I mine at a very slow rate. I have the privilege of free electricity and bought some mining hardware months ago. This privilege is running out and I wanted to get my last payout and leave the mining world. I got a mining contract of 3.3TH for 3hrs so that I could reach the threshold for a payout and then I was going to pack my bags and go. The block solved in this time was invalid which is just shit luck, but what I can't understand is why my BTC reward was so low while I had a (relative to my usual) massive share count.

Is there anyone who could clear up the reason for this?

Best,
Seamus

I joined in October 2013 aware of how slow my miners were and expected to get my first payout in March(ish) territory of .05 (min payout that I read when I joined). I have been checking in to see how things have been going with the pool every 2 weeks or so and glancing at this forum (this time noticing your post). I am on ~.041 and was hoping to get a payout in around june/july which no longer looks viable. Has the min payout changed?? If so, I don't see any point to continue mining and would there be any way to recieve the bitcoins that I have mined so far? If I cannot get my bitcoins what will happen to them? trapped forever within the pool?

Best,
Seamus.