[∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining USA/DE 255 blocks solved!

[hhumaidan]

Hey CK,

Stats did not change and pool did not reset

Did you not look one post back?

so the main pool didn't register that a block was found

Sorry ck but I did.

Just wanted to know when it will be fixed or the next block will fix it?

[-ck]

Just wanted to know when it will be fixed or the next block will fix it?

Well the pool's back on its old code now so if it finds a new block before upgrading it will be corrected. Assuming I fix the bug in the code in the interim and upgrade the pool again, it should correct with a new block there too. Correcting it manually is almost impossible without taking the pool down for a longer period than I'd like.

[irritant]

I was wondering if there is a ckpool running on testnet, so I looked it up, on the wiki it says there is one, but when I click the link the page is gone (http://testnet.ckpool.org/) , you probably thought about this yourself already, idk,  maybe it is easier to test on there if you arent already doing that

[-ck]

I was wondering if there is a ckpool running on testnet, so I looked it up, on the wiki it says there is one, but when I click the link the page is gone (http://testnet.ckpool.org/) , you probably thought about this yourself already, idk,  maybe it is easier to test on there if you arent already doing that

I took down that pool because it was free and using resources and people were hammering it to rack up testnet blocks thinking they could stupidly monetise them and sell them.

As for testing, I test locally on testnet in a box, real testnet, and then remote testnet and then testnet across multiple sites across the world... So yes I already do lots of testing. The issue came up because testnet is actually pretty quiet compared to mainnet and it's hard to simulate thousands of transactions constantly going in and out of the network as happens on mainnet which is what brought up the problem on the de pool and doesn't really happen on testnet.

[chillfactr]

Why do the stats keep resetting?  new feature to reset stats every so often?    just curious.

[-ck]

Why do the stats keep resetting?  new feature to reset stats every so often?    just curious.

Been doing lots of restarts to update the pool with lots of improvements and sequential bugfixes and the stats have been going with that. I've posted about the restarts here and then deleted the posts so if you subscribed you would have seen the messages but I thought it would look like a flood of the thread to leave them all here. I keep hoping I'm on the last bugfix but that's just the nature of running code real world versus test environment that more shows up. I'm not planning more "internal features" so once the bugfixes are all in it should be months again before the pool will need restarting.

[chillfactr]

Why do the stats keep resetting?  new feature to reset stats every so often?    just curious.

Been doing lots of restarts to update the pool with lots of improvements and sequential bugfixes and the stats have been going with that. I've posted about the restarts here and then deleted the posts so if you subscribed you would have seen the messages but I thought it would look like a flood of the thread to leave them all here. I keep hoping I'm on the last bugfix but that's just the nature of running code real world versus test environment that more shows up. I'm not planning more "internal features" so once the bugfixes are all in it should be months again before the pool will need restarting.

Not a problem -ck
you do your thing.
 

[Eagleone]

25 TH pointed at the pool for over 2 months and I just hit one for 82 billion!

Far from the required number of 0's but still closer than ever before !

[CryptoBuddha]

25 TH pointed at the pool for over 2 months and I just hit one for 82 billion!

Far from the required number of 0's but still closer than ever before !

The real disappointment is hitting one that would have been a block solve a month ago if there was no diff increase)))

But anyway GL to me and all the capella of "soloists", let the Friday lottery begin! 

[-ck]

Just for fun, here's a screenshot of me testing the solo code on testnet which recently had its diff reset to 1. This is a screenshot when diff was 1024 (it's rising every 45 minutes instead of every 2 weeks).



Yes I'm more than 51% of the network

[o_solo_miner]

  an attac on the testnet 

thx for the screenshoot
 

[CryptoBuddha]

-ck, just one question - yesterday my best share showed over 2 bill, and now it shows 240 mill, have you restarted the stats? I'm at the .de node.

[-ck]

-ck, just one question - yesterday my best share showed over 2 bill, and now it shows 240 mill, have you restarted the stats? I'm at the .de node.

Look a few posts back...

Why do the stats keep resetting?  new feature to reset stats every so often?    just curious.

Been doing lots of restarts to update the pool with lots of improvements and sequential bugfixes and the stats have been going with that. I've posted about the restarts here and then deleted the posts so if you subscribed you would have seen the messages but I thought it would look like a flood of the thread to leave them all here. I keep hoping I'm on the last bugfix but that's just the nature of running code real world versus test environment that more shows up. I'm not planning more "internal features" so once the bugfixes are all in it should be months again before the pool will need restarting.

[CryptoBuddha]

oops usually I read before posting srry 

[-ck]

To be fair, the stats weren't actually meant to reset on a restart so that's a new bug as well, but to fix that... I'd have to restart again... I'd rather see if I can just keep the pool up indefinitely now instead. The new code has had many changes internally, and if you've been watching the ckpool git you would have seen most of them. None of them are visible changes to miners though. The practical effect to miners will be that both pools now share transactions so are likely to always include the best transactions to maximise fees and block propagation between the two pools should be very quick, helping propagate blocks across the network and further minimise the risk of orphans. I'm tempted to set up other mining nodes elsewhere in the world to improve this even further but the profit margins of this pool wouldn't make it worth it unfortunately; I've been through that exercise before and the two nodes in DE and USA give pretty good coverage with minimal latency for most mining places in the world.

[jacobmayes94]

I thought you used the old bitcoin relay network anyhow? Been looking at setting up a relay network for litecoin off my own back for precisely this reason.

Jacob:)

[-ck]

I thought you used the old bitcoin relay network anyhow?

I use the old and new bitcoin relay as well, but this is even faster propagation between the two pools than either of those can provide and is specific for the pools' submitted blocks.

[jacobmayes94]

ahhh i get you! With that in mind, how fast are CK Pool block changes on average? I mine here solo for this reason and because you have integrity but i am curious as to the exact average time for block changes.

Jacob

[-ck]

ahhh i get you! With that in mind, how fast are CK Pool block changes on average? I mine here solo for this reason and because you have integrity but i am curious as to the exact average time for block changes.

By far the fastest of any full verifying node pool. Block verification and work building time is on average 140ms from notification of a new block.

Note there are other pools that get new work out faster (like the Chinese pools) but they do NOT verify the blocks and build empty block work on top which is a security threat, can potentially cause an invalid fork of the blockchain, and does not confirm any pending transactions so is bad for bitcoin on multiple levels. This site (when it's working - currently stalled on an old block) shows block change speeds, and you'll see solo ckpool is the fastest after the non-verifying pools: https://poolbench.antminer.link/ Note it's hosted in the USA so it's about block change speeds to USA miners specifically.

[master22]

How do I withdraw in solo.ckpool.org? if indeed withdraw min 12.5 BTC, why my income (Accepted: 14.42636558 BTC) has not also pay into my wallet? explanation please.... thanks