Are you also going to get concerned about the 2 weeks of above-average block finding we've had just before this 3-day dry stretch?

Last time we hit some bad luck I paid organofcorti to look into it, as some users believed it was statistically improbable. He's very good with statistics and probability and did a very thorough analysis which you can read here:

http://organofcorti.blogspot.com/2013/05/131-bitminter-and-luck.html

If you really want to look into the bad luck we had just now, please do what he did, don't just look at 3 unlucky blocks and jump to conclusions.

Also note how we paid better than most pools even when we had a long period of bad luck. Low fee, transaction fee income and namecoins make a big difference.

The proposition I made for adding 2 columns to the stats page will probably help many people understand the bad and good sequence we're facing... and put it in perspective.


http://imgur.com/piXw6qw

No, not at all. I'm just trying to answer all the questions that pop up when we have bad luck. As usual I also have a couple of users sending support requests calling me a thief because today's payout was lower than usual. I try to explain how the reward system works, but not everyone want to listen..

 yeah , but how many coins did you cost the doctors pool?

  Not to sound nasty but the doc has 16-20th on line and if 10th of it was using your client.    you 1/2 our real hash thus the bad luck was directly caused by your error.

 I also realize that maybe only 1th , 2th of our pool was using your bad software. Your admittance not mine.  I also realize that your bug was introduced at the end of the 37 mill difficulty.

 Making it all the worst.     I would say that none should do any update of working mining clients near the next adjustment.   We will go from 37 mill to 50 mill in a day. 

If your error was done on day one of an adjustment  instead of day nine of an adjustment   it would always cause less damage.   I mine mining a while and I am tired of all the little slip ups made costing myself and others money. 

So I ask you how much hash power did you take out on our pool >  How long has the damaged occurred for 1 day 2 days.  Does it match very closely our so called bad luck streak? 

Let be generous and say it was an accident. It goes to show miners that even a slip thing like an update by a client can be used as a weapon against a pool.
 So always be careful about updating your gear . The last 30 hours we have 2 blocks should have 8-9.  If your error did damage  which it did,  how many of the 6-7 lost blocks are on you.  care to guess?

 I do not like to sound or read so nasty but after a long list of poor btc companies and the like I am tired.

All I can say is wow to that sort of response... just plain wow... I mean what proportion automatically upgrade without checking what happens on upgrade... seriously... wow I mean wow. The new version wasn't even up for 12 hours before I posted a fix. Seriously wow... You got some anger towards someone but it is seriously fucking misguided if directed at me.

Your reaction was uncalled for!

If people want to be update their miners to the latest version immediately, there are risks.
When upgrading, people should monitor the results and notice what differences their hardware are exhibiting.

If you are having issues with other vendors direct your anger at them, as far as your behavior.

You Sir, not to sound nasty as you put it, are a complete douche bag and that is being generous.

Looks like a spike in difficulty helped delay this block. 50.8 million. Wow.

 Shame on you for this post.

 Incredible.