[ANN][Pool][Profit-Switch][Optional Auto-Exchange per Coin][Vardiff] ~ Hashcows

[jedimstr]

I've been mining since September on hashco.ws.  I think something is seriously wrong now.

I've been on Hashco.ws since they started but moved my rigs back to Middlecoin (previously I spread out amongst different pools to try out and compare) when they had noticeable jumps in profitability at the start of the Doge-craze. Then the hack happened and things haven't been the same since which is totally understandable. 

It's a vicious cycle really.  The hack necessitated a rewrite of the pool and that takes time, especially if you're not sure what security holes to plug. As time ticks on, people move their rigs to other pools, lowering the overall hashrate by a sizeable margin. Even with the good vibes from ATriz and Nearmiss' good handling of refunds, not enough people have jumped back onboard. The low hashrate means Hashco.ws can't mine certain more profitable coins resulting in lower relative payouts.  Low payouts vs Middlecoin means more people won't jump back onboard... Shake, rinse, and repeat.

I love the concept of this pool, but it's going to need major changes to get back where it was before the hack.

[aTriz]

I've been mining since September on hashco.ws.  I think something is seriously wrong now.

I've been on Hashco.ws since they started but moved my rigs back to Middlecoin (previously I spread out amongst different pools to try out and compare) when they had noticeable jumps in profitability at the start of the Doge-craze. Then the hack happened and things haven't been the same since which is totally understandable.  

It's a vicious cycle really.  The hack necessitated a rewrite of the pool and that takes time, especially if you're not sure what security holes to plug. As time ticks on, people move their rigs to other pools, lowering the overall hashrate by a sizeable margin. Even with the good vibes from ATriz and Nearmiss' good handling of refunds, not enough people have jumped back onboard. The low hashrate means Hashco.ws can't mine certain more profitable coins resulting in lower relative payouts.  Low payouts vs Middlecoin means more people won't jump back onboard... Shake, rinse, and repeat.

I love the concept of this pool, but it's going to need major changes to get back where it was before the hack.

Well said.

Working on fixing up the un-exchanged and exchanged balances so they are accurate.

[Lovok]

I've tried this pool for some time, got only about 20% BTC compared to direct LTC mining! Wtf? This pool is total shit, avoid it.

[induktor]

The low hashrate means Hashco.ws can't mine certain more profitable coins resulting in lower relative payouts.  Low payouts vs Middlecoin means more people won't jump back onboard... Shake, rinse, and repeat.

I didn't knew that!
so... If more of us jump in to mine, then they can move to more profitable coins?, if that is the case I can make a small effort, for, let's say, two weeks, and move 8 or 10 rigs here, but my partners will kill me if the profit is too low hehe I only own 33% of the rigs, so I must make sure that the profit will stay within normal parameters

[Randallphoto]

Profits are up today I see.

I've been averaging around 0.006-0.007 BTC with 1.1Mhs (down from the Doge days of .014/day) but it's really the same here or middlecoin. sometimes they have bad days, sometimes cows has bad days, but it averages out. Today though I'm already at .006 and it's only been around 16 hours! Maybe RPC is finally starting to mature

[induktor]

I've tried this pool for some time, got only about 20% BTC compared to direct LTC mining! Wtf? This pool is total shit, avoid it.

that's way too much, your math should probably be wrong, or you didn't wait long enough, wait another day, I have been mining here for several months, I can tell you now that this pool is right now, about 60% vs middlecoin, but not less.
and remember that payment takes time, 24hs at the very least, this is normal in auto switching pools.

also middlecoin sucks because they up the difficult at 1024, so, unless you have a R9 290X (which I don't, because i don't like cards with so little safety operational marging), about 40% or more of the gpu work is useless.
that doesn't happen here where the difficult is lower and more realistic.

[Anubite]

Why are rejects for the pool so high? Almost always over 10%, often over 15%. This might help explain the reduction in profits.

[frontier204]

Is there an issue with the Round Shares Accepted (Adj) and Round Shares Rejected (Adj) in the workers page?

The only worker that has a nonzero value for those is the first one (youraccount.1). I set up 2 other workers, and while they showed a proper hashrate estimate, the Round Shares columns stayed at zero after leaving 1 mining for a day and another for 8 hours. Anyway, I'm moving my miners back to the first worker until that issue gets cleared up.

[EvilShrike]

I mined on this pool with 1.5 KHS for more than a day. Earned about 0.00085 BTC (as it was reported in "Confirmed Exchanged Balance" on "Staticstics" page). Then stopped. After a day my balance become 0.00005 (yeah, 4 zeros instead of 3!). I made a payout which is still pending for a day.
So I believe it's a FRAUD.  

Just avoid it.

Tealover?  Is that you?

No, man.

The cows are hardly frauds. I think you need to look back at the 148 other pages....

Great piece of advice, thanx
Really I just provided my use-case. Is it normal that balance dissapears? Is it normal that cashout is pending for 2 days?

[barabashko]

For 12hours at hashcows i got 0.0045btc for 3500kh/s
Multipools are dead?!

[Eastwind]

For 12hours at hashcows i got 0.0045btc for 3500kh/s
Multipools are dead?!

You need wait more than 72 hours. It takes time for the coins to mature and to be exchanged.

[xavieris]

For 12hours at hashcows i got 0.0045btc for 3500kh/s
Multipools are dead?!

You need wait more than 72 hours. It takes time for the coins to mature and to be exchanged.

I usually get 0.021 btc with average 3.5 Mh/s per day but the number current balance is refreshing only once a day now, so u have to w8 some time and dont blame the pool after 12hrs

[meelvanchris]

I usually get 0.021 btc with average 3.5 Mh/s per day but the number current balance is refreshing only once a day now, so u have to w8 some time and dont blame the pool after 12hrs

So why would one use this pool then? couldnt you get at least 0.05btc a day wit 3.5mh mining coins urself?

[induktor]

For 12hours at hashcows i got 0.0045btc for 3500kh/s
Multipools are dead?!

I don't think so (yet) but, if profitability lowers 30% more, it will be better mine LTC directly, I think it is still more profitable than LTC, but for a small marging today, of course that could change!, remember the doge rush in december .

[pallas]

For 12hours at hashcows i got 0.0045btc for 3500kh/s
Multipools are dead?!

I don't think so (yet) but, if profitability lowers 30% more, it will be better mine LTC directly, I think it is still more profitable than LTC, but for a small marging today, of course that could change!, remember the doge rush in december .

actually there is a similar rush on doge right now.

[induktor]

For 12hours at hashcows i got 0.0045btc for 3500kh/s
Multipools are dead?!

I don't think so (yet) but, if profitability lowers 30% more, it will be better mine LTC directly, I think it is still more profitable than LTC, but for a small marging today, of course that could change!, remember the doge rush in december .

actually there is a similar rush on doge right now.

Things starting to look better now

[Nightragerz]

So if this pool can't mine the most profitable coins because it's hashing power is to low, we need more people in this pool.

Implement a referral system!

[MoDu]

That's asking for trouble, just keep the pool solid and the users will come (again).

[induktor]

That's asking for trouble, just keep the pool solid and the users will come (again).

+1

[bitlynx]

I apologize for my newb ways, but I am trying to nail down some "facts" about this pool since I started trying it out only yesterday.  I'm connected and things are humming along but sometimes it fails and jumps to one of my backup pools.  I manually switch it back to Hashcows and it keeps on trucking.

I read on this forum that there's some question about Hashcows requiring an "older version" of CGMiner to prevent failovers, yet I couldn't find specifics in a search or in the FAQs.  Is this true, and, if so, what version should I be using (and why?)

For calculating profitability (whether or not I should stick with the pool) I am reading in this forum that 24 hours is not enough time; I need to wait for 72 hours due to a delay in auto-selling alt coins.  Again, I can't find confirmation, nor do I see this in the FAQs.  Is it true?

As far as The Hack, is there an official response post somewhere about it?  I searched and, yes, you guessed it, couldn't find anything but general conversation.  I understand I totally suck at searching, but please help me out and point me in the right direction.  I'll even happily accept a "RTFM" response as long as you point me to the URL where TFM is located!

Is there a page (or sticky post) somewhere that details what upcoming features are being worked on?  Many posters seem to want a visible accounting system, which I would like as well.  It's tough to determine how I'm doing with just a single number up there and no way to determine the time span during which that number came to be.

Thanks again, and my apologies if these answers are all out there and I just fail at searching!