[ANN][BQC][POOL][DYNAMIC PPLNS][STRATUM] Silverwolf's BBQ Pool [UPGRADED !]

[the1silverwolf]

I am pleased to announce that Silverwolf's BBQ Pool has launched and we are ready for your miners !

We have upgraded the front end with many performance, security, and feature improvements!

This is a BBQcoin (BQC) Pool.

Features :
* PPLNS payout system
* Dynamic PPLNS lastNshares calculation for correct payouts!
* Only 30 confirmations required for payouts !!!!
* PPLNS Status Display for 100% transparency (Very Cool!). You can see exactly where every coin goes.
* Getwork With LP support
* Stratum support is online!  Just use port 3333
* Support Ticket System for easy reporting of issues
* 1% Fee
* Detailed Stats
* Automatic Scheduled Withdrawals

Planned Features (Coming Soon):
* Stratum Support (Less Important in a PPLNS Pool, but still plan to implement it.) Done!
* Once the pool is established reduce the number of confirmations required to payout a block (Faster Payouts) Done!
* Upgrade pool to take advantage of new improved code! Done!

To Connect :
1. Register an account then login & setup your workers : http://silverwolf.ath.cx/bbq/

2. Connect your miners as follows :
   url = http://silverwolf.ath.cx
   port = 3333 (Stratum) or 8342 (Getwork)
   username = <username>.<workername>
   password = <workerpassword>

3. Start Mining !

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[the1silverwolf]

Just hit our first block !

Why don't you join us ?

[the1silverwolf]

The blocks are rolling in... Still need more miners though.

Come on in and stock up on BBQ while they are still easy to get won't you ?

[the1silverwolf]

Ok, guys here's an update.

The pool is doing well, we are up to 19 workers and 8.28MH/s, we are solving blocks every 17 minutes (Estimated).

Come one in and join the fun !!!

[yeltz]

I thought I'd give bbq a try for a bit - I'm on board

[the1silverwolf]

I thought I'd give bbq a try for a bit - I'm on board

sweet !   glad to have you with us! 

[the1silverwolf]

To: our miners luciferase & slnet, you both have a very high stale percentage, your miner may be misconfigured. I would have emailed you except you did not provide your email address. Please check your settings and use the ticket system if you need help.

[the1silverwolf]

Fixed some bugs and we are still needing more miners.  Come on over guys !

[the1silverwolf]

FYI we are running a test tonight at 11pm central time to see if the system recovers properly from a failure of the bbqcoind client as it should.

Downtime is expected to be around 15 minutes, no data or shares are at risk of being lost.

Thank you for your understanding.

[the1silverwolf]

Auto-restart script test concluded successfully, if the bbqcoind client should crash (as it seems to do every few days), it will automatically recover in about 5 minutes.

[the1silverwolf]

issued a small bonus to active miners to reward them for coming back after the unexpected hour or so of downtime yesterday.

We will continue to do this as long as the pool has enough coins available to do so.  How much of a bonus depends on how long the downtime was and how much the pool has in reserve.

[the1silverwolf]

*** CONTEST CLOSED ***

[the1silverwolf]

Pool reserves are up to 815.  Keep those miners running guys!

[the1silverwolf]

Having some issues with server stability.  Will be migrating over to a new server Sunday evening.  Expected downtime Sunday will be about an hour. 

In the meantime, the server is back online now.

[the1silverwolf]

Reduced number of confirmations required for block payout to 30.  Faster payouts!!!

[the1silverwolf]

the bbqcoind process is very unstable still.  During the server migration tomorrow I am going to rebuild it from source and wipe it's database so it will rebuild the blockchain again from scratch.

This will take a few hours but it will hopefully result in a much more stable server.  The estimated down time is now approx 6 hours.  I am going to start Sunday at 3PM Central time so please plan on mining on a backup pool on Sunday from 3pm to approx 9pm Central.

I will post updates in this thread as the process continues.  Thank you.

[the1silverwolf]

Update on the contest progress.  It is still running, but some of our newest members aren't donating anything and this has slowed it down somewhat.  Rest assured that it is still running and as soon as the server's reserve balance hits 1,000 bbq coins I will make the payouts as planned.

I would appreciate any suggestions for future contests to do on the pool if anyone has any ideas.

[the1silverwolf]

Nobody ?  Come on guys!!!  Ideas for fun contests to do on the pool ?

[the1silverwolf]

Ok, server going down for upgrades now as planned.  Will post updates as time permits.

[eule]

Nobody ?  Come on guys!!!  Ideas for fun contests to do on the pool ?

Award the longtime (i.e. more than one week) miner with the slowest hashrate.