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[quote author=Nutnut link=topic=1772.msg14147#msg14147 date=1371132473]
So a lot of people, me included, harp on about how resilient p2pool mining is in the case of a DDoS attack on the network. This is a by product of the decentralized way in which it is intended to run. i.e. lots of smaller nodes spread all over the globe working together as a pool rather than 3 or 4 big pools.

A big pool will become a target and if it falls we loose a large percentage of our hashrate. In addition, all of the miners get kicked off of the server (in the best case) and they fail over to a backup pool. Issue is that then you have to wait for the PPLNS to ramp up, that pool will likely also be under attack. you have to keep track of all of your accounts and so on.

Of course the big attraction to pool mining over solo mining is the reduced difficulty and reduced variance when compared to solo mining. No one wants to mine for a week and find nothing!

Step up P2Pool mining. It seems to fit perfectly in the middle yet not many people use it - why?

You get the additional help of other miners to bring the block times down as per standard pool mining, there’s no PPLNS ramp up time (provided you keep the same payout address across nodes), you get to host your own node or use someone elses and it makes it real hard for attackers to takes down 100s of nodes compared to 2 or 3 servers.

Should we be miking a real push towards p2pool to protect our network? are there better ways?

Discuss…
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what is wrong with miners having backup pools?
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Absolutely nothing.The issues i’ve experienced though on most DDoS occasions is that the miners still mine to the pool and they don’t actually failover. You also have to wait for the rampup time when you go to new pool whereas if you have the same payout address in a p2pool it transfers over.

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[quote author=Pyxis link=topic=1772.msg14425#msg14425 date=1371167771]
I suppose people just don’t know about it or know enough about it to use p2pools.
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I agree with this, it would be really good if we could have an out-of-the-box sollution for this. eg: p2pool.sh

Maybe if nut could write a guide of what steps are needed then adoption might be slightly easier and less daunting for the uninitiated, and then maybe some form of automation script could be put together based on these stages/steps, to at least simplify things further?
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I may be able to setup a preconfigured server… I’ll give it some thought. In the mean time This is a REALLY good vanilla setup guide if you have a spare box that can run ubuntu… http://forum.feathercoin.com/index.php?topic=863.msg6712#msg6712

[quote author=Ethereal1 link=topic=1772.msg14436#msg14436 date=1371168640]
[quote author=sl1982 link=topic=1772.msg14426#msg14426 date=1371167806]
Well to be totally honest the only reason i dont use p2pool is the dust transaction fees. An example from the litecoin p2pool i ran on for a while: I wanted to transfer 10ltc out of my wallet, it was going to cost me 3ltc in fees.
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I’ve moved around 250 mined FTC to my cell’s wallet, and i don’t remember paying any more than 0.01 FTC in fees.

To add, the other benefit I find in p2pool is the lack of confirmation time prior to payouts. Once a block is found, your FTC appears in your wallet.

Maybe we should campaign to get more people on p2pool. Gotta say I loved seeing 160+MHs on the network.
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Ahh, those were the days. ;)

Really awesome interview, you have a great vision and know where you want to go with Feathercoin!

Also, i love your accent! ;D

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[quote author=Fernandez link=topic=1775.msg14228#msg14228 date=1371144257]
Left a comment. Always nice to hear our dev talk.

Justabit, am I to assume that you are Peter ‘John’ Manglaviti?
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You bet. [b]Unless [/b]your’re signing a check or collecting a bill, you’ll always call me by my middle name. I’m also the III. :)

“Peter Manglaviti brings over 13 years of broad experience in Information Technology (IT) to his new role. He has served as a software Programmer/Developer, Network Administrator, IT Trainer and Training Director, as well as a Technology Administrator (CIO) in both business and academic environments and currently holds 26 IT industry certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, CompTIA and others.”

Yeah, that’s me… gotta love Google.

John
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John’s true face is revealed to hid doting fans, And they find that he is younger than they thought. Or maybe thats just an old photograph ;)
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Not quite 40… yet. ;)

[quote name=“d2” post=“14109” timestamp=“1371127140”]
Atlas is very right with this idea from a brand recognition / marketing standpoint. I thought it would be cool to have a short url for one of my online businesses using the international tld extension as an abbreviation of part the actual company name and you would be amazed at how many people would google the site because they couldn’t remember it.

When you take that same aspect and apply it to an acronym where there are another 10 similar ones being pumped out every day it seems, not only are you lost in the crowd, but people that do see that acronym don’t care about it enough to see what it is. Hell, I’m one of those people now. When I look at the alternative crypto-currency board on bitcointalk, I don’t even look at the threads for the new coins anymore just because of the rate of release.

Actually typing out feathercoin would go a long way in making people remember it and encourage those who are unaware of it’s existence to check it out.
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Tuck was saying that he treats the XYZ’s as stock symbols and these contractions function better as such. I agree with him on that point, however, I want FeatherCoin to be more than just a day trader’s play thing (if only in the public’s mind). Establishing the FeatherCoin Marketplace goes a LONG way in this regard, except it’s a much more substantive way of doing it. If we commit to presenting FeatherCoin as being more than just FTC, we can influence the actions of those very same day traders who spend all day staring at charts and contractions. To them, it doesn’t really matter what the XYZ is, since they’re not going to be holding for more than a few hours. If this gives them even the slightest inclination to hold more FeatherCoins, then we can lighten the sell order-books and put pressure on the price to move upwards.

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[b]He criticized our criticisms[/b] XD Anyone else find this ironic??
ok…just me? Lol. *Dying over here*
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heard you like criticism

Just one further post to add that all future versions of the Premine Question will be answered as follows:

[i]“Please look at the following Video response for a definitive answer:
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8V98NxjLk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT8V98NxjLk[/url]
Thank you.”[/i]

[quote name=“justabitoftime” post=“14016” timestamp=“1371108147”]
1. Financially support the developer
2. Get them a new logo
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imho this app is really crucial for our success (like the Fiat -> FTC exchange). We should be generous here.
I’d be willing to donate 1000 FTC.

Keep the PMs coming!

[quote name=“Radacoin” post=“13806” timestamp=“1371068357”]
I was surprised to see CNC on btc-e so quickly.

Curious when they will drop support for it.
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What would actually cause them to drop of it? it’s buy orders are about 115 BTC right now with about 1.3 mill in selling of cnc.

I guess when the buy orders get below 10 btc or something?

I’ve added one item :)

https://market.feathercoin.com/item.php?id=151&mode=1

Thank you, a scholar and gentleman, you didn’t have to do that… no offense if of the fairer sex ;) Was very kind of you. Tripled the value of my wallet ;)

If you need any web design advice or custom digital art done gimme a shout and I’d be more than happy to help.

Citrix Xen is also still free last I checked.

There’s a lot here that’s awesome, except for the fact that it’s not dynamic enough and it’s based still on the ridiculous idea of global value. Money isn’t supposed to be global.

Also basing it on goods and services is a problem because it causes the classic Catch-22: I don’t build it 'til they come and they won’t come 'til I build it.
The opportunity bonus is a nice idea, but again it’s only based on contract. It’s not based on actual value. The blockchain performs a service: Making fraud difficult. That is its intrinsic value. There’s other such ideas we can use.

Digital coin has some interesting concepts, but it’s tied to supply and demand instead of interaction and momentum in an economy.

But FeatherCoin evolves so we’ll probably borrow ideas from all over.

nope…

Not much there as there isn’t even source.

Right now, we have:

Stampede handling. No one has this.
Test coin. Nope. Nobody.

A few other things.

;D

Thank you all for comments.

If FTC gets accepted by Mt.Gox its different story, however it is the future.
[b]Right now the FIAT to FTC and FTC to FIAT is to much dificult for end users.[/b]

Folowing is my dream:
1, run and oficial FIAT/FTC and FTC/FIAT exchange right here
2, from the little fees finance massive givaways for new user and costs of complete feathercoin project
3, more crazy, to every registered user on our exchange small amout to start as gift (now 10ftc, later much less)
maybe it seems unreal now, but I have big faith in our comunity and even this is a massive project I think its all just about time

;)

How about domain names?