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[Real-Duke]

Ahhh a new block after lunch feels good  

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[justm3]

Just wanted to say hi, been mining with this pool for a few days now as (justme). New to it all so any help about cranking my 2 lil S3's would be kind.

Been reading up as much as i can but i get burried below all the info for now ;-)

[VRobb]

Hi justme, I'm quite new to the pool also having been on for only a week and a half.  I too have been doing much studying as my Engineering geekiness demands before jumping into Bitcoin mining, but if you have the time try to read all 300+ pages of this thread.  You will learn much of the genesis of this pool, its growth, its ideals as per the pool's sysops ck and kano, and indeed some of the politics going on between different pools and the philosophies by which they run.  Fascinating stuff and well worth your time.

AFAIC, this is the only pool to have your hardware pointed to.  Set and forget. 
Cheers,
VRobb

[kano]

Kano,

Have you ever seen the bitcoind give this warning..

WARNING: abnormally high number of blocks generated, 48 blocks received in the last 4 hours (24 expected)

Best Regards
d57heinz

Yep pretty common for the last day or so ...
The discussion I saw on reddit seemed to think it was a one off occurrence, but it's been happening for over a day now ...

One could easily calculate the CDF[Erl] for N blocks having a average difficulty of 50% ...
The reddit discussion seemed to lack any useful statistical knowledge

So N=48 mean=50% assuming no hash rate increase:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=CDF%5BErlangDistribution%5B48%2C+48%5D%2C++0.5%5D

Which gives: 0.0000104284 or 0.00104284% chance or 1 in 95892 (about once every 43.76 years)

So clearly the odds are WAY against it being a statistical anomaly since it's still continuing, thus there's at least some hash rate increase related to it ...

Ahhh very nice.. Ive been watching the hash we had a heck of a spike just recently. can be seen really nice here.. http://bitcoin.sipa.be/speed-lin-2k.png  Then i goto this page to see who is behind it  http://data.bitcoinity.org/bitcoin/hashrate/30d?c=m&t=a

Will i have to do anything to the wallet im mining to or will it just correct itself. I am seeing that the bitcoind process is using a abnormal high amount of ram. Not sure if that related to mempool. Or just a memory leak. Seems to increase the amount of ram i need slowly over time..currently im at 5.92 Gb of ram for that process. Is that normal?

Best Regards
d57heinz

However

It would appear that the warning system in bitcoin core is bugged

It's still showing that message for me on all 7 of my bitcoinds but the last 4 hours has only been 25 blocks.

Edit: 22 now

[Gws24]

Afaik you have to restart bitcoind to get rid of the warning

[kano]

Afaik you have to restart bitcoind to get rid of the warning

OK - thanks - I didn't know that.
Guess I'll just ignore it forever now.

[os2sam]

Afaik you have to restart bitcoind to get rid of the warning

OK - thanks - I didn't know that.
Guess I'll just ignore it forever now.

You can get Bitcoin-qt to run forever now??

I'm lucky to get a week out of mine.  The last reliable one was .9.5 although .10.0 wasn't too bad.

[kano]

Afaik you have to restart bitcoind to get rid of the warning

OK - thanks - I didn't know that.
Guess I'll just ignore it forever now.

You can get Bitcoin-qt to run forever now??

I'm lucky to get a week out of mine.  The last reliable one was .9.5 although .10.0 wasn't too bad.

Yeah only at home do I use qt

The pool btcds are up as long as ever possible - though I do have a few in case any of them fail.

The message has changed a few times since it was first seen.
I've seen it say 48, 49, 48, 49 and again back to 48 ... the steps after the first time is what suggested to me it was updating.
I'd say it's bugged how it works at the moment since leaving it there forever is pointless and have to restart btcd to clear it is right royal pain in the ass stupid design

I guess I should check the code and see if there's a bitcoin-cli command to clear it

[vortexz]

looks like one of my S7 found a block
I belive it was found when it was mining on kano.is ? I'm not totally sure tho https://gyazo.com/a3beb9469aa81919916a401ce946e316

[jonnybravo0311]

Definitely not a block of BTC... share value is too low.

[kano]

looks like one of my S7 found a block
I belive it was found when it was mining on kano.is ? I'm not totally sure tho https://gyazo.com/a3beb9469aa81919916a401ce946e316

Yeah the usual comment about using not-so-nice-hash and others.
Where you are actually mining can be anywhere, any altcoin, who knows what account, and what pool.
It's a proxy that sends your hashes to pools.

... hopefully they pay you for all those hashes sent elsewhere ...

[stonebone]

Afaik you have to restart bitcoind to get rid of the warning

OK - thanks - I didn't know that.
Guess I'll just ignore it forever now.

You can get Bitcoin-qt to run forever now??

I'm lucky to get a week out of mine.  The last reliable one was .9.5 although .10.0 wasn't too bad.

I run it in a container on CentOS, rock solid, no issues. Only need to restart if I upgrade bitcoin-qt, currently running 0.11.2.

[Mikestang]

looks like one of my S7 found a block

Why do people always post this?  I mean, how ignorant of bitcoin mining are you if you don't understand the basics of share difficulty?  How much do you research where you point your miners if you don't even know what coins they are mining?  People baffle me all the time...

OMG is sayz I fund a blokc so I must have fund one!!!11!!

[dmwardjr]

Easy now...  Lets please be kind to one another.  If someone does not know the answer to something, they simply do not know.  Let's not belittle them.  Who knows, they may be very knowledgeable in a particular field that you are ignorant of.  Does that mean they are smarter than you or should belittle you?  No...

Just because we know something about a particular field or subject does not mean we are smarter than the other.  We more than likely taught ourselves or someone told us.  Bottom line, the knowledge we gained came from someone else [in most cases] who was generous and kind enough to share it.  We should have gratitude for their willingness to share and pass it along with kindness.  If we lack the patience and humility to share it with kindness, it's best we not say anything at all.  

Bottom line:  If we know the answer to something, it does not mean we are smarter than the other.  Let's go easy on one another please... to encourage interest to gain knowledge about bitcoin mining and the blockchain and to encourage brotherhood/family in this pool as well.

David

BY THE WAY, Block Found!

Good Job, Hashratech.

[omega015]

Block  

such a tiny block only 35KB ~ ??

[Real-Duke]

We solve a Block? Great time to go to bed now 

[kano]

Block  

such a tiny block only 35KB ~ ??

Yep we do get small ones sometimes.
It was 33 seconds after the previous block with not a lot of transactions available.

Anyway, well done by hashratech, with 5TH!
Really good difficulty block too

Code:

[2015-12-29 12:33:09.217+11] BLOCK! ok Diff 2723.2% (2544831115593/93448670796.3) hashratech.02 Pool 54191313601.0 54.2G 57.99%

[sloopy]

/bows hashratech
I love the small miner finding such a great difficulty. Congratulations.

I am going to relax now. I've been working dawn to dawn for several days now and it is time for a recharge.
Keep them coning guys and girls?

Did I mention I love this pool?

Have a great evening, night, morning, day, but let it be great. 

[Mikestang]

Easy now...

I agree with your sentiment, in general, but in this case I expect someone who has spend good money on a top of the line miner to, at the very least, understand the absolute basics of mining.  They should know what network difficulty is and what it takes to solve a block, otherwise what are they doing?  They should understand what the pool they have their miner pointed to mines, otherwise what are they doing?  Being ignorant in these basic things is inexcusable in this case, it has nothing to do with being knowledgeable in a particular field - I'm not talking about programming ASICs or building hardware, I'm talking operating a bitcoin miner 101.  If all you know is to plug in the miner and watch the "blocks found" field for a change from 0 to 1 then you are doing it wrong.

[dmwardjr]

Easy now...

I agree with your sentiment, in general, but in this case I expect someone who has spend good money on a top of the line miner to, at the very least, understand the absolute basics of mining.  They should know what network difficulty is and what it takes to solve a block, otherwise what are they doing?  They should understand what the pool they have their miner pointed to mines, otherwise what are they doing?  Being ignorant in these basic things is inexcusable in this case, it has nothing to do with being knowledgeable in a particular field - I'm not talking about programming ASICs or building hardware, I'm talking operating a bitcoin miner 101.  If all you know is to plug in the miner and watch the "blocks found" field for a change from 0 to 1 then you are doing it wrong.

Don't you see how "easy" ASIC's have made it for ANYONE to mine now with very little knowledge on the subject of mining itself.  It takes very little "knowledge" to hook up an ASIC and set it up to point it at a pool.  They provide instructions with the ASIC to do this.  As for all of the other knowledge in relation to bitcoin mining; that does not come with the ASIC.

Yes, you are "...talking operating a bitcoin miner 101."  It's nothing to "operating" one; in the sense of doing what the instructions tell you to do to hook it up and set it up.  The instructions do not tell you what is involved with solving a block, etc...  I agree, that is  "basic" knowledge but he and many others have just begun by hooking up there rig(s) and pointing them here per the instructions.  They are depending on what information others are kind enough to provide in the forums in terms of "basic" knowledge after setting up and pointing their rig(s) at a pool.  Lets give the guy a break.

Hell, I will admit I did not know this when I first started.  I simply hooked up my miners [18 x S3's at the time (September 22, 2014)] per the instructions and learned as I went along.  I'm still learning all the time.  The more I learn, the more I find I need to learn.  If I [Or anyone else] is to be demeaned for not knowing every little detail about mining before buying ASIC's, hooking them up and setting them up per the instructions, so be it.  It's your prerogative...

You say, "If all you know is to plug in the miner and watch the "blocks found" field for a change from 0 to 1 then you are doing it wrong."  If that's the way you feel, then fine.  All I'm saying is, you can tell someone "...they are doing it wrong" in a more respectful way [That does not demean them] and patiently instruct them on what they should do that is correct; in terms of paying attention to temps, HWE's, how to under clock and over clock, etc.  Much of this can be learned from reading other forums where people were kind enough to take the time out of their day to explain HOW to do, WHAT to do, WHEN to do, and WHY?

You're actually implying they should have never bought an ASIC if they did not know these basics before setting up and hooking up their rig(s) per the instructions.  I disagree...  We have many new miners coming to the fold.  Some with small amount of hash and some with relatively large amounts of hash.  We could use as many of them here in the pool as possible.  

I take the time on occasions to send PM's to miners [Especially newbies] to try to encourage them into the fold.  Why?  Because most of those who have mined for a while have already made their decision where they will point their rigs [For the most part].  It's the relatively new ones [Full member and lower] we need to market the pool to.  The last thing I need is someone to discourage someone from staying here after I invested the time to encourage them to point their rigs here.

All I'm saying, is we can have more of a sense of brotherhood/family in the pool forum if we take the time to assist those new to mining in the little details without demeaning them.  Those who have been in the mining game for a while have already chosen the pool they will stay with for the most part.  New miners who come along looking for a pool [A home] to stay with could use our encouragement to stay with us and our knowledge to understand and grow.  

A new member might be more appreciative and more likely to stay with us than to leave and go elsewhere if we assist them [With humility in mind] instead of belittling them.  That's all I'm trying to get you [And any other pool member for that matter] to understand.  If all we want here are pool members who have everything about mining down pat, this pool is in for a rough ride.  Especially, if we turn away those who come along in search for a pool they can call "Home" to point their rigs [No matter whether they are big or small].  There is strength in numbers.  The more members the merrier [Whether they are new miners or more experienced].