My mining pool experience was:
Slush -> Ghash.io -> Back to Slush and i'll stay here for the rest of my life.
Of course i did test some other pools but i didnt trust them, was gonna try Eligius but was much research time..meh
I switched over to BTC Guild with all of my 10 S3's going on it to figure out something. What I figured out is the following: .0186723 for 3 blocks in an 11 hour period. I make .01746733 on average for each block we find on here. That total for BTC Guild was for 3 BLOCKS.
SLUSH RULES... PERIOD!!!
I have to find 3 blocks on BTC for every 1 block we find on here! It's a no brainer... SLUSH RULES... PERIOD!!!
The only way it would benefit me is if we did not find a block at all on here during that entire 11 hour period. But how are we supposed to know that? It's a gamble I'm not willing to take!!!
Translation: Somebody who doesn't understand PPLNS compares per block rewards from one pool to another instead of actual earnings. Also thinks 11 hours is sufficient to compare *any* pool to another.
With a proper test, you'd have found that BTC Guild will pay you *per block* about half of what Slush does once you have shares in every shift, and find them about twice as often. The fees are identical, and BTC Guild pays NMC. Statistically, it will provide better income over enough time as a result. It is also unhoppable, while Slush's score system has been hoppable since 2011.
shhhhh, don't tell people about it being hoppable =) just curious, did GAW have to ask permission to use your "BTCGuild" name as one of their own pools ? i see they recently changed it to Genesis Guild or something like that.
Not sure what "GAW" is?
I can store 3 pools in each Antminer S3 in "Miner Configurations." I have Slush on #2 and BTC on #3. I simply copy and paste from #2 or #3 into the #1 address pool to tell the S3 which pool I want to mine. It takes no more than 1 minute to log into one of my S3's and change the pool address to the pool I wish to mine. Even when I'm on the road training telephone technicians because I have a "static IP" assigned to my house. This means I can connect to my network at the house while I'm away and have access to my S3's to monitor them, change clock speed, change pools, etc...
I have different "worker" names in each pool. I don't have the same names on each pool. I simply copy and past from one of the two pools I have already stored in #2 and #3 pool into the #1 pool choice.
I also have each S3 book marked and labeled as antMiner_1, antMiner_2, etc.. This way, once I log in to my network at the house, I simply click on the bookmark for whatever antMiner I wish to configure, monitor, etc...
Charter Communications did charge me another $20.00 each month for a static IP. Which sucks, but it's worth having for monitoring video cameras and other things at the house. as well as having access to my antMiners while I'm away.
to me that's not pool hoping you can do the same thing with the S1 if you know what file to edit with shh and set it the same way in a S1 load balance , balance etc but with the S 3 i only saw three pool setting in the UI . S1 has none you have edit it in but can use any that Cgminer will let you in the S1 not sure if even editing in the S3 will let you now. I'll find out later today . btw i like BGFMINER more but no ant yet has it but some are working on it I've found BFG to be more stable for me then CG is but i can't use that in ants unless you know were i can.
POOL hopping is using a program that searches the webb for you and switch you the best one at that moment i can see were that would piss off a few that i won't do .
Okay, now I know what "pool hopping" is.
As you know, I'm not using cgminer of bgfminer. I'm just using Bitmain Antminers with no program. The only thing I've seen here lately, which refers to solo mining on BitSolo, may give you a tip [or not] for setting up ASIC hardware in cg or bfg-miner.
I copied and pasted the following from
http://bitsolo.net/how-to/Bitcoin ASIC HardwareFollow this section if you have purchased bitcoin ASIC hardware. Download and install cgminer from cgminer homepage
Create a file named start.bat in the same directory you installed cgminerEdit the file and put in the following
cgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.bitsolo.net:3334 -u 1KbfPjjpwu5undFfGULwYpVyvo8gpdpCGH -p x
Change 1KbfPjjpwu5undFfGULwYpVyvo8gpdpCGH to be your Bitcoin address.This is the address payments will be sent.
Run start.bat by double clicking on it.
You should now have a window with cgminer running and mining for you.
Graphics Card
Following this section if you are planning to mine with your graphics card.
Download and install BFGMiner version 3.6.0 from BFGMiner Download. Additional instructions can be found from BFGMiner Homepage.
Create a file named start.bat in the same directory you installed bfgminer. Edit the file and put in the following
bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.bitsolo.net:3334 -u 1KbfPjjpwu5undFfGULwYpVyvo8gpdpCGH -p x
Change 1KbfPjjpwu5undFfGULwYpVyvo8gpdpCGH to be your Bitcoin address.This is the address payments will be sent.
Run start.bat by double clicking on it.
You should now have a window with bfgminer running and mining for you.
Watch and Wait
You need to keep your miner running at all times to mine. To find out if you have found a block look at the Best Share column on cgminer or BS on bfgminer. This will tell you your Best Share found so far. If this is higher than the network difficulty then you have found a block.
Additionally, when you have found a block it will show up in My Account tab and then be sent to your Bitcoin address :-)
This is the tough part so be prepared to watch and wait. To be honest, not many people have the mental attitude or patience to solo mine so you are a member of a select group if you make it past a week month of solo mining.
cgminer runs the antminer atm so there is no way that i know of using any thing but CGminer that whats inside the the antminer. i want BFG inside my antminer as my miner not CGMiner if you how to tell me plz .
I want to solo mine but atm don;t have at least one mach with at least 1.5 th to do just that while i do other stuff i like mining in pools see nest idea they come up with also want to solo mine but i need at least one stands a lone for that the way i want to with some power I'll get bored fast solo mining .
