[CLOSED] BTC Guild - Pays TxFees+NMC, Stratum, VarDiff, Private Servers

[zerokwel]

Unused coupons for Block Erupters (64 in total) were redistributed.  These now go back to Order #894.  As stated previously, there has been intent shown by ASICMINER to eventually extend the coupon program, but as of this time there is no way for resellers to obtain additional coupon units beyond what was initially provided.

Lame,  I missed it by 9 orders... When are you going to drop the pricing to what the others are offering? Citm is offering .31-.35, Eligius is offering them @ .38 and there is another vendor selling @.32 btc... What gives?

El can sell at whatever price he wants after all its all business

[iamnightelf]

Unused coupons for Block Erupters (64 in total) were redistributed.  These now go back to Order #894.  As stated previously, there has been intent shown by ASICMINER to eventually extend the coupon program, but as of this time there is no way for resellers to obtain additional coupon units beyond what was initially provided.

Lame,  I missed it by 9 orders... When are you going to drop the pricing to what the others are offering? Citm is offering .31-.35, Eligius is offering them @ .38 and there is another vendor selling @.32 btc... What gives?

El can sell at whatever price he wants after all its all business

Well, I did want to continue to support BTCGuild but with the current pricing structure I would be insane to buy from them @ the current price (double of others)... Guess I take my business elsewhere... Since it is just business, right?!?
;-)

[eleuthria]

Prices will eventually drop, once there isn't an already huge waiting list.  We were only able to place our orders with ASICMINER starting yesterday, and now waiting for it to show up.  However, I will not even bother trying to compete with people offering erupters at .31-.35.  That simply isn't worth my time.  Up until ASICMINER ran out of inventory, the pool was starting to have a 24-48 hour turnaround on orders, and speeding up.  The goal with this next inventory batch is that BTC Guild will be able to offer a 24-hour turnaround once the queue is filled.

[americandesi]

Hey El,

I noticed that btcguild doesnot have 2FA option. Is that on your to-do list or you simply donot want it right now.?

[SoggyLettuce]

Hey El,

I noticed that btcguild doesnot have 2FA option. Is that on your to-do list or you simply donot want it right now.?

You can always just lock the email and payout options.

[zombie112]

Logged in a few minutes ago to see this,

https://i.imgur.com/fhfIZNi.jpg

[americandesi]

Hey El,

I noticed that btcguild doesnot have 2FA option. Is that on your to-do list or you simply donot want it right now.?

You can always just lock the email and payout options.

+1. That is other way to secure it for sure.

[WhitePhantom]

How do I contact an admin?

When I set up my account, I used my CellNumber@vtext.com as the E-Mail address so I would get notifications as an SMS instead of an E-Mail.  However, my new phone truncates some of the message, so I can't see the majority of a confirmation link to change my payout address.  I'd like to change the E-Mail address on the account, but that gives me the same problem, a truncated confirmation link.

I can prove the "E-Mail address" is mine if the message is short enough that important information isn't truncated.

[eleuthria]

How do I contact an admin?

When I set up my account, I used my CellNumber@vtext.com as the E-Mail address so I would get notifications as an SMS instead of an E-Mail.  However, my new phone truncates some of the message, so I can't see the majority of a confirmation link to change my payout address.  I'd like to change the E-Mail address on the account, but that gives me the same problem, a truncated confirmation link.

I can prove the "E-Mail address" is mine if the message is short enough that important information isn't truncated.

Send an email to webmaster@btcguild.com with the username and I can prepare a special confirmation link for your phone.

[ak49er]

Not really pool related, but does anyone know another source to confirm blocks to next difficulty?  Bitcoincharts seems to be stuck showing the same info for the last couple of days.

On a pool related note, how about adding the number of blocks to next dificulty to the web site so that I don't have to go find it elsewhere?

[iamnightelf]

Not really pool related, but does anyone know another source to confirm blocks to next difficulty?  Bitcoincharts seems to be stuck showing the same info for the last couple of days.

On a pool related note, how about adding the number of blocks to next dificulty to the web site so that I don't have to go find it elsewhere?

I was just thinking this same thing. PLEASE add this to the dashboard page of the website... Please?!?!

[zerokwel]

Not really pool related, but does anyone know another source to confirm blocks to next difficulty?  Bitcoincharts seems to be stuck showing the same info for the last couple of days.

On a pool related note, how about adding the number of blocks to next dificulty to the web site so that I don't have to go find it elsewhere?

http://bitcoinclock.com/ works well

[organofcorti]

Not really pool related, but does anyone know another source to confirm blocks to next difficulty?  Bitcoincharts seems to be stuck showing the same info for the last couple of days.

On a pool related note, how about adding the number of blocks to next dificulty to the web site so that I don't have to go find it elsewhere?

I was just thinking this same thing. PLEASE add this to the dashboard page of the website... Please?!?!

You can work it out for yourself if you know the current blockheight:

Retarget will occur on: ceiling(currentBlock/2016)*2016 - 1
First block, new difficulty: ceiling(currentBlock/2016)*2016

(the "ceiling" function just means "round up")

As I post this the current block height is 251838, so
Retarget will occur on: ceiling(251838/2016)*2016 - 1 = 125 * 2016 - 1 = 251999
First block, new difficulty: ceiling(251838/2016)*2016 = 125 * 2016 = 252000

HTH

[Trongersoll]

Not really pool related, but does anyone know another source to confirm blocks to next difficulty?  Bitcoincharts seems to be stuck showing the same info for the last couple of days.

On a pool related note, how about adding the number of blocks to next dificulty to the web site so that I don't have to go find it elsewhere?

http://bitcoinclock.com/ works well

It does? for me it has no hands. did someone forget to wind it?

[eleuthria]

Minor pool update:  If you're having problems accessing the website, make sure you're using "www.btcguild.com" and not just "btcguild.com".  I was working on consolidating the last getwork servers, and a DNS entry was updating too quickly.



Semi-major pool update:  The getwork protocol has been lingering on for the last few months.  It still has around 4 TH/s, and it's hard to turn off a server providing that.  With the pool now hitting 110 TH+, that means getwork now represents less than 4% of the pool.  Users still on getwork should update to Stratum immediately.  Users with hardware that requires getwork (ASICMINER blades) should use a Stratum proxy.  A full guide for setting up a Startum proxy will be uploaded this week.

At this time, I expect to be turning getwork off entirely either by September 15th, or when the getwork is less than 2% of the pool's overall speed (which would happen around the time the pool hits 200 TH/s).  Given the last month's growth, the 200 TH/s number might happen before September 15th.

[FatMagic]

Because of the Android Key Rotation thing happening -- many of us have had to change their BTC addresses. I have stopped using my old, and now defunct, address due to this bug - and on the BTC Guild I have this old address locked. How can I change that address if it's locked?

[oliv2915]

I don't believe it can be changed. You will need to ask Eleuthria or send and email to webmaster@btcguild.com

[jarhed]

Because of the Android Key Rotation thing happening -- many of us have had to change their BTC addresses. I have stopped using my old, and now defunct, address due to this bug - and on the BTC Guild I have this old address locked. How can I change that address if it's locked?

Create new account. Consider all prior work as donations........that's if you're mining with GPU, still.

[centove]

Because of the Android Key Rotation thing happening -- many of us have had to change their BTC addresses. I have stopped using my old, and now defunct, address due to this bug - and on the BTC Guild I have this old address locked. How can I change that address if it's locked?

Easiest would be to create a new account.. do a manual payout of what is in the existing account (clean it out) to the address, then send from that address to a new one.

[eleuthria]

Android wallet users with a locked address:  At least for now, as posted above, your best course of action is mining on a new account temporarily.

If you have a locked wallet from an android address, please do the following:  Send an email to webmaster@btcguild.com with a message signed using the private key of the locked address.  Please use the following message template:

"This is [Username of BTC Guild Account].  Please unlock my bitcoin wallet that has the following address: [Address]."

In your email to webmaster@btcguild.com, include the above sentence, and then include the output of the message signing for the above sentence so I can verify.  Since doing the above would require someone to have access to both your wallet private key AND your BTC Guild account, the above is adequate proof of identity to unlock the wallet (since anybody signing that message already has unlimited access to the funds in that wallet).