Kano, you are a good lifeguard.
To the rest of this pool who mined that last long fat block, it was hell seeing those days on days of no block, but you start getting where you don't even sweat it. Even a few hundred in electrical block and then a nice pop, pop, pop and it is covered plus. Like someone said, going all in here and staying in when you see those big payments roll out it is sweet. It looks like more even though it is all the same, outside of experience and talent in the software and pool hardware.
I think Kano and CK have always made a convincing case for the reasons for the direction of CGminer or the pool software when questioned, Kano has presence on the pool (which is like a personal coder running your pool when you think about it), running the "state of the art" pool software and sending each payment so there is a computer run and then he is manually seeing if there is a huge mistake with something code might not.
Other than Bitminter who has been around a long time is there another pool where the Operator is handling communication, pool management, all of those things directly with the users and giving updates many times live, announcing the pool restart, or saying it 'might' rollover, so you know to check things...
I hear Slush does on his Facebook page, but I don't do anymore social media than forums on anything I own, especially Facebook. I don't want to have to sit in IRC. At the day job I am there to work, I stay hooked up the entire time. I wont be distracted by IRC, etc.
The forum I pop through my proxy while I am grabbing a coffee or a quick lunch and then I am only checking on the nano farm a few times per day, along with some alarms because I am not anal, I'm too old and paranoid heh.
By the way, my
friend had his first failure with the S5+. Rear-Left fan died. No reason, he says he logged in remotely to do a personal check on things at home, refreshed, and see the temps on her at 82, and one at 85, and hashing right along. Have a screenshot I need to post for him. He replaced the fan with one from an S3+ which runs about 3700 max, and who knows how long that will last. The rest normally run 4,000 - 4,200. The fan on the front opposite the S3+ fan on the back is reporting a bit higher rate.
I told him not to let it get over 60 with the s3 fan. He said he would shut it down until he hears from BITMAIN.
Also, one of the front heat sinks did not have all of the aluminum ground, sawed, machined, or however they make those, he said he didn't care - It is one of the front ones you see if you remove the fan. You know someone saw it putting the fan on.
It is nice though. The Aluminum case has grooves on all sides, inside and out. Everything had a great finish. IT was ground or hit with something so the edges didn't slice you open, he said. The S7 will probably be the same way, but someone said they received a Galvanized S5+, which is not a good thing for Galvanized to reach 60c consistently, but the Aluminum with the tongue & groove is nice and is a much cooler, lighter, way better built than the S5 machine. They slide the modules together and use the fans to keep from sliding apart. It is also unused. I shit you not. I was so surprised.
Anyone here getting an S7? I am definitely jealous of you guys able to go pickup 4 when they hit the shelf, much less 300 or 400. IT sounds like a big dream to go open a mine that size and take the risk of a lifetime for many people who have done it. If I didn't have commitments which are a higher priority I would not have a problem living in almost anywhere int he world for a year commitment to start. My commitments will become much less in a few years and I believe Bitcoin Blockchain technology will still only be beginning to find it's path and just start to actually climb the hill like when on a roller-coaster and the chain first grabs, clink, clink, clink up the hill slowly...
I have to work out my recent purchase and move some things out. Maybe I can get one or two on a later batch, especially if BITMAIN gets a real competitor. For now, they are the only SHA 256 game in town. It does not make sense why these companies do not sell off their old to make an easy half a million dollars. Bitfury, KNC, Spondoolies. I know they have their own mines to fill, but these things aren't rolling out at a slow pace if they don't want them too. Certainly faster than they can fill data center(s). Once the batches of each piece of the product are in with a product like this it doesn't take many people to have these up on a test bench.
Kano thank you for the S3 firmware. That is another great thing you give to the community. I'm not trying to be an asskisser, I'm just steppin up and saying you and several others give a lot, to not just the pool or software, but being involved with many aspects and trying to stop people you think are doing or telling people things they shouldn't, or helping a n00b spot a scam. That is the way people need to learn bitcoin is about. Not stealing someones hard-earned coin, but helping each other streamline and keep others in check for stealing, especially from n00bs. (I'm still a n00b)
Would it be bad form to ask if the S5 firmware is looking good, or if you would care to take a stab at the S5+ firmware? IT supports a larger entry for fans, serial connections etc on the board and 4.8 CGMINER, but I bet your S5 stuff would drop in with minimal changes wouldn't it? OR maybe none?
Very much apologize for the length. I do not post much so I get it all out at once, feel free to put me on ignore, but I will cry at that point. Honestly, very sorry for the length. and a solid choice backing GARZIKBIP. That's all I have to say about that except to say,
I did my own research, I am well informed regarding the major BIPS, dopeheads, brilliant people, and assholes involved, I watched, read (even the mailing list), listened to many interviews, and anything I could find. You know it was everywhere.
I did my homework and the simple thing which staggered me the most was the combination of predicted, already coded growth with the way it makes me feel funny in my stomach thinking about Hearn and Gavin also have their Agendas, just like the blockstream guys but that was all I consistently saw in every news source, they are bad because they are block stream guys. Guess what, Hearn has as much or more invested in the SP uses of wallets, processing, relaying, etc, everything to do with an SPV style of business model. Where you do not hold the blockchain, you do not host a full node. He takes a large amount of credit for BitcoinJ. I have no doubt he deserves any credit he seeks for BitcoinJ. I know he is working on something big he was either going to release or has. Also the Lighthouse company he started uses the same technology. I have no reason at all to think he is doing anything wrong or unethical. I also do not have any reason to think the Blockstream crew are doing anything wrong. They are working on Lightning and Side-chains which I do not think have enough coding to do anything with at this point, but is way outside where I am going with this. For anyone who doesn't know, the Blockstream guys are a big percentage of the big names from the "main" Core Dev Team, many have core commit access, and they are contracting Luke JR. A PR move? Maybe, they do a test run as a contractor to see how bad people freak out. If it goes over unnoticed then he gets a nice title, but still, nothing illegal, immoral, or any intentions to harm the bitcoin network. Maybe the thoughts and prejudices of LukeJR will contaminate some issues, but there is not any proof these guys are doing shady things regarding their business to feed themselves with, and the bitcoin core work. I think they knew and know the size must increase. They don't know what to do, until they took it serious, and then they came up with a solid Bip.
As far as Gavin, he had the lead position, he was the Chief, he gave it up. He must have either wanted, or thought he was better utilized in the other rolls he filled on the board and now with XT. Why didn't he stay and rope Hearn in to have a sit-in with all the major core guys until they figured it out? If it i worth endangering the entire ecosystem, it is worth saying OK boys no one is going anywhere this weekend until we get to the bottom of this and get all of our asses on the same page. I mean everyone dammit. We have been arguing over this for years, we have been putting things in place in preperation for this increase, almost everyone who matters agrees the size needs to increase, now lets all stop the posturing, sit down right now, and finish the solution. If anyone has proof of wrong-doing it would impact my opinion, heavily, but there are a small number of people in the crew of people I have seen with their hands in real control of the cookie jar. A few Core developers, Mike, Gavin all have political pull, and access to decent stacks of cash if it comes to it.
Total side-note, I do wish there had been some kind of vote with mining to specific ports, signing specific messages with miners, or some way individual miner could show support for whatever bip without needing to leave your pool. I may not agree with what Kano wants to do, I think I do in this case, but we probably disagree on many things, but it wouldn't change my view of his pool op skills, choices and understanding of how CGminer, the pool software, predictability of mining scenarios with large amounts of hash, etc, etc so even if he enjoys Virtual Reality midget tranny porn while he runs around screaming his allegiance to Nose Spray and Kit Kats I still want to have hash with him. BIP
I should have forewarned everyone I'd been listening to Christopher Hitchens for a few days. Guy was amazing with his skills as a debater and more. That is why this was my one comment to make. Plus I'm hoping I am relatively safe from being flamed for anything except being off topic since I am not actually in the correct thread to get slammed for stating my opinion about the whole thing.
Thanks and Sorry again for the longest run-on sentence in the world, and if anyone read this far, this has to be kind of if I know you kind of thing sorry, you cant be a newb, if you want a coupon for $100 off an S7 PM me. I have a few coupons, best I can do, but I want to give them to people who will really use it themselves to keep growing the home miner crowd here in the few good pool we have left. Sorry, but if I wanted to sell them on ebay I would do so. I want to support my local miner 101. So don't take offense if I don't send one.
Sorry for the OT as well, and you people keep swimming and dreaming about those fat payouts when they come down.
By the way, Cheers to more blocks, obviously I am toasting with a crown on the rocks in one hand and a soldering iron in the other.
Cheers to everyone at every honest pool to more blocks, but I have to say, at the moment, a toast to all the people putting their hash to the pools with close pool managers. Tip o' the hat, the crown goes back, slow and smooth, I toast to you.
