly as a standoff on my power strip so I could access the plug next to where the R1 was plugged in.

Sweet, so that will update cgminer on the S5 to 4.9.0?  Love it, going to do it when I get home, thanks everyone!

Cold weather moving through, I turned my S5 around to intake from outside and overclocked it - currently running at #5 spot on the leader board. 

Also depends how far north (or south) of the equator you are.  Plenty of people are close enough to the arctic circle that they get extended hours of daylight for a big part of the year.

Looking at the graphs that are available, whatever was turned on right at the adjustment is still on, that hash looks pretty constant and it might not go away.  Hopefully that will be the only addition and diff will stay ~ level this period.

This just in, Bitfury has tied the release date and sales of their 16nm miners to when Valve releases Half-Life 3, we should see them "any day now"!

 


As to the solar discussion, when I move here shortly I am going to look into a solar setup, but what it will not be is grid-tied.  I don't like the power company telling me what I can and can't do and I'm not going to help their cause by selling them my power that I generated.  I'm going to use it all, it's mine mine mine!

Perfect, just the info I was looking for, thank you.  I think I will set up auto-payment for now.  I do like having the choice, either get normal payouts or sweep up the dust!

Perfect, thanks.  It appears that the same 0.0001 fee is added for either manual or autopayment, correct?  I guess I'm not seeing the benefit to manual payment and will set up auto.

I have a question that I do not see an answer to on the website or first posts of this thread, how is payout handled when the pool finds a block?  Is it sent out automatically, or do we have to manually request a payment?  Thanks, just planning ahead for block #4. 

Question regarding "Auto cash out", does the pool not send out payments unless the auto cash out feature is enabled?  I am assuming payouts are only done manually using "send coins" unless we select auto cash out, but I did not see this written out anywhere.  Thanks!

Gotcha, thanks for the update/recap.  I will say that those of us that still use S5s are sad you won't have time to redo cgminer for them, but it is completely understandable.  Guess that means I'll have to get an Avalon for my next miner. 

Congrats on another solo solve!

You should ditch your pair of S3+ and get an S5, it will use way less power and hash more than those two units.

I know right?  It's fun to point one miner here and be in the top 10 hashers!   

Now let's just hope this 50TH hits a block!  My S5 really wants to generate a payout for me.

I suspect most, if not all, of the S7s they are selling right now are what they've been running in their mines for a while and so the reduced price reflects the "used" nature of the devices without them coming out and selling them as "used".  The next gen of chips in on the horizon, so they want to get as much out of these as they can.

I can't wait for the S7 used market to take off in the coming months, then I can get one.  I hope to see them around ~$200 used soon.