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Despite numerous support emails, requests for account/reactivation, I *still* cannot login to my MtGox account. Ive provided account balance info, IP address info, etc, and they just ignore my support requests. Thieves, I surmise. I would advise anyone new to the bitcoin world to avoid MtGox like the plague. If, by some minor miracle I am able to access my account again I will withdraw everything I have from MtGox and never use them again.
The sheer amount of incompetence they have displayed over their "incident" is mind-boggling. Lack of basic security, the worst customer-service I have ever experienced, and a remarkable ability to act like its not their fault.
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*Still* waiting for access to my damn account.
Fuck you MtGox.
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I'd guess most users just want to grab all their BTC/$ and get the hell out of there...
Mt. Gox lost all trust due to their "crisis management", in my opinion.
Yep. They have shown they don't understand security, or how to solve problems. Once they are back, I am taking everything I have with them out and then I dont know what I'll do, as if yet to see any major player in the game show a level of competency required to do this correctly. |
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MtGox claims lots of things, but seem to have issues with delivering.
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MtGox's incompetence will cripple bitcoin for the near future. Will bitcoin recover? Who knows.
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"In God We Trust"
All others, pay cash. |
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That's going to be a BIG DEAL when silver and bitcoins are worth the same amount.
Why? |
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I didn't say anything the first time I saw your avatar, only in conjunction with your post. This negates your response.
Whatever you say. Not really worried about your opinion of me or my avatar. Anywho, just look at the graph that's been posted a number of times, bitcoinpool is relatively small. Large pool alternatives -- Slush, btcguild btcmine. All larger than bitcoinpool. I've used slush and am not a fan, I've used btcguild and it's basically a smaller deepbit with idle notification (but no PPS) and a lower (or 0) fee. I can't speak to btcmine, but I've heard good things about it.
The point though isn't just that there are alternatives to deepbit that are just as good as it (which there are), the point is that if you are concerned that your magical money fountain is going to dry up, then mining on deepbit makes as little sense as staying on a pool that requires your miners to restart every night. Maybe less sense.
Yes, there are alternatives. I do not disagree with you on this. As far as making less Bitcoin on deepbit, I apologize for not simply taking your word for it...I am of the school of "prove it". I will stay there a while and see how it goes. If that makes me an idiot in your book, I don't really care. If end up agreeing with you after some times passes, you can say you were right and I will go somewhere else. MY entire point was I just don't see the risk of one pool owning 50% of the mining share. The security threats exist regardless. I want a pool that is reliable and gives me good results. So far, this is the only one I have tried that does that. No, I haven't tried them all. |
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If I wasn't already sure that you knew nothing from your avatar (it could be ironic) the above confirms it. Plenty of pools provide plenty of information/return comparable or superior to deepbit. There is nothing special about the pool except for two things:
Judging people by their avatars. You must be new to the internet. Real mature. Plenty of larger pools? No. bitcoinpool was one of the best in this aspect, but given I had to restart my miners 2-3 times a day, and they were idle most of the evening while I was sleeping and most of the day while I was at work, who cares? I can't speak for the plethora of other smaller pools because I haven't tried them and I am not interested in wannabes. 1) Highest hashing rate -- translates into lowest variance (although when there is variance, the low payout makes it very very very unprofitable).
Haven't been there long enough to confirm or deny, ill take your word for it. Ill see how it goes for a while and adjust if necessary. 2) Pay Per Share -- The best option for casual miners. This to my knowledge only exists on deepbit. If you are a serious miner though this is a horrible option (10% off the top).
Payouts, information, all that other stuff is just bunk though, even steven.
People need to see data to feel comfortable. Or at least I do. It helps drive the illusion of "can I trust this pool operator." |
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I started with bitcoinpool. I got tired of idle miners.
I played around with some of the other pools, slush, etc. Didn't seem to provide enough info/data for me to know how I was doing.
Went to deepbit. No idling miners (so far), lots of data available to judge progress, etc.
People want minimum drama and results for their efforts. The security threat people are talking about is below 50% anyways, so it just sounds like jealousy to me at the worst, anti-free choice at best.
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I don't get why you guys post these deals here. This is not a deal website. And HD58xx are running rare. If you know where you can find them in stock, keep it to yourself. We don't need the new miners to be buying up all the hardware.
/rant
Buying mining hardware is totally relevant to this sub-forum. The rest of your rant? "FREEDOM! The world needs a free currency like bitcoin! Just dont talk about video cards here, all the profit belongs to a few!" "Free markets for everyone! Unless it hurts my bottom line!" |
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FYI - depending on the card, some 6950 1GB can have their shaders unlocked.
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I use windows mainly because I have much more experience with it and I haven't had the CPU problem some people have with miners. Dummy plugs = one resistor. Not exactly a show stopper. Also it appears GPU overclocking tools are more available/capable for windows.
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You people are fools if you think the banks and the power behind the money are just going to let something like that happen. That of course meaning bitcoin making them obsolete. You think they got where they are today because they are stupid? You think the great crash and bailouts was an *accident?*
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