[0 GH/s 0% fee SMPPS] ArsBitcoin mining pool!

[m3sSh3aD]

Just found my first block ever. Block 15782. And it was with this pool. :3

I found none in 2 months and about 4 in 1 month haha. Names Blue Waffle on ARS

[Lumpy]

Is the auto payout broken?

[SistaS0uljah]

Is the auto payout broken?

I believe autopayout has been broken for most of the week.  Today, however, none of my miners can connect to arsbitcoin at all.  They connect to my backup pool just fine, but ars doesn't seem to be accepting connections.  And the pool's hash rate has droppped down to 78.6 GH/s, which is very low (I believe it normally hovers between 275-350 GH/s).  I suspect Burning Toad may  have let it die, as he warned us might happen.  Have you tried to cash out today?  If so, any luck?

[BkkCoins]

Is the auto payout broken?

I believe autopayout has been broken for most of the week.  Today, however, none of my miners can connect to arsbitcoin at all.  They connect to my backup pool just fine, but ars doesn't seem to be accepting connections.  And the pool's hash rate has droppped down to 78.6 GH/s, which is very low (I believe it normally hovers between 275-350 GH/s).  I suspect Burning Toad may  have let it die, as he warned us might happen.  Have you tried to cash out today?  If so, any luck?

Server 2 is still up and working ok. That is why there is 78 GH/s still active. I suspect there is just a problem or maintenance issue with the #1 server. I withdrew cash earlier today and BT said he would give warning before closing anything down.

Try server2.arsbitcoin.com

[SistaS0uljah]

Server 2 is still up and working ok. That is why there is 78 GH/s still active. I suspect there is just a problem or maintenance issue with the #1 server. I withdrew cash earlier today and BT said he would give warning before closing anything down.

Try server2.arsbitcoin.com

Thanks BkkCoins!  That seems to have solved the problem.  My miners connect to this server without any trouble at all.

[RandyFolds]

Is the auto payout broken?

I believe autopayout has been broken for most of the week.  Today, however, none of my miners can connect to arsbitcoin at all.  They connect to my backup pool just fine, but ars doesn't seem to be accepting connections.  And the pool's hash rate has droppped down to 78.6 GH/s, which is very low (I believe it normally hovers between 275-350 GH/s).  I suspect Burning Toad may  have let it die, as he warned us might happen.  Have you tried to cash out today?  If so, any luck?

I got auto-paid yesterday, and i am on server 2, hashing away, albeit with high stalerate.

[thehairymob]

Xmas seems to have been a bad time for the pool and now server 2 is acting up. I have been forced over to my backup pool I hope not for long.

[enygma]

I have some computers hashing away and others not... odd... but it looks like I've got the second highest hash rate on the pool...

Not that I deserve a medal or anything.

[thehairymob]

We're back u[ and running 

[SistaS0uljah]

We're back up and running 

FTFY.  And thanks for all your hard work over the holiday weekend.  It's nice to see everything humming along again.

[thehairymob]

Over thirty hours without finding a block. Is there a problem or are we just being ultra unlucky?

[Eveofwar]

Pool servers are down again :/

[Hotdog453]

I have to ask, guys: Why are you still mining here? I mean, I love BurningToad and all, he's adorable and looks fantastic in cut off jeans, hubba hubba, but he's clearly, from his own mouth, not involved in the pool at all.

With the plethora of other pools out there, why are you guys still chugging away here? The downtime alone, since he's not responding as quickly as if, ya know, he was still interested in it, would keep me away.

But, each to their own, I suppose

Ars in the heyday was the shit, I will never deny that.

[farfiman]

I have to ask, guys: Why are you still mining here? I mean, I love BurningToad and all, he's adorable and looks fantastic in cut off jeans, hubba hubba, but he's clearly, from his own mouth, not involved in the pool at all.

With the plethora of other pools out there, why are you guys still chugging away here? The downtime alone, since he's not responding as quickly as if, ya know, he was still interested in it, would keep me away.

But, each to their own, I suppose

Ars in the heyday was the shit, I will never deny that.

I don't know about others, but my reason is its still the onlygood reasonable size  0% fee pool there is.
As long as there is a backup pool, what do I care.....

[BkkCoins]

I like the user interface and stats info. The only thing keeping me from moving completely to Eligius is that it has very little UI/control. Pay is pretty much the same and it's grown bigger now compared to Ars.

[Big Time Coin]

I'm getting 5.5% stale shares today using Host: arsbitcoin.com Port: 8344

Can this be fixed please?

[RandyFolds]

I'm getting 5.5% stale shares today using Host: arsbitcoin.com Port: 8344

Can this be fixed please?

Hello,

Sorry guys, the reality right now is:

1) I haven't done anything to improve the pool in at least a month.
2) All I've done is try and keep it up.  I usually get a text message when it messes up, but not always.  Each server (main and 2) seems to randomly fail occasionally (both PoolServerJ and pushpool.)  I haven't had time to try and figure out the root cause.  Basically PSJ/pushpool degrade after a while and need a restart.
3) I haven't done the numbers, but I'm probably losing money each day at the moment on this because EC2 is expensive and the BTC price is low.  The bill this last month was ~$400+ with the two servers + bandwidth costs.
4) I'm closer to bringing the pool down than I am to implementing merged mining or anything else.
5) I'm having some personal problems and issues just trying to do work for my real job, so the priority for this right now is very low.  In fact the pool is probably mostly still up (instead of being taken down) because it is more effort to take it down cleanly (provide notice, email everyone, resolve coin balances, etc.) than it is to keep it in its current state.

So, I apologize, but that is how things stand at the moment.  I can't guarantee anything for the future, i.e. whether I will take the pool down, or finally work on improving it, etc.

[Eveofwar]

I'm getting 5.5% stale shares today using Host: arsbitcoin.com Port: 8344

Can this be fixed please?

Hello,

Sorry guys, the reality right now is:

1) I haven't done anything to improve the pool in at least a month.
2) All I've done is try and keep it up.  I usually get a text message when it messes up, but not always.  Each server (main and 2) seems to randomly fail occasionally (both PoolServerJ and pushpool.)  I haven't had time to try and figure out the root cause.  Basically PSJ/pushpool degrade after a while and need a restart.
3) I haven't done the numbers, but I'm probably losing money each day at the moment on this because EC2 is expensive and the BTC price is low.  The bill this last month was ~$400+ with the two servers + bandwidth costs.
4) I'm closer to bringing the pool down than I am to implementing merged mining or anything else.
5) I'm having some personal problems and issues just trying to do work for my real job, so the priority for this right now is very low.  In fact the pool is probably mostly still up (instead of being taken down) because it is more effort to take it down cleanly (provide notice, email everyone, resolve coin balances, etc.) than it is to keep it in its current state.

So, I apologize, but that is how things stand at the moment.  I can't guarantee anything for the future, i.e. whether I will take the pool down, or finally work on improving it, etc.

Why post this old fucking non-sense instead of the new shit ?  He posted an update last month, that you commented "Glad you are OK. We were worried about you!" on the same day.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=18567.msg649544#msg649544

Big Time Coin - Send BurningToad a PM, if you'd like.

[rupy]

How do you change your authorization pin?

[RandyFolds]

I'm getting 5.5% stale shares today using Host: arsbitcoin.com Port: 8344

Can this be fixed please?

Hello,

Sorry guys, the reality right now is:

1) I haven't done anything to improve the pool in at least a month.
2) All I've done is try and keep it up.  I usually get a text message when it messes up, but not always.  Each server (main and 2) seems to randomly fail occasionally (both PoolServerJ and pushpool.)  I haven't had time to try and figure out the root cause.  Basically PSJ/pushpool degrade after a while and need a restart.
3) I haven't done the numbers, but I'm probably losing money each day at the moment on this because EC2 is expensive and the BTC price is low.  The bill this last month was ~$400+ with the two servers + bandwidth costs.
4) I'm closer to bringing the pool down than I am to implementing merged mining or anything else.
5) I'm having some personal problems and issues just trying to do work for my real job, so the priority for this right now is very low.  In fact the pool is probably mostly still up (instead of being taken down) because it is more effort to take it down cleanly (provide notice, email everyone, resolve coin balances, etc.) than it is to keep it in its current state.

So, I apologize, but that is how things stand at the moment.  I can't guarantee anything for the future, i.e. whether I will take the pool down, or finally work on improving it, etc.

Why post this old fucking non-sense instead of the new shit ?  He posted an update last month, that you commented "Glad you are OK. We were worried about you!" on the same day.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=18567.msg649544#msg649544

Big Time Coin - Send BurningToad a PM, if you'd like.

What the fuck are you going on about? I posted the relevant answer to a question someone asked. The situation hasn't changed, and BT's personal issues are beside the point. What was elaborated on in this oh-so-important message you linked?


TL;DR - No one is maintaining the pool.