NastyFans: The Bitcoin Enthusiast Fan Club (est. 2012)

[nonnakip]

The full log from web chat is available on history page of nastyfans.org.

As I mention in the web chat nastyfans.org may be down in the evening of 3 June. Our ISP will do some infrastructure maintenance.

I am on vacation at this time and will not be able to check if there are server problems. Today I rebooted nastyfans.org twice to make sure all services come up on boot. Usually the ISP does not need to reboot the server but sometimes they do.

[ManeBjorn]

I will check out the log.
Thanks for the hard work.
I am sorry I missed the chat today I am not doing well.

The full log from web chat is available on history page of nastyfans.org.

As I mention in the web chat nastyfans.org may be down in the evening of 3 June. Our ISP will do some infrastructure maintenance.

I am on vacation at this time and will not be able to check if there are server problems. Today I rebooted nastyfans.org twice to make sure all services come up on boot. Usually the ISP does not need to reboot the server but sometimes they do.

[OgNasty]

I have received a response from bobsag3 regarding the unit he offered to operate for us.  He does not want to honor that commitment.

[OgNasty]

There is a concern regarding our purchased PSUs. (I corrected his statement below per later clarifications)

As a side note, if you are planning on doing any overclocking or running an Imperial, please be sure your PSU has 18ga wire for the PCIe connectors. If you have a cheap PSU that has  wiring, you are going to be a very sad panda at some point I would imagine. The warranty will not cover melted connectors due to incorrect wire sizing. Most quality PSUs should have 18ga wires for their PCIe connectors.

Someone later stated that our ordered PSUs (EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2) use 20GA wiring for their PCIe connectors.  Upon reading that, I looked into it, but was unable to find confirmation of the PCIe connector size used in our PSUs.  This is somewhat of a time pressing issue, as tomorrow is the last day we could return our purchased PSUs for a full refund.

Should we be safe and wait for BFL to recommend a PSU while returning these units?  Anyone have more insight on this issue?

[Majixagi]

There is a concern regarding our purchased PSUs. (I corrected his statement below per later clarifications)

As a side note, if you are planning on doing any overclocking or running an Imperial, please be sure your PSU has 18ga wire for the PCIe connectors. If you have a cheap PSU that has  wiring, you are going to be a very sad panda at some point I would imagine. The warranty will not cover melted connectors due to incorrect wire sizing. Most quality PSUs should have 18ga wires for their PCIe connectors.

Someone later stated that our ordered PSUs (EVGA SuperNOVA 1300 G2) use 20GA wiring for their PCIe connectors.  Upon reading that, I looked into it, but was unable to find confirmation of the PCIe connector size used in our PSUs.  This is somewhat of a time pressing issue, as tomorrow is the last day we could return our purchased PSUs for a full refund.

Should we be safe and wait for BFL to recommend a PSU while returning these units?  Anyone have more insight on this issue?

According to this site they are 18ga
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/SuperNOVA_G2_1300/2.html

[OgNasty]

According to this site they are 18ga
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/SuperNOVA_G2_1300/2.html

Awesome.  Thanks!  If there are no concerns about this issue then we can move on.  I hoped someone would be able to locate this info. 

[naypalm]

EDIT:  It looks like my attempts to rectify the situation have failed.  bobsag3 has chosen to leave me a negative trust rating and cut off contact.  It remains to be seen whether or not we will ever see our unit again.  I don't recommend that anyone trust bobsag3 unless he is willing to act reasonably to resolve this situation.

That is sad.

[Blazed]

If Nasty Mining needs a PSU I could donate one that would run a BFL no problem.

[nonnakip]

Distribution 304536 is complete. nastyfans thanks our donators.

[damiano]

Keep up the good work nasty fans.  I'm not a member, but it's nice to see an honest group of people still operating in these parts

 

Really says a lot about the nastiest character of all 

[OgNasty]

NastyPool Contest Announcement

Anyone who mines on NastyPool (nastyfans.org:9332) from June 10th through June 12th will be entered into a lottery. You will get a lottery ticket for each MH/s you average from midnight June 10th until midnight June 13th. Even GPU miners should be able to earn a lottery ticket and maybe some CPU miners!

When mining for the lottery, use your NastyFans username as the miner username. If your miner is less than 1 GH/s it is recommended to add +5 to the end of your username. This will allow the pool to more quickly recognize the work your miner is doing. Just keep in mind it is limited to NastyFans members. (Of course, for 0.0393 BTC anyone can buy a seat at nastyfans.org and join the fun!)

After June 12th the lottery tickets will be distributed and visible from your NastyFans account. Later there will be a drawing.

The prize? ... A FREE MINTED SEAT!

So get your CPU/GPU/FPGA/ASIC miners fired up for 3 days of Nasty Mining!

[Carnth]

NastyPool Contest Announcement
...
The prize? ... A FREE MINTED SEAT!

So get your CPU/GPU/FPGA/ASIC miners fired up for 3 days of Nasty Mining!

Awesome prize!

[Blazed]

Just pointed my stuff to the pool 

[silverfuture]

cool! I've noticed a few new miners joining the pool lately.

[dlm1130]

If we mine for the Lottery using our NastyFans user ID, how do we get payout for BTC shares mined?

[OgNasty]

If we mine for the Lottery using our NastyFans user ID, how do we get payout for BTC shares mined?

You do not get paid for shares mined while participating in the contest.  You are essentially mining for lottery tickets.  The plan is to eventually allow both, but NastyPool development isn't there yet.  If you want to mine on the pool and get your earnings without participating in the contest, you can still do so by using your Bitcoin address as your username.

[nonnakip]

If we mine for the Lottery using our NastyFans user ID, how do we get payout for BTC shares mined?

You do not get paid for shares mined while participating in the contest.  You are essentially mining for lottery tickets.  The plan is to eventually allow both, but NastyPool development isn't there yet.

During the "NASTY MINING 2 Year Anniversary" contest you are mining as part of NASTY MINING. This is to celebrate NASTY MINING. Any P2Pool shares earned during the contest become donations to the nastyfans.

After the contest you will want to mine using your Bitcoin address as username so that you personally receive all payouts for your mining. You are free to do that now if you do not want to participate in the contest.

We have 2 more days of the contest. I have my GPU running a old cgminer (3.7.2) version with GPU support. It is only 10 MH/s but that will be enough to earn me 10 lottery tickets for that minted seat.  

[OgNasty]

Latest update from BFL.  It appears we may be getting some hashes thrown our way late next week.

Monarch Update 11 June 2014

We have been diligently working on the Monarch board since the last update. Many tests have been conducted and various component modifications have been made in the interim. The chips on the boards are easily able to achieve 1 TH/s, but the PCBs are not quite yet able to support the power required for that speed. We anticipated that the latest revision would be the final one, but there is still too much heat being retained internally on the PCB. We’ve identified a couple areas that are heat dissipation bottlenecks and have incorporated those into a new PCB revision, which should allow us to reach our projected speed and energy efficiency.

While we wait for the new revision to make it through manufacturing, we now have a supply of boards that do not meet the advertised specs and thus are not suitable to be shipped directly to customers. Although we have no legal obligation to do so, we have made a voluntary business decision to reward customers for their patience and loyalty; with the boards we have on hand or close to being completed, we can deliver between 600 - 800 TH of processing power. We are going to provision these boards in a hosted environment (BFL Cloud Mining facilities) and, as a courtesy to those customers who have been waiting the longest, we will start deploying Cloud Mining in queue order as early as next Wednesday, June 18th, barring any problems. It may be as late as Friday, June 20th before we can get anything turned up and going, as significant setup is required.

When Cloud Mining becomes available to you, an email will be sent informing you how to activate your BFL Cloud Mining. You should check your dashboard starting next Wednesday for the Cloud Mining button to activate it from there. With a limited amount of Cloud Mining capacity available, we will not be able to accommodate everyone immediately, but we will try to provide the ordered amount of hashing power to as many people as we can as quickly as possible. Once the 1 TH boards start shipping out, we will be rolling the Cloud Mining over to the next people in the queue as we fulfill the queue from the beginning with physical boards. This process will continue until the physical board shipments catch up to the Cloud Mining. All orders will be handled in their queue sequence, regardless of product type (600, 300, Mining By The Gigahash).

This will provide the ability to our customers to start hashing sooner than they would if they waited for physical boards to arrive, and is our effort to provide a better customer experience with BFL. As has always been our practice, we make no representations or guarantees as to the results of your mining efforts via BFL Cloud Mining or our physical products.

[kroneko]

Latest update from BFL.  It appears we may be getting some hashes thrown our way late next week.

Monarch Update 11 June 2014

We have been diligently working on the Monarch board since the last update. Many tests have been conducted and various component modifications have been made in the interim. The chips on the boards are easily able to achieve 1 TH/s, but the PCBs are not quite yet able to support the power required for that speed. We anticipated that the latest revision would be the final one, but there is still too much heat being retained internally on the PCB. We’ve identified a couple areas that are heat dissipation bottlenecks and have incorporated those into a new PCB revision, which should allow us to reach our projected speed and energy efficiency.

While we wait for the new revision to make it through manufacturing, we now have a supply of boards that do not meet the advertised specs and thus are not suitable to be shipped directly to customers. Although we have no legal obligation to do so, we have made a voluntary business decision to reward customers for their patience and loyalty; with the boards we have on hand or close to being completed, we can deliver between 600 - 800 TH of processing power. We are going to provision these boards in a hosted environment (BFL Cloud Mining facilities) and, as a courtesy to those customers who have been waiting the longest, we will start deploying Cloud Mining in queue order as early as next Wednesday, June 18th, barring any problems. It may be as late as Friday, June 20th before we can get anything turned up and going, as significant setup is required.

When Cloud Mining becomes available to you, an email will be sent informing you how to activate your BFL Cloud Mining. You should check your dashboard starting next Wednesday for the Cloud Mining button to activate it from there. With a limited amount of Cloud Mining capacity available, we will not be able to accommodate everyone immediately, but we will try to provide the ordered amount of hashing power to as many people as we can as quickly as possible. Once the 1 TH boards start shipping out, we will be rolling the Cloud Mining over to the next people in the queue as we fulfill the queue from the beginning with physical boards. This process will continue until the physical board shipments catch up to the Cloud Mining. All orders will be handled in their queue sequence, regardless of product type (600, 300, Mining By The Gigahash).


This will provide the ability to our customers to start hashing sooner than they would if they waited for physical boards to arrive, and is our effort to provide a better customer experience with BFL. As has always been our practice, we make no representations or guarantees as to the results of your mining efforts via BFL Cloud Mining or our physical products.

Well there's some good news!   Thanks for posting this here!   I get a little jaded with BFL, I know for a fact that they will deliver, it's just the repeated delays make the waiting game tough...

[Blazed]

How early in the Monarch que is NastyMining?