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Steve Sokolowski wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:59 pm It turns out that there may have been a ZCash upgrade that occurred on January 6, which caused blocks since then to be lost. If that's the case, we'll temporarily disable ZCash mining until we can get KAWPOW released this weekend and then fix the ZCash problem.

Steven will update everyone when he finds out if that is the case. Until then, you can continue mining as normal.

dalr46 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 6:05 pm

Steve Sokolowski wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:59 pm It turns out that there may have been a ZCash upgrade that occurred on January 6, which caused blocks since then to be lost. If that's the case, we'll temporarily disable ZCash mining until we can get KAWPOW released this weekend and then fix the ZCash problem.

Steven will update everyone when he finds out if that is the case. Until then, you can continue mining as normal.

So continue to mine "as normal" even though the blocks will continue to be lost post-January 6? There would be absolutely no reason to direct any hash rate to ZCash on Prohashing if you can't tell me if it will be lost or not... I could potentially be sending hash rate to Prohashing for days and have it all be for nothing unless the lost block issue is figured out. As I am sure you are very aware, ASICs are expensive, and ROI is important to all of us. Without some idea of what the ROI might be, I think I have to send the hash rate elsewhere until there is a solid answer on this.

Sarah Manter wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 7:14 pm The update fixed the bug, so mining is working as expected now, and Steven is contacting the ZCash developers because it was their bug that cost the lost blocks to see what we can do about getting compensation for you for the lost blocks.

OneOfThePetes wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:22 pm

Sarah Manter wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 7:14 pm The update fixed the bug, so mining is working as expected now, and Steven is contacting the ZCash developers because it was their bug that cost the lost blocks to see what we can do about getting compensation for you for the lost blocks.

It is quite upsetting, from a electricity cost / time point of view.
With that being said, I know it's not anybody's fault.
These things happen. It's just unfortunately expensive.

I appreciate you looking into it for us.

Just out of interest, what was the bug?

OneOfThePetes wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:43 am Hi Sarah,

has it happened again?

Steve Sokolowski wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:59 pm It turns out that there may have been a ZCash upgrade that occurred on January 6, which caused blocks since then to be lost. If that's the case, we'll temporarily disable ZCash mining until we can get KAWPOW released this weekend and then fix the ZCash problem.

Steven will update everyone when he finds out if that is the case. Until then, you can continue mining as normal.

Sarah Manter wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 11:23 am Is it still saying that for you? I just tried looking, and the second line looks like it no longer says pending. It may have just taken a bit to register?

Steve Sokolowski wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:16 pm We are trying to release KAWPOW today, but don't have a promised release date. Because we are still trying to hire someone to create an automated testing suite, we often have deployment failures that require a revert because there is a different configuration in production that wasn't able to be tested in development. If you'd like to help out with creating these tests, or if you know someone who is interested, please apply at https://prohashing.com/about/careers!

We'll definitely let you know how the release goes and when it's ready for you to join in!