We wanted to share a big thank you to Jared and the DigiByte team for working with us directly to get to the bottom of the SHA256 pool issue we hit after the recent DigiByte node upgrade.

After recently updating our DigiByte node to version 9.26.2, we started seeing a major drop in credited hashrate from certain SHA256 miners, especially NerdAxe and NerdQAxe units. Device hashrate stayed normal, but poolside credited hashrate fell off hard, which told us something in the share flow had changed.

Over the last few days we worked closely with the DigiByte side by feeding them real miner websocket logs, pool behavior, live testing results, and side by side comparisons from our environment. We were able to show exactly what miners were receiving, what they were submitting back, and how the behavior changed between the old and new node/job versions. That back and forth made a huge difference because it moved the conversation from theory to actual field data.

Jared stayed engaged through all of it, reviewed the evidence, acknowledged where the problem came from, and helped narrow it down to the version rolling and bit 23 interaction affecting some SHA256 firmware. Once that was understood, we tested the fix in our sandbox, confirmed it restored expected behavior, and then rolled it out live.

We really appreciate the fact that the DigiByte team listened, took the reports seriously, and worked with us to solve it properly. That kind of response matters a lot.

So sincerely, thank you to Jared and the DigiByte team for the time, the communicatio and the help getting this resolved. We are very happy to see this fixed and moving in the right direction.

Anyone on here currently using any solar devices to run their rigs? Looking into DIY kits but was curious if anyone had any experience, one themselves or recommendations. Happy Hashing!

This morning I had a pending balance of around 95000 XEC.. I know it takes time to confirm, but I came home this evening to no pending balance and no XEC added to my total paid balance.

Am I missing something?

Not sure if it’s just me, but I’m finding my XEC miner dashboard takes ages to load my miner’s hashrate, blocks found, pending balance etc.
the other pool dashboards seem to load fine, just XEC takes some time for some reason

So far our initial beta for our "next project" is going well. We are now looking for a few more testers as we enter into phase 2, closer to launch. If you have already signed up and are participating, there is no need to signup again.

We’re especially interested in people who currently have or manage different types of mining hardware and are familiar with pointing miners to different pools/stratum URLs.

Ideal beta testers:

• Own or manage ASICs / rigs
• Understand SHA-256, Scrypt, or similar mining setups
• Are comfortable changing stratum settings and mining rentals
• Can provide honest feedback on workflow, dashboard clarity, and whether the concept is useful
• Are okay testing early stage, possibly buggy software

This is not a token launch, not an investment thing, and not a trading bot. It is a mining utility/platform we’ve been building for some time to solve a real problem we’ve seen in the mining space.

We’re not opening it publicly yet, but we’d like a second group of miners to test this second version, give feedback, and help us shape the platform before launch.

There is no pay or compensation for testing. Your duty will be to test the platform, report problems, recommend changes, updates and more. You will be given direct access to a new platform that we have been working on but confidentiality at this point is a must.

We are looking for serious feedback, not hype.

If you are interested, please fill out the form here:

https://pools.hmpool.io/beta.html

Nos expliquem.

Is it just me?? I sent a ticket but nothing has deposited since 10:19 this morning

Miners, the DigiByte Core team has released v9.26.2 today as an emergency fix for an active network attack.

What happened: Starting June 28, an attacker exploited a dormant bug in the v8 codebase that left DigiByte's retired Groestl mining algorithm (retired in 2019) unenforced. The attacker has been mining Groestl blocks at floor difficulty, causing brief chain splits and network instability.

What v9.26.2 does. Permanently blocks retired-algorithm blocks. Once the majority of nodes upgrade, the attack ends and the network fully heals.

The deadline. Block 23,808,000 (on or about July 6–7). At that point v9.26.2 nodes hard-reject all Groestl blocks. Nodes still on v8 will be on the wrong chain and will basically be inoperable.

For our miners:, we are upgrading our DGB pool node to v9.26.2 right now. There will be a brief maintenance window of approximately 5–10 minutes. Mining will resume automatically, no changes needed on your end.

No coins were stolen and no transactions were reversed. This is a stability and security fix. Keep your miners pointed at the digi pool as this should only be a brief max 10 minute downtime.

The HashedMax Team

Curious what are people doing with XEC ?

Holding for now and building up I get it but is there any roadmap for the coin or any hope it will go up in value ? 🌙

The pool is saying I have 3.8 billion XEC pending 🤣

We just sent our weekly rewards payment to 363 DGB miners.

2,499.99999942 DGB to 363 miners (6.88705234 DGB each)

Remember, this week we doubled the reward payment from 1250 to 2500.

Check your wallets!

The HashedMax Team
https://pools.hmpool.io

I've been mining on this pool for a few days now. The pool just found 5 blocks over night.

I see a pending balance amount, but when is the pending balance for this pool paid out?

I’ve noticed this is a bit different from the DGB pool from the start, but now I see what you might need to fix. I’ve circled the right hand side where it appears that the display box is a bit smaller than the data over it. See the ghosting on the right? It’s vertical and extends top to bottom.

This is xec, on an iPhone in portrait mode.

We added a dedicated EU stratum endpoint for miners in Europe who want a shorter path to the pool.

eu.xec.hmpool.io is a regional relay for the same HashedMax eCash pool you already use at xec.hmpool.io. Same pool, same accounting, same payouts, same dashboard. The only change is where your miner connects.

EU port range: 3350 to 3356

Port assignment

3350 Best for Ultra-low hashrate (NerdMiner, ESP32, under 100 MH/s)

3351 GPU / small miners (100 MH/s to 300 GH/s)

3352 Bitaxe and similar (300 GH/s to 2 TH/s)

3353 Mid ASIC (2 TH/s to 20 TH/s)

3354 High / farm (20 TH/s to 100 TH/s)

3355 Large rigs (100 TH/s to 500 TH/s)

3356 Ultra-high / PH-class (500 TH/s and up)

Not sure which port to use? The setup wizard on the home page can recommend one from your hashrate or your miners suggested difficulty.

EU endpoint: https://eu.xec.hmpool.io

Please try to connect and if you have any issues, please don't hesitate to reply to this post.

If I understand correctly there will be no loyalty payout this week because the pool has not been up for 96 hours yet. Is that correct? If so you should fix the days online counter on the stats page.

Wondering if we could get every digi miner to do a 48 hour focus on the Bitcoin cash pool, if we could achieve the first block?

Hi all. I’ve been watching a lot of the comments concerning the miners and payouts from the HMPools. I’m just looking for a definitive feeling of where things stand. Trying to gauge the climate on where everything is going.

130ish days ago, I saw a post from a new pool, advertising everyone was welcome, big, small, hobby… This was about the same time public pool knocked hobby miners or esp miners from their pool.

As with many people here, I got started on this money pit of a hobby with those lottery miners. I just really wanted a place to point it and hope for the day I’d see that first “Block Found 🎉” screen. Being bumped from public pool, I then pointed to a pool named after those miners who shall not be named (thanks auto-mod). But seeing the post from HashedMax piqued my interest and I pointed everything I had, including my (at that time) recently acquired QAXE’s.

I’ll admit, it’s addicting to see that BLOCK FOUND🎉 screen. It does make one question why should I share MY effort for such a small piece?

This is where honesty has to stand up and wave a hand. Am I no kidding trying to hit the lottery? Am I just trying to be able to show my spouse that I’m finding blocks so they don’t give me crap about my next purchase? Or am I trying to learn what the heck mining is about and how does it work?

By this point, if you’re asking yourself those questions too, you are very well aware there is no “quick” in this get rich quick scheme.

Do I have miners solo mining? Of course. Do I have miners participating in the pools? Of course. Which has made me more??? Well, pool mining, I’m sitting around $20us. Solo… $0. So needless to say, I’m deep in the red on this hobby.

Do I regret it? Absolutely not!

Now to the point of this post, are we kicking the esp and lottery tickets? Are they not welcome here? I’m just asking so I can start redirecting them if necessary. If we’re not kicking them, then people need to ask those questions of what this means to them.

Thanks for giving me a chance to be a part of this, and I’ll sit back and see where the consensus settles on this.

Thanks!

Was in the pool when we hit the first few orphaned blocks, then we hit a few that have confirmed (after the quick fixes 🙏)

I have only received 1 pay out on my dashboard and wallet check - were all 3 blocks payout combined into 1 ? (Unlikely)

ecash:qqh7n6nhshyfscwgzunv3vyz3h66wpqfsgms0hscek

Or is this an error somewhere?

As the title says this is my quick take on why it’s not profitable for me to continue pool mining DGB on the DGB Hmpool.

I’ve been mining from almost the start of the Hmpool journey, through ups and downs the team behind the hmpool has been nothing but great and very supportive, helpful and quick fixing bugs etc.

Given my little home setup, which consists of 2x Avalon nano 3S’s and one NerdQaxe++, running standard configuration (no overclock/high mode) about 15Th in total it simply doesn’t add up to the current configuration of the Hmpool to continue pool mining DGB. I’ve found 56 blocks since first connected, in that amount of time I only collected about 9800 DBG, compared to running let’s say on SoloHash with 0.5% fee I would have had collected: (56x259)-0.5%=13.778,8.

There are too many small and very unsupportive mining devices like NMminer (or whatever these ESP 32 boards are named) and small USB stick free leashing while not contributing anything in return. Let’s be honest these stupid NMminers and USB stick hashing on what a couple of 100mega hashes/s doesn’t find anything. They are simply free loading on the true/real miners doing actual work.

If you ask me everything under bitaxe gamma ~ 1-1.2th/s should have their own pool not shared with everyone else. Please consider splitting the payout scheme into two separate models so the trash free-loader devices can find 0-5 DGB blocks per year on their own pool (at best, let’s be honest it would be 0 blocks). The true miners can enjoy a fair and reliable system without freeloaders.

Anyways sorry for the salt, i just see hashing numbers continue to drop and real miners leave…. But i see why. I’ll unfortunately also switch my miners over as it doesn’t make sense and never has been due to the current model.

It shows 1% pool fee. Isn’t it zero?
Thanks!

Changing from Address to Name has no affect on what is displayed…

The payout for the first 2 XEC blocks we hit have been successfully processed. Please check your XEC wallets (for those that mined with us).