Flurry of blocks from 24.211.152.165

[-ck]

Conspiracy theory time. Is BFL testing all its minirigs or do we have a new botnet?

http://blockchain.info/blocks/24.211.152.165

There's a flurry of blocks from that IP today.

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[petermeuris]

Also hashrate rises quickly .... 11000 - 16000 in 2 hours

[Bitcoin Oz]

Maybe they are testing ASIC's 

[-ck]

Maybe they are testing ASIC's 

If their promotion is true, they could just be testing ASIC, no plural...

[Dhomochevsky]

Who is Road Runner Hold?

http://bgp.he.net/ip/24.211.152.165

[Graet]

Who is Road Runner Hold?

http://bgp.he.net/ip/24.211.152.165

my friend google says
This Road Runner wants to stay one step ahead of Wile E. Coyote in delivering high-speed cable-based Internet acces
https://www.google.com.au/search?sugexp=chrome,mod=16&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Road+Runner+HoldCo+LLC

an isp...

[Dhomochevsky]

Well someone on their networks is obviously trying to stay one step ahead of Wile E. Coyote on other counts too.

[goxed]

Who is Road Runner Hold?

It's the internet service name of Time Warner. It's a very popular ISP in Kansas City Missouri. source (stayed in KCMO)

[goxed]

NetRange:       24.208.0.0 - 24.211.255.255
CIDR:           24.208.0.0/14
OriginAS:
NetName:        RR-CENTRAL-3BLK
NetHandle:      NET-24-208-0-0-1
Parent:         NET-24-0-0-0-0
NetType:        Direct Allocation
Comment:        ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate:        2001-06-29
Updated:        2011-07-06
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-24-208-0-0-1


OrgName:        Road Runner HoldCo LLC
OrgId:          RRMA
Address:        13820 Sunrise Valley Dr
City:           Herndon
StateProv:      VA
PostalCode:     20171
Country:        US
RegDate:
Updated:        2011-06-07
Comment:        Allocations for this OrgID serve Road Runner residential customers out of the Columbus, OH, Herndon, VA and Raleigh, NC RDCs.
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/RRMA


traceroute to 24.211.152.165 (24.211.152.165), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1  192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)  3.773 ms  0.861 ms  0.715 ms
 2  192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254)  1.360 ms  1.331 ms  1.082 ms
 3  removed
 4  removed
 5 removed
 6  * * *
 7  12.83.86.97 (12.83.86.97)  13.844 ms  11.786 ms
    12.83.36.5 (12.83.36.5)  11.835 ms
 8  12.122.212.9 (12.122.212.9)  17.153 ms  16.972 ms  16.943 ms
 9  192.205.36.206 (192.205.36.206)  16.548 ms  16.728 ms  17.449 ms
10  if-2-2.tcore2.dt8-dallas.as6453.net (66.110.56.6)  17.099 ms  17.319 ms  17.626 ms
11  209.58.47.54 (209.58.47.54)  16.804 ms
    209.58.47.106 (209.58.47.106)  18.207 ms
    66.110.57.66 (66.110.57.66)  39.241 ms
12  107.14.17.140 (107.14.17.140)  38.950 ms
    ae-1-0.cr0.hou30.tbone.rr.com (66.109.6.180)  36.814 ms
    107.14.17.140 (107.14.17.140)  35.949 ms
13  ae-1-0.cr0.atl20.tbone.rr.com (66.109.6.37)  36.138 ms  34.071 ms  37.862 ms
14  107.14.19.19 (107.14.19.19)  38.565 ms
    107.14.19.49 (107.14.19.49)  38.916 ms  38.640 ms
15  ae19.rlghnca-rtr2.nc.rr.com (24.93.64.3)  44.249 ms * *
16  gig17-1.rlghncg-ar45.nc.rr.com (66.26.45.174)  77.704 ms  62.185 ms  103.012 ms

TLDR: Probably someone from North Carolina! AFAIK bfl is based off KCMO.

[Grouver (BtcBalance)]

Also hashrate rises quickly .... 11000 - 16000 in 2 hours

To 17 even for a minute.

[Dhomochevsky]

Blockchain.info says they got 6 blocks in 7 hours. This means almost 2 terahashes of computing power. Are they still using the same IP or did they switch to another? Hashing power seems to be dropping but it could be only variance. Either way, these guys are not solely responsible for the 5 TH increase, I'd wager variance had something to do with it and probably some weird reporting on bitcoinwatch skew the graphs.

Still, 1.5-2 TH of computing power just came online.

[Raoul Duke]

IP 24.211.152.165 hosts kensenter.com (a blank page)

http://bgp.he.net/dns/kensenter.com#_whois

Registrant:
   Ken Senter
   4616 Thurmount Place
   Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
   United States

   Registered through: GoDaddy.com, LLC (http://www.godaddy.com)
   Domain Name: KENSENTER.COM
      Created on: 26-Aug-09
      Expires on: 26-Aug-14
      Last Updated on: 07-Aug-11

   Administrative Contact:
      Senter, Ken  cksenter@hotmail.com
      4616 Thurmount Place
      Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
      United States
      +1.9193976635

   Technical Contact:
      Senter, Ken  cksenter@hotmail.com
      4616 Thurmount Place
      Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
      United States
      +1.9193976635

   Domain servers in listed order:
      NS14.ZONEEDIT.COM
      NS8.ZONEEDIT.COM

And it seems he doesn't like monopolies, so you guys better ask him what is he doing with 10%+ of the network hash rate already... Expecting a C&D?
http://ecfsdocs.fcc.gov/filings/2010/05/20/6015611346.html

HOLY CRAP!
http://blockchain.info/address/1PSf86KnLuzM7Ris5kDhTEZwooR3p2iyfV
http://blockchain.info/address/1JQR7BM3g1p83eXT9EqwsecvfNhDDzQefx

Those are the addresses where the coinbases are being paid.
That's some rich fellow, that guy

[jamesg]

I wouldn't be surprised if this was a zombie node reporting blocks for the entire botnet.

Seems like the most plausible explanation.

[Raoul Duke]

I wouldn't be surprised if this was a zombie node reporting blocks for the entire botnet.

Seems like the most plausible explanation.

Look at the addresses...
Mining happily since April 8.
15K Bitcoins :/
And yeah, it makes sense. The IP just showed up today lol

[nedbert9]

Don't hate me, but this is really the time for ASIC (a reasonably priced one) to make these god damn botnets worthless for btc mining.

If I could get my hands on one of these operators I'd tie them quartering style to a couple of trees ten feet up and give the wild things a challenge.
Nothing better for these guys, but a suspenseful, agonizing torture.

[Dhomochevsky]

[sadpandatech]

And it seems he doesn't like monopolies, so you guys better ask him what is he doing with 10%+ of the network hash rate already... Expecting a C&D?
http://ecfsdocs.fcc.gov/filings/2010/05/20/6015611346.html

I think that's funny as shit considering he pays for internet service from Aol/Time Warner. ;p

[sadpandatech]

This has got to be a pool of some sort. Why would he charge himself a 5% fee?

1810411a3dceacc039cff892d7ade0f24a5a40dceea2826977f18b418564f5b9 2012-06-19 05:02:04 
No Input (Newly Generated Coins)
  1JQR7BM3g1p83eXT9EqwsecvfNhDDzQefx 2.53610201 BTC
1PSf86KnLuzM7Ris5kDhTEZwooR3p2iyfV 47.5 BTC
 

50.03610201 BTC

[Raoul Duke]

And if you follow the addresses where the bigger ammounts are sent you'll notice that there are smaller daily payments to lot's of addresses, maybe miners.

[Cablez]

Is this the secret project by P4man?  Dum dum dum dummmmm!