What's up w/ the pool not finding any blocks? Are my mined Lebowskis safe?

Apparently litepool.eu/lebowskis hasn't found a block in almost 3 hours. What's up?


SERVER STATS
Pool Hash Rate   18.969 Mhash/s
Pool Efficiency   98.88 %
Current Active Workers   39
Next Network Block   34332    (Current: 34331)
Last Block Found   34191
Current Difficulty   0.62853663
Est. Avg. Time per Round   2 minutes 22 seconds
Est. Shares this Round   1,287 (done: 9,252.41 %)
Time Since Last Block   2 hours 46 minutes 31 seconds

Could also be a bunch of hashpower switched over to Feathercoin. FTC's profitability has been a good bit higher than LTC's the last few days.

Bitcoin is a public accounting ledger maintained online by a distributed network of computers. Computers on the network maintain the ledger's integrity by cross-checking transactions with each other. People who lend computing power to the network are rewarded with new units of currency, which can be thought of as new lines added to the accounting ledger.

Thanks for keeping our post bumped, CandadianGuy!

Canadianguy, our website product listing clearly states that the miner is preconfigured for Litecoin.

@Worldinacoin, You're right, for geeks like us that is really simple. Our target demographic is people who would be completely lost trying to configure cgminer, which is the majority of the world's population. We want mining to be as easy as pushing a button for those people.

@Evilscoop & @worldinacoin Thanks for the suggestions. We are interested in exploring options that either improve hashrates or help us to lower prices. Our main goal is to market mining to new inexperienced users and any way that we can make it more attractive is certainly of interest to us.

@Canadianguy, Our miners are set up by default to mine Litecoin, not Bitcoin. Bitcoin ASICs are not used in Litecoin mining. That said, my test machine is currently mining BTC profitably. We're not selling this product as the fastest on the market, but as one of the easiest to use.

@Ll_lkasz, I'd love to meet your market demand! Unfortunately, even if I built you a machine with 5x7990's the parts alone would cost well over $5k.

@Nosurrender, Missed your post update. We do have plans to expand functionality of our machines, but for now it's just my partner and I working on the project. He has another small business that takes up most of his time working on VOIP systems.

@Evilscoop, The Display we use is a picoLCD screen running LCD for Linux, a project that my partner has been a contributor to in the past. We realize that as far as mining capacity goes, we're not breaking new ground with a 7950. That said, we see the value in our pursuit as offering easy-to-use miners for a new demographic that currently is not part of the mining space. We do plan to offer more options and my partner Chris (He's the project programmer, I'm the system builder and salesman) is interested in scrypt FPGA development.

Any suggestions on how we can prove our goodwill to the community? I know that it's a popular pursuit around here to label every new business venture a "scam."

@Nosurrender, You're right, this is a standard PC with off the shelf parts. That said, our Debian-based systems are configured to start mining without any input from the user, no monitor or keyboard required. This automation makes mining easy enough for one's grandmother to do, which was our goal in developing this miner.

I'll be the first to admit that this isn't the most powerful miner on the market, but that's the not the point of our product. The Prospector was developed with the novice user in mind as a way to get new users into mining. Our products are designed to work out of the box, with little computer-savvy needed. All of our miners are also cryptographically secured with a USB key.

We have plans to develop more models (A 7990 model is in the works) and possibly FPGA's if we raise enough capital through sales of the Prospector. We're going to be reinvesting 80% of all profits back into the company in order to offer more products in the future. In other words, my partner and I are only making about fifty bucks a sale.

@Tysat, The Prospector is based on a Celeron processor, 1x MSI or Sapphire 7950, Sandisk SSD, 4gb RAM, LCD display screen for mining stats, and EVGA Gold-Rated PSU (with a carry-handle).

Howdy! My Name is John Jones and I am the CEO of the newly founded Rocky Mountain Miners, Ltd. My business partner and I have put together a mining computer named The Prospector. This mining rig is designed with the novice user in mind. Ready to mine right out of the box, all it takes is power and an internet connection to get started. No keyboard or monitor required!

We have several goals with this company:

1. Make mining accessible to new, inexperienced users by providing customers with an easy-to-use miner.
2. Provide a reliable product in order to rapidly distribute cryptocurrency network nodes.
3. Promote mining as gateway for new users to acquire and start using cryptocurrency.
4. Ultimately provide fully open-source solutions for mining equipment. (CTO Chris Maj is interested in open-source driver solutions and working on scrypt FPGA development)

The Prospector makes a great gift for friends, family, and coworkers who might be interested in cryptocurrency but who have no idea how or where to get started. One way to think about The Prospector is as a simple household appliance; it performs a single function at the push of a button. Owning one of our miners is a simple way for people to sponsor a low-maintenance node in emergent cryptocurrency networks and earn themselves some coins for doing so.

I'm happy to answer any questions you might have and hopefully provide you or your friends/family with a sleek product that is sure to generate interest in crypto!

Use promo code BITCOINTALK to receive $100 off your order! This offer is no longer valid.

For more information about The Prospector, please visit our website at www.rockymountainminers.com