[ANN] The First Litecoin PPS Pool (litecoinpool.org)

[RHA]

In my case, people from Litecoinpool have found that my miners firmware requests unusually high share difficulty. I use Titan miners with Gen Tarkin mod. Earlier this request caused no problems, because the share difficulty maximum at the pool was much lower. A few days ago the maximum was increased to allow better compatibility with large mining operations. In effect my miners are getting what they ask: very high share difficulty, so they submit the shares so infrequently that the pool is unable to estimate the short-term speed of my miners. The solution/workaround is in the works.
Thank you.

[fanten]

Next Difficulty Estimate   1,272,325 (+23.3%)

is that mean by less than 3 days time we will have difficulty raised by 23%? wow thats a lot. it hurt.

what caused this to spike? the next batch of l3+ that coming from bitmain? it this continue, ltc wont be profitable to mine anymore by next year.

[AmDD]

Wow, i didnt realize how high the difficulty had gotten. The network just continues to grow and inch forward. Go Litecoin!

[fanten]

Wow, i didnt realize how high the difficulty had gotten. The network just continues to grow and inch forward. Go Litecoin!

just a quick spike i hope. LTC not that profitable to mine right now as the price not going up. LTC still have a lot of potential to go to the moon. 

right now the network please do not grow too fast as it is getting hard to mine

[QuintLeo]

Bitmain seems to have averaged selling a new batch of L3+ about once a month for most of a year now (the first 2-3 batches were the L3 though).

 Innosilicon has sold a few batches of the A4 and the first A4+ batch should be shipping early next month.

 No idea how many BW.com L21 units are in use by now.


 Folks will cut back on miner purchases when the profitability drops enough.

[adamvp]

Next Difficulty Estimate   1,272,325 (+23.3%)

is that mean by less than 3 days time we will have difficulty raised by 23%? wow thats a lot. it hurt.

what caused this to spike? the next batch of l3+ that coming from bitmain? it this continue, ltc wont be profitable to mine anymore by next year.

Could you tell me where did you check Difficulty?
Because my earnings are almost not changed - I have a little loss only - not more than about 0.03ltc/day - so there isn't 23% absolutly 

[fanten]

Next Difficulty Estimate   1,272,325 (+23.3%)

is that mean by less than 3 days time we will have difficulty raised by 23%? wow thats a lot. it hurt.

what caused this to spike? the next batch of l3+ that coming from bitmain? it this continue, ltc wont be profitable to mine anymore by next year.

Could you tell me where did you check Difficulty?
Because my earnings are almost not changed - I have a little loss only - not more than about 0.03ltc/day - so there isn't 23% absolutly 

U got 0.03 per day? Really? What is your hashrate? I got around 0.25 and lowest 0.210 per day.

You can check the difficulty and estimate here.

www.litecoinpool.org/stats

[dawidt]

i'm using litecoinpool.org from 2 monts.
nice function is API
we don't need to login to check our miners.

best regards

[hercthx]

And what about "stratum requested work restart" on numerous pools - and since I see the wotk done, the credentials are fine, and everything works perfectly for some time then suddenly at least a ton of "stratum requested work restart" with no reason at all

If by "a ton" you mean a few times per minute then it's perfectly normal, see the FAQ.

How about a restart every few seconds? Could that normal as well? Just wondering if I should start troubleshooting my rig. It might be just a heavy workflow day, I'll keep an eye on it the next few days. This morning I'm seeing restart requests every few seconds, and my g-blades have dropped from an average of 2.8+gh/s to around 2gh/s per blade this morning!

[pooler]

And what about "stratum requested work restart" on numerous pools - and since I see the wotk done, the credentials are fine, and everything works perfectly for some time then suddenly at least a ton of "stratum requested work restart" with no reason at all

If by "a ton" you mean a few times per minute then it's perfectly normal, see the FAQ.

How about a restart every few seconds? Could that normal as well? Just wondering if I should start troubleshooting my rig. It might be just a heavy workflow day, I'll keep an eye on it the next few days. This morning I'm seeing restart requests every few seconds, and my g-blades have dropped from an average of 2.8+gh/s to around 2gh/s per blade this morning!

It's fine to receive 2-3 of those messages within a few seconds. You should start worrying if you receive more than, say, 10 in one minute.

[fanten]

Wow the estinated difficulty rising is scary. Next difficulty will spike till more than 40%. That is just too much.

[hercthx]

And what about "stratum requested work restart" on numerous pools - and since I see the wotk done, the credentials are fine, and everything works perfectly for some time then suddenly at least a ton of "stratum requested work restart" with no reason at all

If by "a ton" you mean a few times per minute then it's perfectly normal, see the FAQ.

How about a restart every few seconds? Could that normal as well? Just wondering if I should start troubleshooting my rig. It might be just a heavy workflow day, I'll keep an eye on it the next few days. This morning I'm seeing restart requests every few seconds, and my g-blades have dropped from an average of 2.8+gh/s to around 2gh/s per blade this morning!

It's fine to receive 2-3 of those messages within a few seconds. You should start worrying if you receive more than, say, 10 in one minute.

Thanks Pooler, I guess it was a heavy production weekend. the restarts seem back to normal now. Sat morning and thru yesterday yes I was seeing prob a couple dozen a min at times.

[faithnaira]

hellow guys!
i am a new 1....

can someone tell me how i start the miners?
they do nothing

thnx for your time

greetz

[mirexusa123]

hello

 can someone help and tell me how can i use blocks ? or if litecoinpool  have some " rewards " how can i get it ?

 thanks for attention


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[premoguy]

Hello all,

My L3+'s are pointed to litecoin pool but I am getting a "dead" status.  I have my LTC address.workername in the address field and workername again in the password field.  I am not sure if this is formatted right, as the website doesn't offer a lot of support.  I will post screenshots later when I'm on the appropriate network and join the IRC to ask, but I was hoping someone had ran into this issue and there was an easy fix.

[pooler]

My L3+'s are pointed to litecoin pool but I am getting a "dead" status.  I have my LTC address.workername in the address field and workername again in the password field.

No, that's completely wrong. You should simply enter the username of one of your workers in the "Worker" field, and its password in the "Password" field.

I am not sure if this is formatted right, as the website doesn't offer a lot of support.

Sorry but I must disagree. The "Getting Started" section at the very top of the Help page tells you exactly what username and password you must use.

[millerfilm]

I just got my Antminer L3+ up and running this morning. And, I am hashing away on Litecoinpool.

My question: I saw the first post that talked about the ability to do merged mining. I was wondering how that worked. I do not see an option for it on my Litecoinpool account page. And, I do not see an option in my Antminer configuration.

Could someone help me out with this? Is it possible to get Dogecoin, etc. while mining on Litecoinpool? And, is it possible to do merged mining with an L3+?

Thank you, in advance, for your help!

[pooler]

My question: I saw the first post that talked about the ability to do merged mining. I was wondering how that worked. I do not see an option for it on my Litecoinpool account page. And, I do not see an option in my Antminer configuration.

Merged mining is handled automatically on the pool's side, you don't need to do anything.
How it works is briefly explained on the pool's homepage, as well as in the FAQ and in the first post of this thread:

Since September 11, 2014, the pool supports merged mining of Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies, resulting in higher payouts than with a regular Litecoin pool.

Every valid share you submit to this pool is instantly credited to your account at the current pay-per-share (PPS) rate. This rate, expressed in litecoins, also takes into account merged-mined coins such as Dogecoin, resulting in higher payouts than a regular Litecoin pool. Thanks to merged mining, you have to pay no fee; in fact, your earnings may even be higher than with a 0-fee PPS system.

[...] Thanks to merged mining, a technique that allows multiple cryptocurrencies to be mined simultaneously, it is possible to achieve PPS ratios higher than 100%. [...]

[millerfilm]

[...] Thanks to merged mining, a technique that allows multiple cryptocurrencies to be mined simultaneously, it is possible to achieve PPS ratios higher than 100%. [...]

So, does that mean that, in lieu of my paying a pool fee for using litecoinpool, they merge mine and keep the Dogecoin, etc. for themselves?

Thank you for your replies and your help!

[pooler]

So, does that mean that, in lieu of my paying a pool fee for using litecoinpool, they merge mine and keep the Dogecoin, etc. for themselves?

No, the output of merged mining also contributes to miners' rewards (otherwise how could the pool pay 101% PPS?), but rather than having a complex system with payouts on 7 different chains all payouts are made in litecoins.