[204 GH/s] yourbtc.net closing it's doors on 2011-12-08

[urstroyer]

@Hotdog453 & @gigavps:
I really hope you won't get GOXED and receive your payment sooner or later there!

We just intruduced the Member Status System!

What does that mean for me?

You will receive special benefits as a VIP Member for donating at least 3% to the pool:

* Instant 100% block rewards
** No more waiting for 120 confirmations until you receive a payout
** You will be payed for invalid (orphaned) blocks too

One of the next planned benefits for VIP Member:
- Cashout your balance according to your score
described by Meni Rosenfeld here: https://bitcoil.co.il/pool_analysis.pdf (Chapter 7.7 Score cashout)

[jamesg]

My coins finally made it.  

<sarcasm>

As for the pool, it would be great if someone else could find a block

154220   2011-11-21 14:37:47   gigavps   1,002,904   54.30290127   0.00005415   1.15%   0
154159   2011-11-21 03:32:48   gigavps   2,721,052   81.98756643   0.00003013   1.16%   63
154063   2011-11-20 12:41:38   gigavps   4,499,229   87.25668638   0.00001939   1.01%   120
153954   2011-11-19 12:19:59   gigavps   516,253   31.88870399   0.00006177   1.05%   120

</sarcasm>

I'm on fire!!!  

[urstroyer]

Please update all your worker to connect: mining.yourbtc.net:8999

Connections to yourbtc.net:8999 will be shut down tonight at 07:00 PM (GMT+1).

[Hotdog453]

Yup, mine did too.

The member levels make sense, and that's a nice feature to have. Props.

[teukon]

My coins finally made it. 

<sarcasm>

As for the pool, it would be great if someone else could find a block

154220   2011-11-21 14:37:47   gigavps   1,002,904   54.30290127   0.00005415   1.15%   0
154159   2011-11-21 03:32:48   gigavps   2,721,052   81.98756643   0.00003013   1.16%   63
154063   2011-11-20 12:41:38   gigavps   4,499,229   87.25668638   0.00001939   1.01%   120
153954   2011-11-19 12:19:59   gigavps   516,253   31.88870399   0.00006177   1.05%   120

</sarcasm>

I'm on fire!!! 

Lol.  This reminds me of the beginning of November when you were finding nearly 1 block per day.  I don't know if these stats exist on the site but so far the top contributors are:

gigavps: 16 blocks
Anonymous: 10 blocks
1l1l11ll1l: 7 blocks

Anonymous did a lot of work at the pool before you arrived.

[urstroyer]

[Feature Update 2011-11-22}

Hall of Fame
* Here you can prove yourself and take a look, how you perform in our pool.

Share Payout Comparison
* You find it here: Pool Statistics -> Charts -> Share Payout
* Compare DGM and PPS method on pool history.
* Those numbers are historical values and have no influence on future luck in finding blocks.

@admins: we would appreciate to get this thread sticky, we are already top 10.

[freshzive]

I love that this pool gets new features nearly everyday  

urstroyer is a machine

edit: 1 block found by me in the hall of fame, yay

[jamesg]

I love that this pool gets new features nearly everyday  

urstroyer is a machine

edit: 1 block found by me in the hall of fame, yay

Yep. And the uptime of the pools has been fantastic also. I have one rig showing 150k shares submitted and it's still going! 

[teukon]

I love that this pool gets new features nearly everyday  

urstroyer is a machine

edit: 1 block found by me in the hall of fame, yay

Yep. And the uptime of the pools has been fantastic also. I have one rig showing 150k shares submitted and it's still going! 

Agreed; the hashrate charts suggests that any server downtime problems have been significantly reduced.  It's still early days to say that reliablility is a selling point of this pool but I'm hopeful that this high quality service will continue and yourbtc.net will build such a reputation over the next month or so.

[Hotdog453]

Yup. The pool is incredibly boring from that aspect; the bitch just runs and runs and runs and runs and runs.

[freshzive]

Getting close to the 400GHash/s mark now...wow

[urstroyer]

We did some polish into the Hall of Fame, so you'll receive a golden/silver/bronze bitcoin medal for top 3 places.

In addition every user can now use the private mail feature on the website to contact other pool member or me, the pool op.

There are still capacitys for new member!

If you looking for a reliable and stable pool and like the thrill of pplns but dislike it's flaw (variance) then the Double Geometric Method we use, could be interesting for you.

yourbtc.net is still on 0% fee and offers special benefits for VIP User who donate at least 3% (currently Instant Payouts and orphaned block insurance). That's a really good offer.

And this could also be interesting:

p2k, a very skilled developer, is working an a poolserver software called ecoinpool.
We are already alpha testing this software in a dedicated enviroment and it has already found it's first bitcoin block on main net.
More details will follow over the next weeks.

[plastic.elastic]

Why is this pool not on the top 10 list?

Mods got no love for you?

[teukon]

Why is this pool not on the top 10 list?

Mods got no love for you?

Perhaps the mods just haven't been on for a long time.  It's not a big worry though.  The fact is, even unstickied, this pool has quickly swelled to the size of arsbitcoin.com and eligius.st.

[ocminer]

Hey urs,

just wanted to let you know the new server is doing a really good job, keep up the good work !

[likuidxd]

Came to check you guys out, old IRC pal from ARS is here;
Whats up GigaVPS!

You guys seem to be moving along very well. Debating a change...I know it's lazy but, can you reiterate your payment method, more importantly could you just reiterate equation?

-I apologize, I can't stand reading Meni

[Meni Rosenfeld]

-I apologize, I can't stand reading Meni

Is there anything I can do to change this?

[urstroyer]

yourbtc.net closing it's doors on 2011-12-08

Hello fellow miners,

it was really a hard decision for me but i'am going to close this pool within the end of day.

I underestimated the amount of time it takes to operate that pool and can't combine it with my fulltime job and private life any longer.
If anyone is interested in taking over the pool, just let me know.

When the poolserver has been shut down, the pool will generate additional "pseudo blocks" on current difficulty until your credit reaches less than 0.00000001 BTC.
So you will receive some additional payouts, just like you would have stopped mining for a while.

Please don't be sad, there are lots of other great pools out there:

- Eclipse MC (http://www.eclipsemc.com) another great double geometric payout pool
- Bitminter (http://www.bitminter.com) another really cool pool, the webfrontend and charts are awesome
- ABCPool (http://www.ABCPool.co) 0% pps, those guys who run this pool have to be crazy not taking a fee

I would like to thank all of you, who trusted in yourbtc.net! Special thanks to Meni who consulted me very well and invented this awesome DGM payout method.

@Mods: please unstick me again, i think Eclipse MC is the pool, that should be sticked instead. Thanks and sorry for inconvinience.

[Hotdog453]

Sad to see you close your doors

[teukon]

I'm sorry to see this pool likely come to an end so soon but I'm definitely glad that you're not allowing this project to cut too deeply into your own life.

I hope you had fun creating and growing this pool .  I certainly had fun helping.