any good pools ?
I´m using this one:
http://75.156.208.65:6327, point your miners at this URL, use your BTE address as your user, no password needed.
This is my pool, I've been very busy with real life obligations lately and I haven't had the time to work on the pool very much.
The pool does work and has been quite stable, although there are some issues with it also.
The front end currently has an issue with getting the data from the backend, if you navigate to
http://75.156.208.65:6327 the site shows up, but the graphs and data don't until you select a time frame. The auto-refresh is broken, and as are the recently solved blocks and current payout amount pages. I can assure you however this does not effect the pools ability to provide work, and although I can't get it to display correctly I can also assure you it is tracking shares and providing payouts properly. If at any time that does not function properly I will disable the pool so that no one loses out on mining rewards.
Although the latest release of p2pool is claimed to provide proper support for high hash rate asic miners, CrazyEarner was kind enough to help me test the newest version and unfortunately it does not appear to have addressed the problems. This is an issue with p2pool itself which I am not able to address directly. I will continue to test new versions as they are available and will update the live pool if we can come up with an asic ready p2pool solution. Past that, I am looking into other pool server options which may prove to be a better solution then p2pool offers.
I will also mention, I haven't been promoting the pool very much, as I feel in its current state although still working I would be much happier promoting a more refined system. Along with the issues noted above, I will fully admit I am quite new to being on the operators end of a pool, and while I do work very hard to ensure the best possible service to miners I am still learning much as I go and I may not always have the answers to questions or problems as they arise. I do intend to continue working on this however, as I know there is a demand for a solid Bytecoin pool. Also, the Bytecoin network really needs more mining so that we can get past this difficulty adjustment.
Finally, for those who do wish to mine Bytecoins on a pool: if you are willing to see past the current shortcomings, I certainly encourage you to give the pool a try. I am available here via PM, and also keep up to date on most of the Bytecoin related threads I am aware of. I have not yet started my own thread for the pool, I likely will wait until I have a more polished service to publish and put more energy into promoting the pool.
To use the pool, direct your miners to
http://75.156.208.65:6327 use your desired BTE payout address as your username, and you may leave password blank or provide one if you wish, the pool server ignores any submitted passwords and only tracks shares to the BTE address. The pool payout system is PPLNS, and sends your payment as part of the generation transation. If you are unaware this means that newly minted coins you earn must wait a full 120 confirmations which is somewhat lengthy due to the Bytecoin network's state. This is a "feature" of p2pool which I am unable to change, and one other reason I believe alternate pool software is going to be my best course of action. I would much rather be able to provide instant payouts from a currently confirmed balance, so miners only have to wait 6 confirmations before they can spend their earnings.
I will close with letting you know, my ultimate goal is once a merged mining compatable Bytecoin client has been coded, I would like to reconfigure my pool to mine BTC primarily, and merged mine as many sha-256 compatible coins including BTE as possible. This likely will take some time, but I know this is something many people would be interested in. As time and other developments allow I surely hope to make that a reality.
Cheers everyone!
Digigami
Edit to add x2
- I forgot to mention, this pool is running with 0 fees. I couldn't justify a fee especially in its current condition. I likely will continue to run it with no fees until at least I have a much more presentable and feature rich pool to offer.
- Support is available here via PM to myself, or on freenode in channel #crypto-expert or #digipool Both of these channels also have IrcBots who will announce whenever the pool solves a block, and the payout address of the miner who solved it.
