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Question: Which time is most convenient for you?  (Voting closed: October 12, 2011, 06:15:05 AM)
Wednesday Oct 12, 09:00 GMT - 12 (13.2%)
Wednesday Oct 12, 15:00 GMT - 10 (11%)
Wednesday Oct 12, 21:00 GMT - 30 (33%)
Thursday Oct 13, 03:00 GMT - 39 (42.9%)
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October 09, 2011, 06:15:05 AM
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See Litecoin announcement here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47417.0

We wanted to be fair so there are 4 options that are 6 hours apart spanning the 24 hours in a day. Vote for the the time most convenient to you.

Note: the options are in GMT times. So make sure you convert it to your timezone. For example, US pacific time is GMT -7, so the first option is actually 2am PDT. And US eastern time is GMT -4, so the first option is actually 5am EDT.

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October 09, 2011, 06:51:29 PM
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I'm really hoping that it's not going to be 3 in the morning... But no doubt it will be due to the number of non-UK users Sad
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October 09, 2011, 06:53:48 PM
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Don't want to depress you but 3.00 GMT is actually 4 in the morning at the moment :-|
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October 09, 2011, 06:58:45 PM
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Why is "NEVER" not an option in the poll  Roll Eyes ? We are sick of these scamchains.
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October 09, 2011, 07:16:15 PM
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Don't want to depress you but 3.00 GMT is actually 4 in the morning at the moment :-|
...I forgot about that. Guess I'll be setting up a cronjob and hoping for the best.
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October 10, 2011, 08:18:45 PM
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Wish more people from the US would weigh in on this so...  I might have to get up extra early...
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October 11, 2011, 12:23:17 AM
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Wish more people from the US would weigh in on this so...  I might have to get up extra early...
Wish more people from Europe would weigh in on this so...  I might have to STAY UP UNTIL 4AM...
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October 11, 2011, 04:48:14 AM
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Please launch as late as possible. Thanks !
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October 11, 2011, 08:07:27 AM
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I hope we get a second round to choose between the 2 most voted options. It'd be sad to end up launching at 3am just because GMT voters got spread over 3 day times.

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October 11, 2011, 08:08:30 AM
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I hope we get a second round to choose between the 2 most voted options. It'd be sad to end up launching at 3am just because GMT voters got spread over 3 day times.

If there's a close tie between the last 2 options. Would it make sense to launch halfway between them?

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October 11, 2011, 08:15:31 AM
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I hope we get a second round to choose between the 2 most voted options. It'd be sad to end up launching at 3am just because GMT voters got spread over 3 day times.

If there's a close tie between the last 2 options. Would it make sense to launch halfway between them?
Not as much as averaging over the 4 options (weighted by number of votes). The thing is, probably most of those who voted 9am or 3pm would have picked 9am if the only option were 3am vs 9pm.

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October 11, 2011, 08:17:48 AM
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I hope we get a second round to choose between the 2 most voted options. It'd be sad to end up launching at 3am just because GMT voters got spread over 3 day times.

If there's a close tie between the last 2 options. Would it make sense to launch halfway between them?
Not as much as averaging over the 4 options (weighted by number of votes). The thing is, probably most of those who voted 9am or 3pm would have picked 9am if the only option were 3am vs 9pm.

No, in such cases you usually eliminate the last option, then you do the poll again  and repeat until you have a winner Smiley
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October 11, 2011, 08:19:17 AM
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No, in such cases you usually eliminate the last option, then you do the poll again  and repeat until you have a winner Smiley
That was my first suggestion Wink

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October 11, 2011, 08:27:03 AM
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I hope we get a second round to choose between the 2 most voted options. It'd be sad to end up launching at 3am just because GMT voters got spread over 3 day times.

If there's a close tie between the last 2 options. Would it make sense to launch halfway between them?
Not as much as averaging over the 4 options (weighted by number of votes). The thing is, probably most of those who voted 9am or 3pm would have picked 9am if the only option were 3am vs 9pm.

No, in such cases you usually eliminate the last option, then you do the poll again  and repeat until you have a winner Smiley

You can change your pick. So I've asked people who currently are picking one of the 2 losers to change their pick to which of the 2 winning options they prefer.

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October 11, 2011, 09:20:37 AM
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I hope we get a second round to choose between the 2 most voted options. It'd be sad to end up launching at 3am just because GMT voters got spread over 3 day times.

If there's a close tie between the last 2 options. Would it make sense to launch halfway between them?
Yes this seems like the fairest idea!
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October 11, 2011, 11:55:41 AM
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You can change your pick.
It doesn't seem so... or the "change your vote" button is damn well hidden Sad

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October 11, 2011, 03:09:31 PM
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where is the change vote button (In hindsight I would rather launch my miners and deal with whatever bugs come up in what for me is early evening rather than at 4am...)


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October 11, 2011, 03:47:47 PM
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I hope we get a second round to choose between the 2 most voted options. It'd be sad to end up launching at 3am just because GMT voters got spread over 3 day times.

If there's a close tie between the last 2 options. Would it make sense to launch halfway between them?

that would be changing the rules of the vote halfway. Not fair.
It is also very possible that the average would be very inconvenient for people who voted for the nearest time slot. For instance 1h more or less can make the difference between being at home and being at work.
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October 11, 2011, 04:29:45 PM
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Quick question, when the launch does happen, will we need to do any config changes in order to mine? Apart from setting testnet=0 of course

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October 11, 2011, 04:42:54 PM
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I hope we get a second round to choose between the 2 most voted options. It'd be sad to end up launching at 3am just because GMT voters got spread over 3 day times.

If there's a close tie between the last 2 options. Would it make sense to launch halfway between them?

that would be changing the rules of the vote halfway. Not fair.
It is also very possible that the average would be very inconvenient for people who voted for the nearest time slot. For instance 1h more or less can make the difference between being at home and being at work.
It's not fair already. A weighted average between the 2 would be a good compromise, as it's going to be inconvienient for the everyone that didn't get the one they wanted regardless.
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