[2.5+ EH] Slush Pool (slushpool.com); World's First Mining Pool

[stevegreer]

Also, I know it has been explained several times before in this thread, but I am no CS major, so most of the lingo used is Greek to me. But looking at my stats I see several blocks where I have 2,3,4 or 5 shares listed, but with no reward. And other blocks with the same amount of shares but with rewards. Is this normal?

Hi Steve,

Yep - it's normal. In order to stop people jumping from one pool to another each share is 'weighted' so that those submitted towards the end of a block being found are effectively worth more. Because you're only submitting a few shares each round what's happening is the system sees your last share was submitted x minutes/hours ago and thinks you've buggered off to another pool even though you haven't. The rounds where you have been rewarded are those in which your last share was close enough to the end of the round to still count.

It happens to me every now and again when my net connection will drop out for a bit at the end of a round (Mobile broadband so it has a tendency to do that) and I'll get zero reward as well.

Cheers

Thanks for the answer! That makes sense I reckon. Kinda stinks though that my CPU has been plugging away for hours and I have nothing to show for it. So, just out of curiosity, since I noticed that there are quite a few people making comments about not getting rewards even though they know their miners have been hashing away, say in a situation like that, if the pool ends up completing the block, but most everyone's stats shows "none" for rewards, then where do the 25 bitcoins go? I'm sure someone must end up with them, right?

So one last rookie question. If I do decide to get more into this, obviously continuing mining with my CPU will NEVER be profitable. At about what hash rate have most of you seen the BTC start rolling in? I'm not delusional enough to think that I will ever make a fortune off of this, but I wouldn't mind seeing at least a couple hundred bucks or so over the course of a month or three in order to make it feel like my efforts are not in vain. Right now my meager 0.00000142 BTC just ain't cutting it! 

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[bobsmoke]

Hello pool operators, something strange with the reward for block 272726

21027 2013-12-02 23:04:34   5:49:17 1993521951 2763811    0.00040730 272726 25.00902152

Anyone with the same issue?

[Kaos116]

Hello pool operators, something strange with the reward for block 272726

21027 2013-12-02 23:04:34   5:49:17 1993521951 2763811    0.00040730 272726 25.00902152

Anyone with the same issue?

Yes,

21027 2013-12-02 23:04:34 5:49:17 1993521951 55349 0.00000857 272726  25.00902152 93 confirmations left 

My average reward is about .00075

[stevegreer]

Well I got 5 shares with 0.00000000 reward. Maybe I should try my hand at mining LTC instead. 

[aurel57]

I think I know where some of your all rewards went:

21029 2013-12-03 00:03:45 0:30:25   174346782   24910   0.00330256      272735  25.00901001 100 confirmations left  
21028 2013-12-02 23:33:20 0:28:46   166468331   22419   0.00312927      272729  25.29332793 94 confirmations left  
21027 2013-12-02 23:04:34 5:49:17   1993521951 283540 0.04650264   272726  25.00902152 91 confirmations left  
21026 2013-12-02 17:15:17 0:42:40   241981189   33992   0.00334302      272690  25.19850076 55 confirmations left  
21025 2013-12-02 16:32:37 10:39:33 3490407934 525276  0.00391581      272687  25.06788253 52 confirmations left

[Kalgor]

Looks to have a problem as well

21028   2013-12-02 23:33:20   0:28:46   166468331   12075   0.00169616   272729   25.29332793    95 confirmations left
21027   2013-12-02 23:04:34   5:49:17   1993521951   155506   0.00002186   272726   25.00902152    92 confirmations left
21026   2013-12-02 17:15:17   0:42:40   241981189   19734   0.00221505   272690   25.19850076    56 confirmations left

[xZork]

Same here,

21027    2013-12-02 23:04:34    5:49:17    1993521951    44587    0.00000631    272726    25.00902152    86 confirmations left

Mind sending some of that this way aurel?

[dlefevre]

I got a little less than double on that round as well...

21029    2013-12-03 00:03:45    0:30:25    174346782    28913    0.00408863    272735    25.00901001    92 confirmations left
21028    2013-12-02 23:33:20    0:28:46    166468331    29568    0.00451569    272729    25.29332793    86 confirmations left
21027    2013-12-02 23:04:34    5:49:17    1993521951    352054    0.00842425    272726    25.00902152    83 confirmations left
21026    2013-12-02 17:15:17    0:42:40    241981189    42646    0.00421066    272690    25.19850076    47 confirmations left
21025    2013-12-02 16:32:37    10:39:33    3490407934    645818    0.00465805    272687    25.06788253    44 confirmations left

[bigbeninlondon]

21027    272726   2013-12-02 18:04:34   00:03:35:56   00:05:49:17   0.00000637   78

Low round for me too.

[LockUnlock]

Same here:
21027   2013-12-02 23:04:34   5:49:17   1993521951   10649   0.00000159   272726   25.00902152    72

Is this an issue?

[xZork]

seems like a big issue if all these numbers are correct.  Some are getting heavy/double paid and some are getting far less.  This did happen a day or so ago and after conf it was fixed. Time will tell.

[Tiennou74]

21027   2013-12-02 23:04:34   5:49:17   1993521951   512952   0.00056257   272726   25.00902152    41 confirmations left
21026   2013-12-02 17:15:17   0:42:40   241981189   59201   0.00557387   272690   25.19850076    5 confirmations left
21025   2013-12-02 16:32:37   10:39:33   3490407934   894361   0.00593625   272687   25.06788253    2 confirmations left

same here

[ma_bit]

21027    272726   2013-12-02 18:04:34   00:03:35:56   00:05:49:17   0.00000637   78

Low round for me too.

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[macsheadroom]

21027 and 21033 need recalculations, my reward is halved again.

[Searing]

21027 and 21033 need recalculations, my reward is halved again.

ditto

[aurel57]

Same here,

21027    2013-12-02 23:04:34    5:49:17    1993521951    44587    0.00000631    272726    25.00902152    86 confirmations left

Mind sending some of that this way aurel?

I am usually on the short end and only a few times have had the wrong amount go it this direction but those few times it has always been readjusted as I am sure that is what will happen this time.

[Sir Alan]

I hate being a "me too", but...

21027  2013-12-02  23:04:34  5:49:17  1993521951  42217  0.00000604  272726  25.00902152  14 confirmations left

as compared to

21013  2013-12-01  12:54:49  6:11:57  1958796234  44657  0.00054740  272483  25.12828530  confirmed

[Mudbankkeith]

21010   2013-12-01 03:31:42   1:59:40   639039598       75992   0.00326874   272410   25.14099989    confirmed
21009   2013-12-01 01:32:02   0:04:19   22915150         2918     0.00317004   272399   25.03550690    confirmed
21008   2013-12-01 01:27:43   0:50:06   265077329        31730   0.00294244   272398   25.02827623    confirmed
21007   2013-12-01 00:37:37   7:48:38   2147483647   293119   0.00288164   272385   25.20690867    confirmed
21006   2013-11-30 16:48:59   0:47:42   251032842        29358   0.00278538   272318   25.03404462    confirmed

Round 21007 paid normal for me.

My biggest concern is that it was nearly 8 hours.
Blocks are supposed to be an average of 10 mins.
The average here is more like 2 hours. That is 12 times slower than average.(over the last 30 rounds it was 65hours 31mins, that is 2hours and 11mins per block)

I would like to mine on the other pool that is running at 12 times faster than the average. Does anyone know where it is?

[aurel57]

21010   2013-12-01 03:31:42   1:59:40   639039598       75992   0.00326874   272410   25.14099989    confirmed
21009   2013-12-01 01:32:02   0:04:19   22915150         2918     0.00317004   272399   25.03550690    confirmed
21008   2013-12-01 01:27:43   0:50:06   265077329        31730   0.00294244   272398   25.02827623    confirmed
21007   2013-12-01 00:37:37   7:48:38   2147483647   293119   0.00288164   272385   25.20690867    confirmed
21006   2013-11-30 16:48:59   0:47:42   251032842        29358   0.00278538   272318   25.03404462    confirmed

Round 21007 paid normal for me.

My biggest concern is that it was nearly 8 hours.
Blocks are supposed to be an average of 10 mins.
The average here is more like 2 hours. That is 12 times slower than average.(over the last 30 rounds it was 65hours 31mins, that is 2hours and 11mins per block)

I would like to mine on the other pool that is running at 12 times faster than the average. Does anyone know where it is?

Its all in proportion to the hash rate of the pool. Blocks are found on average 10 mins on the network not per pool. The larger the pools may find more blocks but you will receive less per block as you would in a smaller pool. I have tried 4 different pools and like slush's pool best.

EDITED: But even the big pools will get stuck on a long block... its all about the luck which over a long period should even out.


Block #21035 which we just found was done in 55 seconds!

[Sir Alan]

I wonder how many miners who hop to a pool which has just had a good run of luck will also go out and buy a lottery ticket using last week's winning numbers?