BTCC added merged-mining hashpower. Names expiring fast.

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cassini
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BTCC added merged-mining hashpower. Names expiring fast.

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A few days ago BTCC pool started experimenting with merged mining. After successfully mining a couple of blocks they have ramped up the NMC mining share to the current 25 percent. This is additional hashpower, i.e. we are getting over 200 blocks a day instead of the standard rate of 144 blocks per day.

In other words, names are expiring pretty fast at the moment. However, the next Difficulty change will be huge and should bring us back to an average of 144 blocks a day.

https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/ha ... mc.html#3m

biolizard89
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cassini wrote:A few days ago BTCC pool started experimenting with merged mining. After successfully mining a couple of blocks they have ramped up the NMC mining share to the current 25 percent. This is additional hashpower, i.e. we are getting over 200 blocks a day instead of the standard rate of 144 blocks per day.

In other words, names are expiring pretty fast at the moment. However, the next Difficulty change will be huge and should bring us back to an average of 144 blocks a day.

https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/ha ... mc.html#3m
This is very good news! Thanks BTCC for joining the merged mining club!

And yes, if anyone has names expiring in the next couple weeks, be advised that they're going to expire sooner than expected. Renew any such names ASAP.
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Re: BTCC added merged-mining hashpower. Names expiring fast.

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As expected the Difficulty change had brought us back to the 144 blocks per day average. Just a few days later the Namecoin hashpower experienced another boost, and we are getting around 180 blocks a day. Name owners, keep an eye on the expiration dates of your names!

This time it is a fairly new Bitcoin mining pool who added merged-mining: ViaBTC

This has quite a favourable impact on the Namecoin hashrate distribution. The last 500 blocks:
43% F2Pool
29% BTCC
13% ViaBTC
12% Slush
3% smaller pools, mostly Eligius, ghash.io, bitminter

biolizard89
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cassini wrote:As expected the Difficulty change had brought us back to the 144 blocks per day average. Just a few days later the Namecoin hashpower experienced another boost, and we are getting around 180 blocks a day. Name owners, keep an eye on the expiration dates of your names!

This time it is a fairly new Bitcoin mining pool who added merged-mining: ViaBTC

This has quite a favourable impact on the Namecoin hashrate distribution. The last 500 blocks:
43% F2Pool
29% BTCC
13% ViaBTC
12% Slush
3% smaller pools, mostly Eligius, ghash.io, bitminter
Yay!
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Seems they officially started now paying out namecoins: https://www.btcc.com/news/article/btcc- ... for-miners

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armur wrote:Seems they officially started now paying out namecoins: https://www.btcc.com/news/article/btcc- ... for-miners
Nice! Good to see that they've announced it, and also good to see that they link to our website.
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viabtc
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cassini wrote:As expected the Difficulty change had brought us back to the 144 blocks per day average. Just a few days later the Namecoin hashpower experienced another boost, and we are getting around 180 blocks a day. Name owners, keep an eye on the expiration dates of your names!

This time it is a fairly new Bitcoin mining pool who added merged-mining: ViaBTC

This has quite a favourable impact on the Namecoin hashrate distribution. The last 500 blocks:
43% F2Pool
29% BTCC
13% ViaBTC
12% Slush
3% smaller pools, mostly Eligius, ghash.io, bitminter

How did you recognize that those blocks are mined by ViaBTC?

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viabtc wrote:
cassini wrote:As expected the Difficulty change had brought us back to the 144 blocks per day average. Just a few days later the Namecoin hashpower experienced another boost, and we are getting around 180 blocks a day. Name owners, keep an eye on the expiration dates of your names!

This time it is a fairly new Bitcoin mining pool who added merged-mining: ViaBTC

This has quite a favourable impact on the Namecoin hashrate distribution. The last 500 blocks:
43% F2Pool
29% BTCC
13% ViaBTC
12% Slush
3% smaller pools, mostly Eligius, ghash.io, bitminter

How did you recognize that those blocks are mined by ViaBTC?
I'm pretty sure Cassini looked at the AuxPoW headers, and cross-referenced again the known indicators of ViaBTC Bitcoin coinbase transactions.

(I assume that you're affiliated with the ViaBTC pool? If so, welcome to the merged mining club, good to see you here! :) )
Jeremy Rand, Lead Namecoin Application Engineer
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DyName: Dynamic DNS update client for .bit domains.

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viabtc
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Re: BTCC added merged-mining hashpower. Names expiring fast.

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biolizard89 wrote:
viabtc wrote:
cassini wrote:As expected the Difficulty change had brought us back to the 144 blocks per day average. Just a few days later the Namecoin hashpower experienced another boost, and we are getting around 180 blocks a day. Name owners, keep an eye on the expiration dates of your names!

This time it is a fairly new Bitcoin mining pool who added merged-mining: ViaBTC

This has quite a favourable impact on the Namecoin hashrate distribution. The last 500 blocks:
43% F2Pool
29% BTCC
13% ViaBTC
12% Slush
3% smaller pools, mostly Eligius, ghash.io, bitminter

How did you recognize that those blocks are mined by ViaBTC?
I'm pretty sure Cassini looked at the AuxPoW headers, and cross-referenced again the known indicators of ViaBTC Bitcoin coinbase transactions.

(I assume that you're affiliated with the ViaBTC pool? If so, welcome to the merged mining club, good to see you here! :) )
Yes, I'm CEO of ViaBTC pool. We are in China.
I find it out myself after I reply this post. The bitcoin coinbase tx are include in the namecoin block.

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