Not Sure how this was posted as just a quote.
In the meantime I am still running the big rental.
I don't know if I was clear in my explanation. But I will try again.
1% of 178,678,307,672 = 1,786,783,076.72 shares so If all of us have a 1% spread as those shares are tacked on we all have an equal share zone.
So if the pool is at 10 ph during your share zone it simply means fast time to go through the zone.
If you are at 100th slow time to go through the zone.
everyone still get 1,786,783,076.72 shares to hit the block.
So it is an equalizer for the poor guy not a handicap to him.
It gets screwy with poaching. I twice put in a big rental and twice had someone go just above my pick. I did it myself just now to show the problem.
I put in a new rental to 1776th
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It seems there's a pretty solid consensus from folks that the contest rules should be changed to enforce a gap of at least 1% between user guesses. Phil makes a pretty strong argument for it - high hash rate rentals would last longer. However, on the other side of the coin is LASERminer's argument that not everyone can afford those high hash rate rentals for long periods.
To be honest, I'm pretty much on the fence, and could be argued into either option. On the one hand, I believe in free choice. If somebody wants to pick 0.01% higher than me, it's pretty much up to me to pay attention if I've got some giant hash order pointed here. By that same argument, I might now be scared to rent a large rental because, let's face it, nobody can be paying attention 24/7. I might miss it when that "zone breaker" sees my giant hash rate and makes a guess just over mine, stealing the winnings.
Phil, in your own "guess the diff" thread you allow users to choose a range of X to Y percent. That might be a good option here as well with a minimum spread of 1%. So for example, your guess would be 69.07% to 70.06%.
So, why don't we give that a try and see how it goes. From now on, your guess will be a range encompassing 1%. If you only provide a single number, then I will assume that number to be the bottom of the range and your guess will be from that number to number +1% (as shown above, had Phil given me 69.07, his range would be 69.07 - 70.06). Alternatively, you can provide your own range. So, if you give me "88.12 - 89.11" then that's what will be recorded. The limit of your range is 1% (I don't want somebody to be able to claim 82 - 102 for example)
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OK... let me redo the table with people's latest guesses as ranges. Obviously, I'm not going to alter guesses that already exist if they are within 1% of each other.
| User Name | Low Percentage | High Percentage |
| abmonstein | 47% | 47.99% |
| justchillz | 49.9% | 50.89% |
| Songminer | 61.28% | 62.27% |
| LASERminer | 66.25% | 67.24% |
| apederzoli | 69% |
| philipma1957 | 69.07% | 70.06% |
| dennishh | 71.17% | 72.16% |
| zachmonroe | 72.8% | 72.79% |
| controlhosting | 74% | 74.99% |
| vh | 75% | 75.99% |
| YuenglingDude | 76% | 76.99% |
| mikestang | 77.7% | 78.69% |
| traxor | 78.5% | 79.49% |
| eghigo | 80.5% | 81.49% |
| dsppage | 81.9% | 82.89% |
| carlsberg112 | 83.3% | 84.29% |
| OneInchWonder | 86.3% | 87.29% |
| rozo | 88% | 88.99% |
| bit5norba | 90% | 90.99% |
| borachinua | 92% | 92.99% |
| bctmke | 96.3% | 97.29% |
