Hey thanks for posting this. I've been (informally) tracking my earnings via spreadsheet for the past couple of weeks. The hope was to do this for two pools or so, and then "know" empirically which pool is the best at paying members.
I don't have enough data points, but I did notice that the daily earnings just didn't seem to look right. I notice a large drop over one 24 hour period, and though - meh, I'll see what happens over the next couple of days.
You post really is a secondary confirmation that something weird happened. I really wish that a tool existed for people to input their mining setup (ideally this system would automatically - and without bias/mistake - do this so all are fairly represented), their pool used, and daily rates. This would at least permit people to understand empirically which pools are the "best".
Sort of like the cheap gas app I use on my iPhone - harness the power of the crowd. Actually, why hasn't someone done this?
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