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edric
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August 28, 2014, 05:34:50 AM |
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Hey guys, just thought I'd drop a line because I'm sure you're all wondering just what the hell I'm doing! Ciocgun messaged me a couple of times as well, just to let me know ya'll are still here! The pool isn't doing well at all, I was going to transfer all the coins to a fresh wallet file to see if it was all the transactions clogging it up, but found I couldn't transfer more than a million or two coins at a time, so ditched that.
Anyways, I've tried a few different things, hoping for an easy fix but to no avail. I thought it may have been related to the maximum block size (in KB) but even after upping that and adjusting a few things and endlessly recompiling and testing, same crap. The pool isn't doing very well at all, since the wallet cannot payout if your balance is higher than a couple million, but the wallet just stops running a few times a day. Good news, though. I'm a good 2/3 of the way through porting it all to the newest Dogecoin codebase (with latest protocol). I apologize for it taking so long but the pool business hasn't been so lucrative lately so I've been taking whatever side jobs I can as well as working part time here in town, though I do have some pretty big stuff coming up around the corner, I'm hurting for money now. There's been some pool issues that ended up costing me my savings in order to keep things running, plus these damn high summer power bills. So, right now I'm going to swallow my pride and hold up the "will code for food" sign! Seriously, though, If anyone feels like making a small donation, your old pal Edric would gladly accept. . .
But, Birdcoin is going to be next out the door, I'm pretty sure the new codebase is going to fix our problems, I'm just kicking myself for not doing that in the first place and trying to fix the old pile of crap code instead. And I promise as soon as things are running again, the pool will be just as it was before, alive and kicking, as well as paying! Noticed that Bird is still trading on a couple exchanges, with actual buy support, so that's promising.
You guys stay tuned afterwards, because I'll be launching some more pools in the near future, both my own and with a partner as well, with our own autoexchange system, as well as cooking up other types of services, some that should prove to be unique and interesting. Also, I'll be doing some comprehensive video tutorials on cryptocoin related programming, pool setup and administration, troubleshooting, both MPOS and NOMP, as well as working on my own custom pool management software for NOMP and MPOS for busy or inexperienced pool admins. Most of it done in the spirit of open source, and will be free, of course, but definitely appreciate donations!
Anyway, you guys are a patient bunch, and sorry I'm taking so long. I swear I'm not just sitting on my butt doing nothing, but trying to keep my head above water and stay alive. Also have reunited with my wife and trying to make things work.. Wives cost money too >.<;
I swore I wasn't coming back without binaries, darn it.. Next time...
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