Thinking of going Solo... Any Suggestions? Found 2 Blocks Pools Netted Us Less

[Stratobitz]

Currently in the process of finishing up with the setup of our new Bitmain S5 Units. We'll be at roughly 50 T/Hash when all is said and done.

I've been mining to basically Slush, and in the last 3 weeks have already found 2 blocks - with less T/Hash than what I have now.

I already operate a full node - and all of our miners connect to the pool (whichever) through a local Stratum Proxy Server we set up so we could easily direct the hashpower with just 1 change.

So that said - any thoughts?  I realize luck has a lot to do with it, but we've found 2 blocks in 3 weeks - and have no where near netted 50 BTC on Slush.

Would appreciate any candid advice - perhaps from those who are solo mining.

Lastly, my fear is I set it up wrong, and while waiting 2,3,4,5 weeks for a block - I then come to realize we had it set up wrong and am not mining at all

Strato

[mindtrip]

Currently in the process of finishing up with the setup of our new Bitmain S5 Units. We'll be at roughly 50 T/Hash when all is said and done.

I've been mining to basically Slush, and in the last 3 weeks have already found 2 blocks - with less T/Hash than what I have now.

I already operate a full node - and all of our miners connect to the pool (whichever) through a local Stratum Proxy Server we set up so we could easily direct the hashpower with just 1 change.

So that said - any thoughts?  I realize luck has a lot to do with it, but we've found 2 blocks in 3 weeks - and have no where near netted 50 BTC on Slush.

Would appreciate any candid advice - perhaps from those who are solo mining.

Lastly, my fear is I set it up wrong, and while waiting 2,3,4,5 weeks for a block - I then come to realize we had it set up wrong and am not mining at all

Strato

I have started on this same endeavour. we tested our setup with a test block chain and pointed machines at it until we solved a block to be sure all was working properly before turning it over to BTC this might be a good test run for you to try before you go all in soo mining. Also maybe split your hash power 50/50 half power to slush and half solo so you dont miss out just incase

[-ck]

You could mine on my solo pool which takes away the guesswork about whether it's working or not, and takes care of the responsibility of the high speed nodes, bandwidth and scalability you need to ensure to avoid orphans:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=763510.0

[cyberpinoy]

Yes i agree with the above, test it on another coin and see how it does, try one that is close to BTC in difficulty yet fast enough so your test can complete and you can move on to BTC. Good luck with your business, I wish you the best and hope you have good luck.