The current logo is ok however the one at protoshares.net is very distinct which can create nice brand recognition!

Xeon L5639 @ 3.52ghz does ~280 cpm with -t 11 and 512mb/thread.  M7h SSE4 version.  Can do more threads but it slows down ltc mining on the same machine.


*12/11/13 updated cpm.

For a linux newbie, what is a good distribution to start out with?

ubuntu?

I'm not code savvy, but is there any safe guard to prevent against people pooling the new lotto system just like ordinary pools?  Granted they would be all or nothing payout, some pools with lots of hash may find it even more rewarding?

Quote from: Brekyrself on November 22, 2013, 05:44:05 am

Vista64
Intel L5639 @ 3.52ghz running 11 threads does ~162hpm

I have to keep a thread free for ltc mining    I'll try to overclock it a little more tomorrow.

Strange, you're using a Xeon build for GPU mining? what's the motherboard? how many GPUs?
Edit: also, seriously, consider ditching vista, it probably will help your performance, vista was terrible.

x58 Foxconn Bloodrage motherboard.  L5639's sell for ~$80 on eBay compared with $$$ for a 6 core 980x or 990x.  Best 6 core bargain out there however do not work in ALL x58 boards.  Only 2x 7950's in this rig, will be adding two more if gpu mining makes sense for PTS.  http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2335636

I would like win 8.1 however that will force me to spend money on an SSD and waste time re formatting instead of mining.

Quote from: Brekyrself on November 22, 2013, 02:46:55 am

Would this go along with the vesting period?

Botnets, ASIC, and even to an extent cloud computing should be the overall concern.  If GPU mining provides a < 50% speed boost it still levels the playing field as both CPU and GPU's will get faster with new technology.  Also, most new cpgpu's can do opencl so I do not believe GPU's should be the ultimate enemy, however momentum algorithm may limit their effectiveness which is a plus.

Yes.  The goal was to make minor improvements in every area based upon lessons learned.  I agree that GPUs are not an enemy by themselves unless the reason the GPU successful is because the algorithm is trivial for an ASIC.   I believe this will keep ASICs and GPUs using a large amount of memory.

Any thought on lowering the vesting time period to under 6 months?  45-90 days would be nice 

1.  The simple idea mentioned earlier having a "penalty" for early withdraw is a very clean cut approach.  Restrict any block payout to > 30 days and with an increasing rate up to a full maturity 90 days out.  If this were the case, could any forfeited amount from early withdraw be added to the next block reward?

2. GUI miner is a must for non technical.  If available, we could all convince a handful of friends to run the node.  User selectable 25/50/75/100%, do not punish us that build powerful rigs and want them doing something productive while were not working.

3.  Really need to find out if GPU mining provides any reasonable hash gain over cpu.  It may prove to NOT cut out the casual miner who has an opencl capable cpgpu.

4. A clear cut tx fee structure should be implemented.  New comers may not grasp the fee per kb relationship.

Gpu will level the field with cloud and bot nets.  better to find out now.