[4+ EH] Slush Pool (slushpool.com); Overt AsicBoost; World First Mining Pool

[ewitte]

The one at home is submitting the ones at the office say the pool isn't available and automatically switched to my 3rd pool (BTCGuild which is working).

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[DustMite]

Switched to backup pool and it's running fine now. No ideas why it won't connect to Slush's stratum address. I'll try connecting again sometime later.

[5120-01-518-6126]

My bfgminer went dead, but guiminer is still connected.  Much strangeness.

[kanta]

Tried flushing the DNS cache, still can't connect to stratum, stratum2, or stratum3. I'm in Austin. I don't have a backup pool, and I have no idea how to choose one. I mean, I understand how to actually set one up, but I'm not sure how to decide on one that's not too big (btcguild) or too small (is there such a thing?)

[Blue777]

stratum mining proxy for slush's pool is dead now.....

[rsbriggs]

One existing connection to stratum.bitcoin.cz still being connected.  Other connections being broken.  Not seeming to accept new connections?  

[5120-01-518-6126]

stratum mining proxy for slush's pool is dead now.....

Bitminter is dead, too.

[nybbler905]

forgot 1 miner was still set to Slush's.... the getwork is dead currently too... Too much is never enough, i want my namecoins!


[EDIT]

tryed all 3 mining proxy settings, window keeps getting stuck like the following
C:\downloads\guiminer\mining_proxy.exe\twisted\web\util.py:372: DeprecationWarni
ng: Passing filenames or file objects to XMLFile is deprecated since Twisted 12.
1.  Pass a FilePath instead.
2013-05-31 09:35:29,796 INFO proxy jobs.<module> # C extension for midstate not
available. Using default implementation instead.
2013-05-31 09:35:29,812 WARNING proxy mining_proxy.main # Stratum proxy version:
 1.5.2
2013-05-31 09:35:29,828 WARNING proxy mining_proxy.test_update # Checking for up
dates...
2013-05-31 09:35:31,515 WARNING proxy mining_proxy.main # Trying to connect to S
tratum pool at stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
2013-05-31 09:35:32,125 INFO stats stats.print_stats # 1 peers connected, state
changed 1 times
2013-05-31 09:35:32,125 INFO proxy mining_proxy.on_connect # Connected to Stratu
m pool at stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333
2013-05-31 09:35:32,125 INFO proxy mining_proxy.on_connect # Subscribing for min
ing jobs

[2nd Edit ]

direct from GUIMiner to the getwork - no connection can be made as the target machine actively refuses it

[Paulizei]

same here: api and stratum adresses dead
(bitminter does work btw)

[Blue777]

is there any stratum mining porxy can use for my asicminer blade now?
thanks much

[Paulizei]

api.bitcoin.cz now reachable, but only getwork protocol

[5120-01-518-6126]

While we're waiting for things to get back up, I just ran across this interview with the FinCEN chief.
http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_104/fincen-chief-q-and-a-what-we-expect-from-digital-currency-firms-1059485-1.html?zkPrintable=1&nopagination=1

[nybbler905]

This don't look right!!!

Tracing route to stratum.bitcoin.cz [95.211.52.40]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    10 ms     7 ms     7 ms  [removed]
  2    10 ms     7 ms     7 ms  [removed]
  3     9 ms    11 ms    18 ms  [removed]
  4    16 ms    14 ms    13 ms  [removed]
  5    16 ms    39 ms    14 ms  66.163.68.185
  6    19 ms    18 ms    19 ms  rc2wh-tge0-0-1-0.vc.shawcable.net [66.163.69.65

  7    30 ms    29 ms    29 ms  66.163.74.190
  8    48 ms    49 ms    45 ms  rc1nr-pos0-7-4-0.wp.shawcable.net [66.163.76.19
]
  9    92 ms   100 ms   103 ms  66.163.78.58
 10    94 ms    93 ms    94 ms  rc4as-ge12-0-0.vx.shawcable.net [66.163.64.46]
 11    92 ms    92 ms    91 ms  mx.ash.us.leaseweb.net [206.126.236.240]
 12   181 ms   180 ms   180 ms  te0-1-0-6.crs.evo.leaseweb.net [85.17.100.184]
 13   175 ms   177 ms   176 ms  po100.sr1.evo.leaseweb.net [85.17.100.226]
 14   172 ms   173 ms   175 ms  85.17.129.38
 15   176 ms   175 ms   176 ms  hosted-by.leaseweb.com [95.211.52.40]

Trace complete.

IS that the correct final IP for Slush's stratum server??

[KNK]

U work me for 100$/h job, but every hour i reset your work time to 0min and the end of day i pay you out with cents?

Wrong analogy. Try this:

 Few people work for you and you pay 1000$ for the job being done (when it is done), but each hour you clear the board (which is already almost full) with results of how much was done from each worker up until now and when the job is done you divide the payment between workers based on what's on the board i.e. since the last cleanup.

[5120-01-518-6126]

This don't look right!!!

Tracing route to stratum.bitcoin.cz [95.211.52.40]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    10 ms     7 ms     7 ms  [removed]
  2    10 ms     7 ms     7 ms  [removed]
  3     9 ms    11 ms    18 ms  [removed]
  4    16 ms    14 ms    13 ms  [removed]
  5    16 ms    39 ms    14 ms  66.163.68.185
  6    19 ms    18 ms    19 ms  rc2wh-tge0-0-1-0.vc.shawcable.net [66.163.69.65

  7    30 ms    29 ms    29 ms  66.163.74.190
  8    48 ms    49 ms    45 ms  rc1nr-pos0-7-4-0.wp.shawcable.net [66.163.76.19
]
  9    92 ms   100 ms   103 ms  66.163.78.58
 10    94 ms    93 ms    94 ms  rc4as-ge12-0-0.vx.shawcable.net [66.163.64.46]
 11    92 ms    92 ms    91 ms  mx.ash.us.leaseweb.net [206.126.236.240]
 12   181 ms   180 ms   180 ms  te0-1-0-6.crs.evo.leaseweb.net [85.17.100.184]
 13   175 ms   177 ms   176 ms  po100.sr1.evo.leaseweb.net [85.17.100.226]
 14   172 ms   173 ms   175 ms  85.17.129.38
 15   176 ms   175 ms   176 ms  hosted-by.leaseweb.com [95.211.52.40]

Trace complete.

IS that the correct final IP for Slush's stratum server??

just did nslookup for slush and got this

Non-authoritative answer
Name:    stratum.bitcoin
Addresses:  54.225.117.7
          95.211.52.40
          54.215.3.101

Slush's stratum has been on AWS with IP 54.xxx.xxx.xxx which is showing for two connections.  The 95.211.52.40 address doesn't belong unless slush is using it for some reason or an attack is in progress.

[mteachx]

Short time and many problems.

One machine doesn't work now, other PC's is ok.
I test other site, then all ok.

Guiminer log

Code:

2013-05-31 19:53:50: Running command: poclbm.exe mteachx.Kontor6870_2:pw@KNOW!!.bitcoin.cz:KNOW!! --device=0 --platform=0 --verbose -r1 -v -w128 -f5
2013-05-31 19:53:50: Listener for "Kontor6870_2" started
2013-05-31 19:53:53: Listener for "Kontor6870_2": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 31/05/2013 19:53:53, checking for stratum...
2013-05-31 19:53:53: Listener for "Kontor6870_2": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 31/05/2013 19:53:53, started OpenCL miner on platform 0, device 0 (Barts)
2013-05-31 19:53:54: Listener for "Kontor6870_2": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 31/05/2013 19:53:54, no response to getwork, using as stratum
2013-05-31 19:53:54: Listener for "Kontor6870_2": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 31/05/2013 19:53:54,  No JSON object could be decoded
2013-05-31 19:54:04: Listener for "Kontor6870_2": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 31/05/2013 19:54:04, Failed to subscribe
2013-05-31 19:54:06: Listener for "Kontor6870_2": api2.bitcoin.cz:8332 31/05/2013 19:54:06, IO errors - 1, tolerance 2

Good luck!

[Blue777]

damn,any one can tell me how to change to other pool?

[KNK]

Name:    stratum.bitcoin
Addresses:  54.225.117.7
          95.211.52.40
          54.215.3.101

It seems they are rolling:

Name:    stratum.bitcoin.cz
Addresses:  95.211.52.40
          54.215.3.101
          54.225.117.74

I wonder if that is some kind of DDoS protection or backend servers problem

EDIT:  seems fine here all the time, so it's not servers i guess
The good thing with stratum is that it uses persistent connection - once you connect you are OK even if there is DDoS going on ... until you disconnect of course , so don't do that.

@Blue 777 - no need to change pools ... just choose one of the IP's and stick with it until connected or start 3 miners almost at same time ... at least one should connect, then close the others

[jcortez1594]

My computer restarted itself about 15 minutes ago and now isn't connecting to the stratum server (stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333) I don't know if this is the same problem other people are having or if it's something on my end fucking with my computer.

[Lucko]

damn,any one can tell me how to change to other pool?

I don't understand this question. Same way you changed to/pick this one...