Orphan Blocks

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Orphan Blocks

May 17, 2012, 07:51:36 PM

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I have been mining on ecoinpool a private pool now for two months. I have found 2 different BTC blocks and both blocks show as orphaned and nothing to show for my work. Any ideas why I am getting orphan blocks? How do I fix this problem? Instead of mining earning nothing I think I am better off mining a regular pool since I have no payouts with 2 blocks found.

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Re: Orphan Blocks

May 17, 2012, 09:51:27 PM
Last edit: May 18, 2012, 01:16:42 AM by Stephen Gornick

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This is for an alternate currency.

Please move this thread there:

- http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=67.0

[Apologies, I confused ecoinpool with encoin, which an alternate currency (still in the proposed stage apparently yet though.)]

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Re: Orphan Blocks

May 17, 2012, 09:56:11 PM

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Quote from: Stephen Gornick on May 17, 2012, 09:51:27 PM

This is for an alternate currency.

Please move this thread there:

- http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=67.0

Eh? He is mining BTC using ecoinpool software, how it is an alt currency?

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May 17, 2012, 09:58:05 PM

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Quote from: marks1976 on May 17, 2012, 07:51:36 PM

I have been mining on ecoinpool a private pool now for two months. I have found 2 different BTC blocks and both blocks show as orphaned and nothing to show for my work. Any ideas why I am getting orphan blocks? How do I fix this problem? Instead of mining earning nothing I think I am better off mining a regular pool since I have no payouts with 2 blocks found.

Orphan blocks can be because of bad network conditions, but having 2 in a row does suck. What is your network like, OP?

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Re: Orphan Blocks

May 17, 2012, 10:01:13 PM

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Quote from: rjk on May 17, 2012, 09:58:05 PM

Quote from: marks1976 on May 17, 2012, 07:51:36 PM

I have been mining on ecoinpool a private pool now for two months. I have found 2 different BTC blocks and both blocks show as orphaned and nothing to show for my work. Any ideas why I am getting orphan blocks? How do I fix this problem? Instead of mining earning nothing I think I am better off mining a regular pool since I have no payouts with 2 blocks found.

Orphan blocks can be because of bad network conditions, but having 2 in a row does suck. What is your network like, OP?

Network only has 3 pcs connecting and mining from the pool. Total hashrate is just under 5 Gh/s. I am connected on a verizon fios line so I am not sure. I have successfully mined namecoins but the last 2 bitcoins both orphaned along with their matching namecoins. The other namecoins found in between the bitcoins are fine and generate payments.

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Re: Orphan Blocks

May 17, 2012, 10:37:23 PM

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Quote from: marks1976 on May 17, 2012, 07:51:36 PM

I have been mining on ecoinpool a private pool now for two months. I have found 2 different BTC blocks and both blocks show as orphaned and nothing to show for my work. Any ideas why I am getting orphan blocks? How do I fix this problem? Instead of mining earning nothing I think I am better off mining a regular pool since I have no payouts with 2 blocks found.

Sounds like the version of Bitcoin ecoinpool is running is dangerously out of date.

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Re: Orphan Blocks

May 18, 2012, 10:41:06 AM

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sounds like the version of bitcoind you are using has no bip16 support
update urgently

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