[∞ YH] US/EU/AU solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 312 blocks solved!

[blockhilltop]

is CK Pool down for anyone else?

I briefly had errors between 09:25 to 9:27 EST [just over 3 hours ago]

[Nexus9090]

is CK Pool down for anyone else?

I briefly had errors between 09:25 to 9:27 EST [just over 3 hours ago]

Gremlins in the Matrix again   

[-ck]

is CK Pool down for anyone else?

yes, it looks like there was a problem.
But my miners are working again right now...

Pool and stats server remained up so presumably the collocation was having some kind of connectivity issue. You can see the drop in hashrate on the stats server but fortunately it was pretty brief.

[aurel57]

While it's not CK pool related, but about an hour or two ago I saw this block [867760] scroll by with the following tag:
FutureBit Apollo Solo

Interesting no? That's probably not a rental, now is..

This was one extremely lucky owner of a Futurebit Apollo II, which is a standalone node and solo miner with only 10TH that runs ckpool internally, and the first identified solo block from one on mainnet, purchased from here: https://www.futurebit.io/

https://mempool.space/block/0000000000000000000182972ccbfabb41ec5c385540dcab2f48c75cf73a695f

ck do you still get your 2% fee?

[NotFuzzyWarm]

ck do you still get your 2% fee?

Too lazy to look at the 1st post which states what his fee is? 

[-ck]

I think he's referring to the fact the Apollo solo block has no donation fee to me. They used ckpool code but the donation feature in the code is optional and turned off by default. Futurebit did not enable it, nor make it configurable so there will be no donation.

[aurel57]

I think he's referring to the fact the Apollo solo block has no donation fee to me. They used ckpool code but the donation feature in the code is optional and turned off by default. Futurebit did not enable it, nor make it configurable so there will be no donation.

yes ck you are correct as i just ordered one and want to make sure you get yours one way or another.

[aurel57]

ck do you still get your 2% fee?

Too lazy to look at the 1st post which states what his fee is?  

Too lazy to read the quote? 

[leandrovitorl]

Another month starting, good luck to us

[SunGlassesRon]

Hello All


Sorry but this may seen like a stupid question but I am not sure so I thought to ask experts.

mining a solo block ?

would I be better to mine 50 x 1Ths miners?

or 1 X 50 Ths miner?

thanks for any reply

[NotFuzzyWarm]

Hello All
Sorry but this may seen like a stupid question but I am not sure so I thought to ask experts.
mining a solo block ? would I be better to mine 50 x 1Ths miners? or 1 X 50 Ths miner?
thanks for any reply

Makes no difference as the work applied is the same.

[paid2]

would I be better to mine 50 x 1Ths miners?

or 1 X 50 Ths miner?

Same hashrate = same chances to find a block, no matter how you split (or not) the hashrate.

Quoting NotFuzzyWarm from another thread:

--snip--
FYI: a block is found by a single chip in a miner. That's why even a 1-chip stick miner does occasionally find a block  

[BlackHatCoiner]

Can I mine testnet4 coins using this pool?

[-ck]

Can I mine testnet4 coins using this pool?

No

[BlackHatCoiner]

Can I mine testnet4 coins using this pool?

No

Someone is mining in testnet4 using the tag "ckpool": https://mempool.space/testnet4/block/0000000000c3d212439105c35e9130268649946d5638eae64b12d720948fcb44.

[paid2]

Someone is mining in testnet4 using the tag "ckpool": https://mempool.space/testnet4/block/0000000000c3d212439105c35e9130268649946d5638eae64b12d720948fcb44.

You can use ck' code without mining on solo.ckpool. By the way, most of the time they don't change the OP_RETURN data, that's why you still see "ckpool"

https://bitbucket.org/ckolivas/ckpool-solo/src/solobtc/

[BlackHatCoiner]

You can use ck' code without mining on solo.ckpool. By the way, most of the time they don't change the OP_RETURN data, that's why you still see "ckpool"

Thanks. I'll try use that. Has anybody attempted to mine either testnet3 or testnet4 using this software? I have no doubt that it's more optimized at propagating blocks than Bitcoin Core, but could I find a short summary which describes the key differences? I have tried mining with a Bitcoin Core node, which is well-interconnected, and still there's this ckpool miner who monopolizes all the minting in testnet4, and I'm not sure how he manages to replace everyone's blocks with his.

[paid2]

--snip-- still there's this ckpool miner who monopolizes all the minting in testnet4, and I'm not sure how he manages to replace everyone's blocks with his.

Don't you think he just have more hashrate?

[BlackHatCoiner]

Don't you think he just have more hashrate?

He might have more hashrate, but he mines with difficulty=1, as everybody else. Testnet4 is specifically designed to be mined with CPU, because every 20 minutes, difficulty returns to 1. It'd be understandable if he mined in ASIC difficulties, and rewrote our CPU-mined chain with his, but he enjoys the benefit of mining with ASIC on a CPU difficulty. It just drives me crazy!

Essentially, he continuously wins on block propagation every 20 minutes, because that's the only game you need to win, when difficulty is 1, and everyone can mine a block. The only reasonable explanation is that he's using a software like ckpool, which is has better optimization on block propagation, than Bitcoin Core. 

[-ck]

Don't you think he just have more hashrate?

He might have more hashrate, but he mines with difficulty=1, as everybody else. Testnet4 is specifically designed to be mined with CPU, because every 20 minutes, difficulty returns to 1. It'd be understandable if he mined in ASIC difficulties, and rewrote our CPU-mined chain with his, but he enjoys the benefit of mining with ASIC on a CPU difficulty. It just drives me crazy!

Essentially, he continuously wins on block propagation every 20 minutes, because that's the only game you need to win, when difficulty is 1, and everyone can mine a block. The only reasonable explanation is that he's using a software like ckpool, which is has better optimization on block propagation, than Bitcoin Core. 

ckpool routes its blocks through bitcoin core.