Eligius: 0% Fee BTC, 105% PPS NMC, No registration, CPPSRB

[TRN1062]

Got any suggestions of a good pool to move to?

I don't know about anyone else but I for one have never found a pool run as well as Eligius nor one that never has or will rip anyone off or lose their coins. I have tried a few as backups but when I tested them I came back very quickly to Eligius as my primary simply because it is the best or has been.. Id love to see stats... but I know if they are not done it is just that wk is swamped either with a problem with the pool or something in RL which we all have to remember he also has one of.

WizKid and Eligius have always done right by me and I will stick by this pool and owner 110%

[CrypR]

I'm with you TRN1062

[Bonio]

I have used other pools in the past too and I settled with Eligus because I trust it, well I did. Im still mining there I think, who knows? Something simple would keep me happy, like I said before in my question it seems strange that the whole thing was closed before the new one was ready. Why the rush?

[therealsatan]

I just signed up for an account to say that Eligius seems to be the best deal out there as far as mining goes, and wizkid seems to be a real supporter of Bitcoin, not just in it for himself but is actually interested in helping Bitcoin go mainstream. If you haven't noticed, there's no pool fee.

He's trying to make improvements here and it sounds like he's almost done. Be patient. He's doing all this in his free time and on his own coin.

wizkid, I'm with you all the way. Keep up the great work!

[grandpa86]

I definitely want to stay with wizkid but the programmer that set up my miner has it running in Linux in the background. Without stats I cant tell if it is even running. But that is not wizkid's fault or problem, it is all the way mine.

[CustomDesigned]

I definitely want to stay with wizkid but the programmer that set up my miner has it running in Linux in the background. Without stats I cant tell if it is even running. But that is not wizkid's fault or problem, it is all the way mine.

cgminer has an API, and there is a miner.php script included that makes nice looking colorful tables from the data.  Enable the API in your config (on localhost if concerned about security).  Run httpd and serve miner.php (with edits for the API address and port).

[chuckie]

Your programmer might have created a log file. Do

ps aux | grep cgminer

You should see one or two processes doing the mining (and the ps you just did).

Now put the number from the second column (its the process ID) into this command:

ls -l /proc/[YOUR-PROCESS-ID/fd

This will list the files your miner script has open. Note that you will probably need root permissions for this command (use sudo or su or just log in as root). Look for one that looks like a log file!

What I see is this...

lr-x------ 1 root root 64 Feb 15 08:09 0 -> /dev/null
l-wx------ 1 root root 64 Feb 15 08:09 1 -> /var/log/cgminer.1.log
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 Feb 15 08:09 10 -> /usr/bin/cgminer
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Feb 15 08:09 2 -> socket:[27286]

So all I have to do now is

tail -f /var/log/cgminer.1.log

and I can see my stats locally.

[dejavuboy]

lr-x------ 1 root root 64 Feb 15 08:09 0 -> /dev/null
l-wx------ 1 root root 64 Feb 15 08:09 1 -> /var/log/cgminer.1.log
lr-x------ 1 root root 64 Feb 15 08:09 10 -> /usr/bin/cgminer
lrwx------ 1 root root 64 Feb 15 08:09 2 -> socket:[27286]
socket:kakam geldi

[wizkid057]

Cleaned a little bit of nonsense out of this thread.  I hadn't had a chance to check in with this thread... nor did Bitcointalk feel like notifying me of new replies yet again... as I'm currently recovering from a failure of my main desktop machine.  Fortunately I keep frequent and decent backups, and nothing important was lost.  The downtime for my rebuild and recovery put me in a time crunch on non-Eligius projects, however, and I've had to double up my efforts to catch up.

I sincerely appreciate the patience and confidence of the users sticking with Eligius through this admittedly rough transition.  I honestly fully expected everything to be setup and ready to go in a reasonable amount of time, but that just hasn't happened as planned.  I'm nearly caught back up on non-Eligius work and will get back to the getting the new stats side of things working ASAP.

The Eligius back end database and reward system have been functioning normally, and all mining is being counted appropriately.  As always, the public-faced web services are not directly connected with the core database and are not required for mining operations to work.

-wk

[TRN1062]

Cleaned a little bit of nonsense out of this thread.  I hadn't had a chance to check in with this thread... nor did Bitcointalk feel like notifying me of new replies yet again... as I'm currently recovering from a failure of my main desktop machine.  Fortunately I keep frequent and decent backups, and nothing important was lost.  The downtime for my rebuild and recovery put me in a time crunch on non-Eligius projects, however, and I've had to double up my efforts to catch up.

I sincerely appreciate the patience and confidence of the users sticking with Eligius through this admittedly rough transition.  I honestly fully expected everything to be setup and ready to go in a reasonable amount of time, but that just hasn't happened as planned.  I'm nearly caught back up on non-Eligius work and will get back to the getting the new stats side of things working ASAP.

The Eligius back end database and reward system have been functioning normally, and all mining is being counted appropriately.  As always, the public-faced web services are not directly connected with the core database and are not required for mining operations to work.

-wk

Thank you for the update WK. I had my desktop crash a short time ago so I know the pain of rebuilding.... I was able to recover most everything important INCLUDING my Bitcoin core wallet.... thankfully.

I am looking forward to the new stats page when you get it done. I appreciate all the work you put in on keeping this pool running and keeping it the best.

Thanks again!

[bomberb17]

Ok so when was the last block mined? what's the current pool luck?

[Vikingfr]

Ok so when was the last block mined?

you can check by yourself:
https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/pool/eligius

[Pyrojason]

Ok so when was the last block mined?

you can check by yourself:
https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/pool/eligius

Nice- very useful. I didn't even know that was an option.
The current seems like a long section compared to ones of recent.  

[bomberb17]

Ok useful indeed. Is there any way however to calculate the pool luck? It looks like we've run into bad luck again.

[SLEI]

Are the new statistics pages going to happen anytime soon, I have mined in Elgius very very long time but I like to see if my miners are doing something or only wasting electricity??

[bitsink]

Are the new statistics pages going to happen anytime soon, I have mined in Elgius very very long time but I like to see if my miners are doing something or only wasting electricity??

I concur - would be very nice to have the stats back.

[bitsink]

Ok so when was the last block mined?

you can check by yourself:
https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/pool/eligius

Nice- very useful. I didn't even know that was an option.
The current seems like a long section compared to ones of recent.  

Hm. The last block found was 449912 - over a month ago. Is this pool still running? Or has it just lost a lot of miners? Is there any way to get at least some basic stats? Thanks.

[corporatetruth]

At this point I would assume that the number of miners using this pool has dropped dramatically. I know I finally gave up and switched. I have a hard time imagining the Eligius pool recovering from this, which is unfortunate.

[wizkid057]

Hash rate has actually been pretty much steady, surprisingly.  So, thanks for putting up me and my pretty ridiculous delays here.  

I'm still working on getting things situated.  The person I had helping with the front end for the new stats decided to bail on me, which isn't helping.  Combine that with 80+-hour weeks on unrelated work and, well the issue on my end is kind of obvious.  Fortunate for me, personally, as I'm working on a pretty lucrative contract at the moment.  Unfortunate for Eligius since I just don't have the time to work on it like I need to.

I'm definitely taking a vacation after this contract is done.  An actual vacation with no work whatsoever to regain some sanity, and setting time aside to get Eligius back to top notch and then some before I take on additional work.

Still pretty confident that the new setup will sell itself to miners once it's all done.  I just regret having botched the time table on this so horribly.

That said, the pool is functioning, work is being counted, etc.  Hash rate is low enough that blocks can take a substantial amount of time, though, but they will be paid appropriately under the new reward system when found.

[HiEnd]

Thank you! I hope you'll finish stats soon! I used Eligius for several years and still there! I'm sure that you'll fix it ASAP! Best Regards!  You're not along, remember it!