[1050 TH] BitMinter.com [1% PPLNS,Pays TxFees +MergedMining,Stratum,GBT,vardiff]

[bombo999]

Does anyone know if there is a way to change the time zone on the bitminter website from the default?

[scrubadub]

Why does the yellow "expected average" line keep going down on the rewards page. I've kept thinking it has gone down, but I distinctly remember the peak at the third graph line still being under the expected average line quite a few months ago.

[SgtSpike]

Question:  I set my GPU on my desktop to use bitminter instead of guiminer (figured I may as well try it, since I'm using it for my singles), but it seems to lag my desktop a bit more than I'd like.  In guiminer, I used f -120, and I could game on my computer while it was mining without any trouble.  I'm afraid to even try a game with the BitMinter miner running, just because of how much even the text I am typing is lagging.

I tried adjusting the work intervals, but it didn't make any appreciable change.

Is there anything else I can do to give more power to the system by default?  Or should I just stick with guiminer for my GPU?

[DrHaribo]

Does anyone know if there is a way to change the time zone on the bitminter website from the default?

Sorry, you can't. Maybe I'll do something about that when I have time. For now all the dates are UTC.

Why does the yellow "expected average" line keep going down on the rewards page. I've kept thinking it has gone down, but I distinctly remember the peak at the third graph line still being under the expected average line quite a few months ago.

Expected average reward for one proof of work is determined by difficulty. Rewards drop as difficulty go up. Hopefully the next time difficulty will go down and rewards will go up.

Those charts only show the last 500 shifts. I should make it possible to move around in time on those charts when I have time.

I tried adjusting the work intervals, but it didn't make any appreciable change.

I have work intervals set to 5 ms, and games mostly run ok without the need to stop mining. Have you tried values as low as that?

[SgtSpike]

I adjusted the work interval UP.  Will have to try adjusting it downward.  So lower = slower then?

[DrHaribo]

I adjusted the work interval UP.  Will have to try adjusting it downward.  So lower = slower then?

Between every work interval other programs get a chance to use the graphics card. So if the work interval is only 5 ms long, other programs don't have to wait too long to update the screen. This makes mining a little slower, but in my experience it's not that bad.

[SgtSpike]

I adjusted the work interval UP.  Will have to try adjusting it downward.  So lower = slower then?

Between every work interval other programs get a chance to use the graphics card. So if the work interval is only 5 ms long, other programs don't have to wait too long to update the screen. This makes mining a little slower, but in my experience it's not that bad.

Ah, I misunderstood what that was for then!  I thought the interval was the amount of break between each piece of work.  Will give it a try with lower intervals then.

BTW, why don't the little "I" icons next to the worker settings do anything?  I expected some popup help tips or something, but nothing.  Maybe it's a bug, and they should be doing something?  This was in the latest beta you posted.

EDIT:  Also, I'm getting 380 MH/s on my 5870 through Bitminter (on the 5 ms interval), instead of 345 MH/s on guiminer, so that's a plus!  Hopefully it'll work well enough for gaming, but can't try it right now.

[DrHaribo]

BTW, why don't the little "I" icons next to the worker settings do anything?  I expected some popup help tips or something, but nothing.  Maybe it's a bug, and they should be doing something?  This was in the latest beta you posted.

You just mouse over them and get a tooltip. Hmm, perhaps I can also make it work to click them.

EDIT:  Also, I'm getting 380 MH/s on my 5870 through Bitminter (on the 5 ms interval), instead of 345 MH/s on guiminer, so that's a plus!  Hopefully it'll work well enough for gaming, but can't try it right now.

Good times Overclocked?

[SgtSpike]

BTW, why don't the little "I" icons next to the worker settings do anything?  I expected some popup help tips or something, but nothing.  Maybe it's a bug, and they should be doing something?  This was in the latest beta you posted.

You just mouse over them and get a tooltip. Hmm, perhaps I can also make it work to click them.

EDIT:  Also, I'm getting 380 MH/s on my 5870 through Bitminter (on the 5 ms interval), instead of 345 MH/s on guiminer, so that's a plus!  Hopefully it'll work well enough for gaming, but can't try it right now.

Good times Overclocked?

Ah, ok.  Obviously I was too impatient for the tooltips. 

Not overclocked at all on the 5870..!

[scrubadub]

Why does the yellow "expected average" line keep going down on the rewards page. I've kept thinking it has gone down, but I distinctly remember the peak at the third graph line still being under the expected average line quite a few months ago.

Expected average reward for one proof of work is determined by difficulty. Rewards drop as difficulty go up. Hopefully the next time difficulty will go down and rewards will go up.

So since it is showing expected average from the past months wouldnt the line not be straight, and be adjusted for when the difficulty changed? Right now the line seems to show "if the difficulty was always what it was today, then here is the expected average." But since in the past the difficulty was less the slope should be greater at those times. Or am i missing something?

[DrHaribo]

So since it is showing expected average from the past months wouldnt the line not be straight, and be adjusted for when the difficulty changed? Right now the line seems to show "if the difficulty was always what it was today, then here is the expected average." But since in the past the difficulty was less the slope should be greater at those times. Or am i missing something?

The second chart is just the numbers from the first one added up. The yellow line in the second graph is actually slightly curved, but you can't see it with the naked eye.

If you hit "view source" in the browser you can see the javascript function accumulate() that is used to add up numbers from the first chart to create data for the second.

[bombo999]

This is by far the best pool I have used.  Just finished moving the last of my accounts from deepbit.  Keep up the great work.

[Turbor]

My singles are finally underway.

[bombo999]

Are there any plans to add namecoin to bitcoin direct conversion?

[DrHaribo]

This is by far the best pool I have used.  Just finished moving the last of my accounts from deepbit.  Keep up the great work.

Thank you, good sir. That's good motivation to keep working on BitMinter, as is the hash rate going up so much lately.

My singles are finally underway.

Winning!

Are there any plans to add namecoin to bitcoin direct conversion?

There are plans to add something along those lines. I can't promise when, though.

[organofcorti]

Hashrate went up again for the fourth week in a row making Bitminter a middle tier pool. Another four weeks? Anyone want to bet on the probability of bitminter being a top tier pool by then?

[molecular]

Hashrate went up again for the fourth week in a row making Bitminter a middle tier pool. Another four weeks? Anyone want to bet on the probability of bitminter being a top tier pool by then?

go ahead and make a bet at betsofbitco.in, that way, we can hedge against it not being so and also have some little gambling fun

[ZodiacDragon84]

Doc, What is the theoretical limit for your server on hash rate at the moment?

[ge0rgieee]

can someone tell me how i can run diablo with bitminer?

[ZodiacDragon84]

can someone tell me how i can run diablo with bitminer?

Hijacked directly from the Bitminter.com homepage.

If you want to use a different miner: connect it to mint.bitminter.com:8332 and as login use your username and machinename separated by an underscore, e.g. "myname_mymachine". If port 8332 is problematic for you, you can use port 80 instead.

Hope it helps!