sorry to sound like a newbie...
I tried connecting to the UK node... they only have the US one aswell? I haven't tried that.. but being honest I had the same issue when trying to connect to discuss fish aswell.. ?
Thanks
When you say connection failed does it have no connection? Or is it mining slow? Or what exactly is happening?
They do have a few nodes. I'm wondering if possibly you need to set a difficulty is what my above questions are for.