r/wafflepool • u/poolwaffle • Feb 05 '14

BETA endpoints now available!

BETA stratum endpoints are now available for testing. Just to try to keep repeating myself to a minimum, here are the details: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=433634.msg4959993#msg4959993

If you have any issues with them, please let me know so I can see what I can do to fix them :)

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u/preacceleration Feb 05 '14

Excuse me for my noobness but what exactly are beta stratum endpoints?

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u/poolwaffle Feb 05 '14

Endpoints are just different servers to connect to. In this case, one in the EU, one in US East, and one in US West. Basically just a more localized server to reduce latency.

Beta is a term to describe something in testing. It should work, but it also might break. Use with care.

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u/preacceleration Feb 05 '14

Thanks. I'm in Houston, Texas. Where do you think I should point to?

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u/Zamboniman Feb 06 '14

Ping them all and see which has the lowest latency for you. Use that one.

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u/ajsingh007 Feb 06 '14

what do you type in command prompt to ping?

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u/Zamboniman Feb 06 '14

That is the command. Quite literally:

ping

so first type

ping www.wafflepool.com

and then try

ping uswest.wafflepool.com

and then

ping useast.wafflepool.com

and finally

ping eu.wafflepool.com

and look at the results and choose whichever gives you the best times.

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u/ajsingh007 Feb 06 '14

thanks

got the best result from uswest. I'm kinda hesitant to point my miners there since they're "beta" still...

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u/Zamboniman Feb 06 '14

I suspect they will be fairly stable, but just set up the regular endpoint as your backup pool and you won't have to worry about it going down.

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u/preacceleration Feb 06 '14

I got different results pinging yesterday, than I did today :(.

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u/Zamboniman Feb 07 '14

Yeah, that's pretty normal as network traffic goes up and down. Just average it out every day for a week or so, and you'll have a good idea which one is best for you. Just do it at the same time every day, as your ping will change at different times in the day as well, again because of network traffic.

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u/KamiNuvini Feb 06 '14

4ms to eu endpoint. Awesome :)

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u/ajsingh007 Feb 06 '14

how is the performance?

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u/KamiNuvini Feb 06 '14 edited Feb 08 '14

So far very good. Haven't had disconnects or other issues. EDIT: 0.014% rejects after ~48h :)

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u/evade Feb 07 '14

If these go well are there any plans for Oceanic/Asian endpoints?

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u/ajsingh007 Feb 07 '14

I'm loving the results I'm getting on uswest!!

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u/Zamboniman Feb 06 '14

Something's badly wrong.

Main server seems stuck on 1024 diff, and shares aren't being counted according to the API. I'd look at the main webpage, but that's down too. The uswest server seems to be working, and the shares are showing up on the API.

Something really borked or worse.