Payment every 3 hours is good.

anyone else having problems connecting to the pool?

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2 pools specified.
Stratum - connecting to 'xmr.crypto-pool.fr' <212.129.46.59> port 7777
Stratum - connecting to 'xmr.crypto-pool.fr' <212.129.46.59> port 7777
Stratum - Cannot connect  to xmr.crypto-pool.fr port 7777
DevFee: Stratum - Failed to connect, retry in 20 sec...
Stratum - Cannot connect  to xmr.crypto-pool.fr port 7777
Stratum - Failed to connect, retry in 20 sec...
Stratum - connecting to 'xmr.crypto-pool.fr' <212.129.46.59> port 7777
Stratum - connecting to 'xmr.crypto-pool.fr' <212.129.46.59> port 7777
Stratum - Cannot connect  to xmr.crypto-pool.fr port 7777
DevFee: Stratum - Failed to connect, retry in 20 sec...
Stratum - Cannot connect  to xmr.crypto-pool.fr port 7777
Stratum - Failed to connect, retry in 20 sec...
Stratum - connecting to 'xmr.crypto-pool.fr' <212.129.46.59> port 7777
Stratum - connecting to 'xmr.crypto-pool.fr' <212.129.46.59> port 7777
Stratum - Cannot connect  to xmr.crypto-pool.fr port 7777
DevFee: Stratum - Failed to connect, retry in 20 sec...
Stratum - Cannot connect  to xmr.crypto-pool.fr port 7777
Stratum - Failed to connect, retry in 20 sec...
Stratum - connecting to 'xmr.crypto-pool.fr' <212.129.46.59> port 7777
Stratum - connecting to '127.0.0.1' <127.0.0.1> port 5555
Stratum - Connected
Stratum - Cannot connect  to xmr.crypto-pool.fr port 7777
DevFee: Stratum - Failed to connect, retry in 20 sec...
Job timeout, disconnect, retry in 20 sec...

I cannot connect to xmr.hashinvest.net either. Normally that would make me say it's me of course, but I can connect and submit shares at mine.moneropool.org

HashInvest website is down as well, coincidence? it couldn't be related, could it? 

Anyone know what on earth is going on with the pool? The network pool hash rate is 3.5 MH/sec where it normally sits over 6 MH/s.
Normally my hash rate is around 17 KH/s where its now sitting on 12 KH/s. Whats going on?

How big is the rig (hash rat)? Is it a FPGA?

So that is not 1 rig, but a farm?

If I switch my dev farm to http://dwarfpool.com  I get over > 17 khs. If i switch it back to monero.crypto-pool.f, 12 khs. It normally sits around 17khs for your pool.
I do understand that its an estimate, but that is a BIG difference.

I use dwarf pool, for a day or two, the displayed hash rate is about 20% lower than usual. The mined XMR is also lower. My rigs are the same. It has recovered now.

I'll let it sit for a few days to have a fair comparison. The one thing that i found interesting @ http://dwarfpool.com/xmr
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You can determine your rigs separately for better vardiff, lower rejects and detailed statistic. Use username with any number (integer, any random number): WALLET . WORKER-ID
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So I've done that and mined directly to the exchange (walletaddress.paymentid.workernumber).
Personally I like using monero.crypto-pool.fr and I was wondering if there's a roadmap of features you have planned.

Well.. If you check http://dwarfpool.com/xmr, you can see ~40% of the "big boys" are mining direct to an exchange.
Personally, I'd love that feature as I don't have to a) pay for the first payout, and b) pay again to get it into the exchange to trade.
When 10 XMR has been mined, it gets deposited.

Some things:

 * Port 3333 starting difficulty dropped to 5000 (or even less). I have some older (non-AES cpu) machines that chug away.
 * Support for XMRADDR.PAYMENTID.WORKERID so that I can keep track of how they are performing
 * -p used for email address so that we can get notifications if a machine has not sent any shares in X minutes (you decide what is "sane").
 * The English fixed on the banner up top that cycles through features etc (correct grammer etc. It seems english isnt a first language so I'll gladly help. If you need some, PM me)