I have been mining on ecoinpool a private pool now for two months. I have found 2 different BTC blocks and both blocks show as orphaned and nothing to show for my work. Any ideas why I am getting orphan blocks? How do I fix this problem? Instead of mining earning nothing I think I am better off mining a regular pool since I have no payouts with 2 blocks found.
Orphan blocks can be because of bad network conditions, but having 2 in a row does suck. What is your network like, OP?
Network only has 3 pcs connecting and mining from the pool. Total hashrate is just under 5 Gh/s. I am connected on a verizon fios line so I am not sure. I have successfully mined namecoins but the last 2 bitcoins both orphaned along with their matching namecoins. The other namecoins found in between the bitcoins are fine and generate payments.