Inquisitor wrote: "Please shed as much light on the issue of disconnects and fines for STOPS and BOTTOM ABORTs. I am specifically interested in the issue of the miner's financial security over a long period of work in the pool. For example, a decent miner fulfills orders for a couple of months, and everything seems to be fine, and then takes an expensive order, and for some reason beyond his control - a disconnect, as a result the miner is screwed and it would seem that there is no favorable way out of this situation for him. It turns out that either I do not really know all the nuances of the system, or the system in its current form cannot be used and requires improvement." Disconnect arbitrage. Before the start of mining within the framework of the accepted order, the pool accrues an advance of +100 chips at the order price. If the miner pressed the "STOP" button of the bot during mining - this is a declared stop and the miner understands that 100 chips go to the pool. Disputes and disagreements arise if the connection is broken for technical reasons: 1) The bot's request did not reach the pool server, 2) The server received the request but does not respond, 3) The miner aborted the bot program (for example, removed it through the task manager), 4) The pool deliberately creates a disconnect. In any of these cases, it is difficult to establish the real reason for the stop. Of course, it is a shame, at the end of the chain (5 people worked) to take an order for 5 usd and then: a) an honest miner plunges by -100 chips ( = -500 dollars for a second) and gets a Socket Error. As a result, he himself is in the minus -500 dollars and still owes the pool 100 chips in advance. b) a dishonest miner went into growth +100 chips (= +500 dollars for a second) and artificially interrupts the Internet connection. Considering the +100 chips advance, the pool does not lose much, unless a competent bonus hunter buries his account with debt and does not create a clean one from scratch. Solution: 1) Rating is earned by "hard" work (= transition to expensive orders). 2) +100 advance works automatically. 3) If the miner declares a disconnect and loss of money: a) the part of the session that had already been played at the time of the disconnect is looked at. b) the average indicator of disconnections for all miners and the applicant is looked at. c) an individual decision is made for each reported episode.
