https://kano.is
Pool payout help and information: https://kano.is/index.php?k=payoutBest pool fees of only 0.9% in 2018The most recent page of posts is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789369.1000000Note for all access to the
kano.is pool you can also use the name
kano.space everywhere
For email, web, https web, mining, anywhere you see
kano.is you can also use
kano.spaceThis means there's effectively a domain name backup of
kano.space in case anything ever went wrong with the
kano.is domain name
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Pool software supported by myself (Kano)
PPLNS Stratum BTC mining pool - N currently set as 5 x the network difficulty when the block is found.
0.9% fee paid to myself to run and work on development of the pool.
Miner payout includes transaction fees.
Web interface with management, reports, graphs, and most accurate and detailed pool stats available on any pool
Mining configuration:Go to
https://www.kano.is and register a username to mine with, by clicking on the Register/Reset link at the top right,
or mine directly to the pool without registering, using a bitcoin payment address as your username.
No password is required, so just use X for your password in your miner, since most miners need you to enter a password.
e.g.
On your miner setup page, use something like this:
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+
+ Pool1: | stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333 |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+
+ Worker: | Kano.worker |
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+
+ Password: | x +
+--------------------+-------------------------------------+
Of course replace 'Kano.worker' with your pool username.worker
If you have network issues using port 3333, you can also try:
stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:80You can also try any of:
stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:81
stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:443
stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:8080There are other nodes located around the world that you may be closer to:
stratum+tcp://nya.kano.is:3333 (NewYork)
stratum+tcp://nl.kano.is:3333 (Netherlands)
stratum+tcp://de.kano.is:3333 (Germany)
stratum+tcp://jp.kano.is:3333 (Japan)
As with the main stratum node, each of those nodes allows mining to port
3333, 80, 81, 443 and 8080If you have more than a petahash of mining hardware (not rental) I can setup a node near you, only for large miners, if servers are available, at no cost to you
Your worker name can be whatever you choose and will be created when your miner connects to the pool.
Registered username or Bitcoin address, followed by a dot '.' or an underscore '_', followed by a worker name.
If you supply an invalid Bitcoin address, you will be unable to authenticate and mine on the pool.
If you have an Asicminer Tube, you will need to mine to:
stratum+tcp://nonce.kano.is:27181It won't work properly on any other mining port. Don't point normal miners here.
Your Tube miner stats will show up in your account without their worker name.
If you mine to a bitcoin address, you can view a simple json user or worker level stat (using
your own address) at:
http://www.kano.is/address.php?a=1KanoiBupPiZfkwqB7rfLXAzPnoTshAVmbhttp://www.kano.is/worker.php?a=1KanoiBupPiZfkwqB7rfLXAzPnoTshAVmb_workerPool settingsThe pool is configured to start you mining at
4098 difficulty.
The pool adjusts the per instance difficulty to maintain an average share rate of approximately 3 shares per 10 seconds (18 shares per minute)
However, there is a lower limit set on the difficulty of
442.
If you mine with a username, you can login to the web interface and set a minimum difficulty for mining.
If this value is below the pool calculated value, you'll get the pool calculated value.
If you mine with a BTC address as your username, you can use the cgminer option
--suggest-diff to set it for each cgminer.
You can, of course, also use
--suggest-diff if you mine to a username.
CoinsThe pool itself has no wallet, only bitcoind's running without a wallet.
The Coins go to a separate, unattached wallet that the payouts come from.
TransactionsThe pool will mine any and all transactions that the standard bitcoind core will accept.
The relevant setting I currently use in bitcoin.conf is:
blockmaxweight=3968888 (changed to this on 12-Nov-2017)
I run a modified bitcoind that optimises the processes of verifying blocks and generating work.
These optimisations are code based, not transaction based.
I do not blacklist addresses, I do not prioritise transactions for any companies ... though I do prioritise our own transactions of course
If this should ever change, I will post the details when I do the change with the reasons why.
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There's Apps to get pool info and monitor your miners.
Apple App:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1344360.0Android App, read in the thread here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789369.msg11091187#msg11091187For miner monitoring:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1331875.0Send any donation/whatever to them for using them - since they wrote them.
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Past competitions:
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Avalon and kano.is are having another great miner give-away!Over the next 5 months we will be giving away 1 Avalon A6 per month.Be a miner here with
more than 300GHs - and
less than 250THs - and you could win one of the 5 Avalon A6 miners!
Each winner is the first miner to find a
BLOCK!!! and meet the conditions listed below.
See the
Competition Details: below the winner list
Winners: (most recent first)
The final May Winner didn't initially get an A6 due to email issues and language barriers.
Once the issues where resolved, quite some time later, he received an A7 instead
Thanks Canaan/Avalon!
April Winner: Pool block 777:
https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/block/407092AbramovFound: 2016-04-13 10:50:28 UTC
1.945% of expected Difficulty
CDF of 0.019
March Winner: Pool block 694:
https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/block/404317sercinsabriFound: 2016-03-26 04:49:55 UTC
5.279% of expected Difficulty
CDF of 0.051
February Winner: Pool block 488:
https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/block/396089kilowattFound: 2016-02-01 05:54:54 UTC
188.492% of expected Difficulty
CDF of 0.848
January Winner: Pool block 448:
https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/block/393929indeec444Found: 2016-01-18 22:31:15 UTC
16.638% of expected Difficulty - awesomely low
CDF of 0.153
Competition Details:The March competition has modified rules to choose the winner (and a runner up)Read here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789369.msg14042677#msg14042677See the next post below for the block details for March
Only one Avalon A6 per winner.
Each month starts on the 1st day of the month at UTC 00:00 timezone.
The first month, January, starts on the 18th at UTC 00:00
If for any month, the miner isn't won, it will continue into the following months until someone wins it.
Each month adds a new miner to be won, so during some months there could be more than 1 winner if there was no winner the previous month.
Avalon will be supplying and shipping a miner to each winner.
It will be an Avalon6 x1, 4-pin-cable x2, AUC x2, without PSU - as shown in the pictures below (but silver - not black)
The Avalon A6 does 3.5THs +/- 5% at approx 1100W at the wall.
http://kano.is/Avalon6-V6.0-1024x768.jpg.300.jpg http://kano.is/Avalon6-V6.0-2-1024x768.jpg.300.jpghttp://kano.is/Avalon6-V6.0-3-1024x768.jpg.300.jpg http://kano.is/Avalon6-V6.0-4-1024x768.jpg.300.jpgAvalon is great with cgminer!
The master cgminer git is kept up-to-date by Avalon submitting their changes, and they incorporate all the master cgminer changes!
Details about the Avalon A6 can be found on the bitcoin wiki:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Avalon6Your '
Workers'->'
Shift Graph' must show an average of
300GHs or more - and
less than 250THs - on the red average line - for the sum of all your miners.
So if you want to be a winner you better make sure you are already mining 300GHs or more on your account now.
Note, of course, I can see anyone's '
Shift Graph' including address miners.
Now, just in case we do find any orphans, the orphans will also count as winners as long as the share isn't submitted too late.
The late timelimit is of course any time before, but also up to exactly 2 seconds after the pool sees a block change, according to the pool logs.
No adjustments or arguments about the exact 2 second limit.
No miners should be submitting blocks that late, so it's not a special requirement.
You will have to supply an address that Avalon can ship it to via EMS or DHL.
It doesn't have to be your own address, but it has to be possible for them to ship to your chosen address.
If you cannot supply an address EMS or DHL will ship to, then the prize will be awarded to the next winning block finder.
If you mine to an address, you'll need to sign a message with the winning address, to identify who is the contact to claim the prize.
If you don't want to supply contact details to ship it to, then the prize will be awarded to the next winning block finder.
I can't win
One last important thing - my decision on the winners are final.
If there is any confusion or misunderstanding about how the winner is chosen, I retain the right to choose who the winner is in the event of any disagreement.
Original competition details:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789369.msg13571796#msg13571796***************************************************************************
Following on the success of the pool with the previous competition, we had another giveaway!
This time, Avalon supplied a miner to each of 2 winners.
It was an Avalon 4.1 Machine with a 4-pin-cable x1 and an AUX x1 (without a PSU) as shown in the pictures below.
The Avalon 4.1 does 1THs at approx 600W and can be overclocked to 1.3THs at approx 1000W and underclocked to 820GHs at approx 400W
Details about the Avalon4 can be found on the bitcoin wiki:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Avalon4Valkir's review on one he just got:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=938679.0The 2 winning accounts on the pool are:
pingster and
magnusminingPool block 119:
https://blockchain.info/block-height/341147Worker:
pingster_18Found: 2015-01-30 09:57:27+00
302.03% of expected Difficulty
CDF of 0.95
Pool block 126
https://blockchain.info/block-height/341497Worker:
magnusmining.25Found: 2015-02-01 14:34:24+00
147.97% of expected Difficulty
CDF of 0.77
Avalon is shipping an Avalon 4.1 to each of their addresses.
Original competition details:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789369.msg10244879#msg10244879***************************************************************************
For the previous Spondoolies-Tech SP20 competition:
The winning account on the pool is:
SP20winner mining with just under 50THs
Found this block:
https://blockchain.info/block-height/338893Block: 338893
Worker:
SP20winner_worker5Found: 2015-01-14 09:28:17+00
69.93% of expected Difficulty
CDF 0.50
Spondoolies-Tech is shipping an SP20 to their address.
Original competition details:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789369.msg10121938#msg10121938