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Fit: Runs large
This gorgeous leo is well-made, but has two caveats. First, it does run large. Errored on the side of ordering too small. That might still be too large. I usually error on the side of ordering up when leos have a lot of seams since they rarely have any stretch, but this leo stretches. Also it's for long torsos, which is fantastic for those who have this fit issue, not so much for the rest of us. Luckily for me, I'm a couturier, and can alter these things easily. Unfortunately for everyone else, these will be problems.
As far as bust, I'm a 32DD, and this leo gives good coverage and support, and is also a part of my daily wardrobe.
If you have a long torso, or know how to properly alter stretch fabric or know someone who can, take the plunge and order this leo, but order a size down.
Age: 30 to 39
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The contour seams are definitely flattering, and I have a long torso, so the fit is perfect for me. However, the neckline of this leo is too wide, and too plain to be flattering. The straps practically start in my armpits, making my shoulders look wide and weird. Also, the straps come off sometimes during jumps. I love the seams so I still wear the leo, but I don't always feel super pretty in it.
Age: 22-29
I wanted a stylish white leotard, so I got this. While white leotards are always a bit tricky because even with front lining they are still see-through, this leotard was better than most. The style was very flattering and fit nicely (ordered a small- I am 5'11" with a short torso).
Age: 15-18
Like another reviewer said, this may not be the best leotard for a short torso (which I have), but I still love this leotard. I'm 5'5", 115 lbs, 34" bust and ordered a medium. After wearing this for a couple of classes I probably would have ordered a small. I ordered the french blue color and love it.
I love Wear Moi leotard designs but unfortunately I just can't wear them… I'm 5'2 with a short torso and when I tried on the leotard, the straps were way too long and the fabric in my torso area was bunching up. Overall, the quality and style was great, but this leotard was made for taller girls.
This is a nice leotard. The seams are very flattering! I went with the other reviews about size. I purchased a S. I'm 5ft 5 inch and 125 and find the length is good but tight across the body. I should have gotten a M.
But, still nice.
Age: 30-39
I got a french blue color and absolutely love it.
I normally get small, but after reading the reviews, I got XS. I was a bit scared because my hips are wider and sometimes I have hard time wearing some types of small leotards (unless it has a zipper on the back side). XS was a bit tight around the hip area when I was trying to wear it, but once it's on, it looks perfect. I guess small would have been a bit too big for me. I am 5'4" and 103 pounds, 24 inch waist, 33 inch hips.
Beautiful leotard with amazing material! I have had this for a year and it still looks new! The colors are vibrant and will make you stand out in the studio - I have the French Blue color which is love. The seams are flattering and so comfortable. I am usually a S in Wear Moi, but I had to exchange for and XS in this leo. I am 5'7 (long legs) 100lb with a small chest.
I have a long torso, but slim build and this leo just feels great. I love anything with princess-seams and this one just hits the mark spot on. It has great coverage, doesn't ride up or move around and is like a second skin. I just wish it came it some other colors I liked, otherwise I would buy one in every color!
Age: 40-49
There is a lot of leotards that are flattering but this leotard actually make you look thinner. The seams in the front are so slimming and hold over time and the top is very supportive. This leotard also comes in many beautiful colors too (the merlot color is gorgeous.) This is an amazing leotard.
I bought this for my daughter I love that its fully lined. It has a great cut super durable would recommend this leotard. Her first leotard we ordered is a year old its been washed tons of times still looks great. She now has 3 in this style in different colors!!! She loves it, I love it great buy!!
I got this in french blue--nice color! But, it fit a tad bit weird on me. The line going across the bust wasn't at the "empire waist" level...it was an inch or 2 higher than that...couldn't put my finger on it, it just looked weird. Otherwise, it fit well elsewhere. I'm 5'5", a medium in hip/chest/waist, but got the large so that it could fit my long torso.
Also, I have a small chest, so when I put my arms in first position, the top/front of the leotard would be loose and stick out...not pretty...
It fit similar to the other wear moi leos I have tried. It's a tad narrower than the typical leo.
The microfiber material is amazing! but I'll just stick to other models of wear moi leos. This one's going back.
This leotard is one of the best Wear moi leotard that is there. It fits nicely and it looks really nice on. I would definitely recommend this to anyone.
I love this leotard so much! It is extremely flattering and comfortable. The material is so perfect and I would recommend that everyone try this leotard!
Great well fitting leo! I'm 5' 9" and the large fits perfectly! I ordered the tangerine color and it is brighter than the picture, but i love the color!
These straps are considered camisole, however they are thicker than their normal camisole strap leotards but not as thick as the tank styles.- DDS Customer Service (04/04/2014)
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I usually wear either a small or medium and am trying to decide. I am just shy of 5'8" and 127 lbs.
This leotard does run on the small side. For the best fit we recommend comparing your measurements to the "sizing" tab that is listed on the item.- DDS Customer Service (07/01/2013)


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American Idol Ruben Studdard to host music camp on Birmingham-Southern campus
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern College campus will be home to a music camp organized by the Ruben Studdard Foundation in the BSC Hill Music Building from July 14-25. Studdard will participate during the first day on July 14 and again July 25 for the camp finale concert in the BSC Hill Recital Hall at 6 p.m.
More than 50 youth ages 12-19 have been selected to participate in the camp to take part in classes including voice, instrument, music theory, and on-stage performance. Limited admission to the camp is still available by audition. Students who play an instrument are encouraged to audition.
Instruction during the camp will be provided by certified music teachers and local music professionals.
The two-week camp will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday and will include breakfast and lunch daily. For information on camp cost, or to schedule an audition, contact Emily Studdard at 205-856-2688, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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text: By BOBBIE RANDALLRecord ColumnistBardi lived across the street from me. I'm speaking of her in the past tense because she has recently passed away. This 86-year-old woman was a mentor and like a mother to me. We were friends and crocheting buddies. Our dogs remain best friends. We knew the pattern of each other's lives by which lights were on in which rooms of our respective houses. It is sad to now look across the street and know that her kitchen light will not be on between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. I appreciated just knowing that even though my life was busy, Bardi was always there to talk. When she died suddenly of a stroke, the family appreciated just knowing that even if my life is busy, I am always here to talk. Her house across the street is nearly empty now. Her death has been difficult to adjust to for all who loved her. A granddaughter is living there and she takes care of Kenny-dog and Calico-cat. My dog, Molly, still goes across the street to visit with Kenny. Kenny misses his Mom; Molly is a true Canine Therapy Companion to her dear old doggie friend. While retrieving Molly one day, the granddaughter asked me what to do with Bardi's shoes and clothes. I volunteered to transport them to the Career Clothing Program at our church. A group of ladies provides career clothing to women just entering the work force who may not be able to afford a new wardrobe. The granddaughter agreed and I piled five large boxes of clothes and shoes into my vehicle.Before donating these items, I looked through each box. As I refolded her shirts and slacks, I remembered seeing her in each outfit. I hugged the hand-knit suits and Bardi's colorful shoes. I miss seeing her wear all of her lovely clothes. She always dressed as a true lady; everything matched.I noticed that many of the items of clothing were old. They were in good repair but Bardi had had them for a long time. She had a few newer items but they were the same size as the older things. Bardi stayed the same healthy weight for many years. In memory of my dear friend, Bardi, I have a holiday nutrition fact that I want to pass along to my readers. How much weight you gain over the holidays depends upon your starting point. Research shows that people at a healthy weight put on just under a pound between Thanksgiving and New Years. The same study revealed that those who were already overweight add an average of five pounds during the holidays. Unfortunately, researchers discovered that this extra weight often is not shed by the spring. So it is five pounds this year and five more the next, and so on until last year's holiday clothes do not fit anymore. Looking through Bardi's boxes of clothing I realized that she had stopped gaining weight. Her weight remained relatively stable for years. I suspect that this decreased her risk of any obesity-related health complications and allowed her to live to 86 years old in spite of three open-heart surgeries in the past 20 years.She liked sweets and her chocolate ice cream. She often shared a peanut butter sandwich with Kenny for supper. When we went out to eat, she never overate. It was standard for her to take leftovers home for another meal. Without even realizing it, Bardi stopped gaining weight. She never had to buy bigger clothes. Her wardrobe purchases were pleasure driven as opposed to necessity driven. When she worked for weeks on a new hand-knit suit, she expected to wear it forever. And that's what she did.Take the lead from Bardi, simply keep the bathroom scale stable through the holiday season, to make sure that what you weigh on New Year's Day is no more than what you weigh today. If you can accomplish that, you will have escaped unscathed from the holiday season, which is most likely to add pounds and cause you to buy bigger clothes.Bardi was one of my most devoted readers. I know that if she could send a message from heaven, she would wish all of you a blessed holiday season. She would be embarrassed that I wrote a column for the entire town to read about her weight but I recognize a great opportunity when I see it. Thank you for all the years of friendship, I miss you, Bardi. Bobbie Randall is a registered, licensed dietitian with many years as a community nutrition educator, as well as long term care experience. You can contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com


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In its latest step in reworking its menu, Taco Bell (NYSE:YUM) is rolling out new dessert and snack items aimed at the afternoon crowd. The move goes along with the fast-food chain's recent hiring of celebrity chef Lorena Garcia and the announcement that its restaurants will begin sporting a new look. The recent additions of the Cantina Bell menu and the introduction of the Doritos Locos Tacos items have met with success.
The new menu items aim to expand the chain's market share with those looking for more of a snack than a meal. New desserts items include a churro and a cookie sandwich with vanilla-cream filling. A strawberry and mango Fruitista is also being offered for a short time.
Taco Bell is expanding its non-dessert menu with the addition of XXL Steak Nachos nationwide. Also being test marketed this month are the Double Steak Quesadilla in Charlotte, N.C., and a Smothered Burrito in Dayton, Ohio.
The changing chain isn't done revamping itself. Also in the plan is a set of savory snacks called Loaded Grillers, which will feature appetizer-style foods in grilled tortillas.


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Date: April 18, 1906, 5:12 a.m.
Magnitude: 7.8 (estimated)
Dead: 700 (although some archivists estimate the toll at closer to 3,000)
Damage: 28,000 buildings destroyed
"Not in history has a modern imperial city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories and a fringe of dwelling-houses on its outskirts," wrote author Jack London in his eyewitness account detailing the devastation of the great earthquake of 1906.
Nearly a minute of severe shaking crippled the city, toppling buildings into the streets. The quake sparked several fires, which turned into huge conflagrations and burned out of control for three days. Nearly 600 city blocks were consumed.
More than 200,000 people, almost half of the city's population, were suddenly homeless. Thousands camped in Golden Gate Park, watching flames sweep the city. The mayor issued a proclamation authorizing police to kill looters. Refugees packed trains heading anywhere away from the San Francisco Bay Area.
"Everybody in San Francisco is prepared to leave the city, for the belief is firm that San Francisco will be totally destroyed," wrote a local newspaper on April 19. "Downtown everything is ruin. Not a business house stands. . . . On every side there was death and suffering yesterday. Hundreds were injured, either burned, crushed or struck by falling pieces from the buildings."
Among the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on the North American continent, the temblor was felt from southern Oregon to Los Angeles and east to central Nevada. Nearly 300 miles (480 kilometers) of groundalmost half the length of Californiabroke along the San Andreas Fault.
If a similar quake struck Northern California today, experts say, the results would be catastrophic. Thousands of people would be killed and economic losses would reach the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Seismologists believe a period of strong quake activity may be under way in the area now, and the U.S. Geological Survey reported in 1990 that there is a 67 percent chance of a magnitude 6.7 quake or above hitting the San Francisco Bay Area before the year 2030.


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Web In Review for April 2nd 2009
Web in Review is a post of links that I collect from RSS feeds, links provided by my lovely Twitter friends, and sometimes links I happen upon by accident. Here are a few of the links I found interesting recently. I haven't put together one of these in a while, so it's quite a list. Check them out!
- 30+ Fresh & Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials & Neat Tips | Noupe – Illustrator is probably one of the least-used of Adobe's main programs, but it's the most fun! A great resource for beginners and experts.
- Zen Textures – 100's of Free Textures – Huge library of free high-resolution textures.
- 24 ways: 10 Ways To Get Design Approval – Fantastic article about the design approval process and the psychology behind it. Must read!
- Conversation Agent: 7 Things I Learned Online that I Use at Work – Excellent article about how to use the web to your advantage at work.
- http://www.vignelli.com/canon.pdf – Massimo Vignelli's Canon- a must-read for any designer.
- Mac Lounge Beta – Possible competitor to TweetDeck and DestroyTwitter for the Mac. Looks promising.
- 42 Pagination Design Inspiration | KomunitasWeb – Pagination is something that is so often left to the last minute or even overlooked. These sites are definitely the opposite.
- How Twitter Makes You A Better Writer — Copyblogger – Nice point of view- I definitely need to learn to be more concise!
- 100 (Non-Design) Blogs that Every Web Designer Should Read – Web Design Schools Guide – Excellent list of blogs to follow that are unrelated to design.
- Cute Twitter #failwhale wallpapers by @cheth | cheth Studios – Twitter has been on the fritz quite a bit of late, so @cheth took the opportunity to create some adorable wallpapers dedicated to everyone's favorite cetacean.
- A tutorial for good typography in InDesign – Setting up a baseline grid | Typophile – Ran into some trouble working with baseline grids today. The following article provided by @fetopher helped me immensely.
- Children Book Illustrations Showcase – Tutorial9 – Some immensely talented illustrators. Children's books are always an unexpected source of really great illustrations.
- 4 Must Know Logo Design Tips – Important things to consider when designing a logo that are often overlooked.
- 50 Great Wallpapers about Design | Design was here – Some beautiful wallpapers with some insightful and funny comments about design.
See anything interesting I missed? Leave a comment so I can make sure to get it in the next post! To see all my Web In Review posts, click here!


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Last Man Standing: Politics - Texas Style: POV
What were the politics that launched George W. Bush to national office? Did they become a blueprint for Washington? Award-winning filmmaker Paul Stekler asks these questions as he takes his camera to Texas for a lively behind-the-scenes look at a pair of 2002 elections (for state representative and governor). Prominent Texans such as Bush strategist Karl Rove and former governor Ann Richards also shed light on the changing political landscape.


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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author West, Charles Dorman URN etd-09082012-040341 Title Investigation of subsonic boundary layer effects on supersonic-type airfoil sections Degree Master of Science Department Applied Mechanics Advisory Committee
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Date of Defense 1952-05-26 Availability restricted Abstract
It was found in this investigation that the testing of supersonic airfoils at subsonic speeds to obtain pressure distributions will result in considerable error if the models are tested at very low Reynolds Numbers. The thickness of the boundary layer is critical at low Reynolds Numbers and causes a decrease in the overpressure region. This, coupled with the fact that the overpressure region increases more with Mach Number than predicted by the theory, could lead to erroneous calculations of the drag.
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SARASOTA--When you register for a safe deposit box at a bank you expect the contents will remain secure.
But one Suncoast woman says the contents of her Bank of America safe deposit box are not where they should be, and she fears others may be in the same position and not even realize it.
"You go to a bank, register for a security box, figure that indeed it will be secure," said Dana Gourley, who since the 1980's, has kept a safe deposit box at the Bank of America Branch on Main Street in Sarasota. But now, Gourley isn't feeling so secure.
"We were very surprised that the contents of that box and the box itself had been drilled, and the contents had been removed from the bank premises," said Gourley.
The bank is in the process of moving to its new home at Fruitville and U.S. 301.
Gourley says she received a letter informing her that the bank was moving, but when she went to retrieve the contents of the box last week, it had already been drilled.
"We thought if they did something that drastic, it would either be a certified letter with return or even a court order," said Gourley.
Bank of America says customers should have received four different notices, but Gourley says she only got one.
In a statement, Bank of America defends emptying the boxes, saying they were done so under strict protocol, with multiple employees present and a notary.
She says she was told the contents were sent to a storage location via Fedex, but was not told where.
Gourley says so far bank employees haven't had a consistent message when it comes to getting her items back.
"We've outreached to a number of bank representatives and it seems like their policies are not well known even to those representatives," said Gourley.
She also fears she may not be the only one facing this predicament.
"We were told at least a hundred, even more boxes were drilled on that particular day and the contents removed from that bank," said Gourley.
Bank of America told ABC7 News customers can visit any branch and request to have their items sent to that location within three to five days.
Gourley says she's never been told that, also saying that an email from Bank of America says her case will be processed by April 15.
"I do think it is something that the customer needs to be aware of that maybe their security box is not as secure as they had thought," said Gourley.


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Marina & The Diamonds - The Family Jewels
As bold and brilliant a pop debut as any of us, her diamonds, could've dreamt of.Read more on Marina And The Diamonds Listen to Marina And The Diamonds on Spotify
"I'm a fucking wildcard," she screams like an unruly brat mid-strop. Perhaps not the most charming of introductions, but then this is Marina Diamandis, and she's kind of got a point. As 'The Family Jewels' amply demonstrates, Marina's a strong force to be reckoned with. It's as bold and brilliant a pop debut as any of us, her diamonds, could've dreamt of. That's right, Marina & The Diamonds is not a band. It's the name this volatile pop vixen adopts to front her frank and fiery stomp across the charts - singlehanded. Her celebrity stock is soaring too. With numerous TV appearances, a BRIT nomination, and latest single 'Hollywood' sitting pretty at number 12, she's hot property.
Luckily, the album's almost here. Just in time to save Marina - the musician - from the claws of an evil tabloid twin and the landfill pop abyss; a fate worse than death she'd probably argue. She's worked her backside off for this and she wants to make that clear. Determined to distance herself from the Katy Perry zeitgeist, she harangues the shallow and calorie-obsessed in scorn.
'Are You Satisfied?' opens the show, relaying tales of past self-doubt and identity crises; a problem Marina seems to have addressed by simply being countless different versions of herself. From shimmering 80s glamour on the hideously titled 'Shampain', to cheeky schoolyard chants on 'Girls' and electro perfection on 'Oh No!', it's an unquestionably fabulous collection of tunes. What's also remarkable is that, by no means, are past singles 'I Am Not A Robot' and 'Mowgli's Road' among the most memorable tracks. If anything, they feel slightly hollow by comparison.
Name-checking of songs has limited effect here, though. There's not one single ounce of deadwood to be found anywhere. Marina, in her many guises, has pulled it well and truly out of the bag. Instead of a mere gimmick - wacky costumes and pandering to girl-on-girl fantasies, for example - this seductive songstress leaves her mark with fresh, eclectic and distinct pop gems. One minute she's a femme fatale, the next she's a fragile little flower - hints of crazy sprinkled throughout - but it just works. It works because instead of conflict between these personalities, there's beautiful cohesion. The woman's a genius.
If 'The Family Jewels' is where she is now, just imagine the sparkling treasures she might unearth given more time. The album is quite simply stunning and, for now, we're entering MarinaMania™. Let's hope it never ends.


text: Scour the yard or a nearby park for leaves, then place your favorites inside a thick book for 24 hours to flatten before affixing them to pretty pin boards for some wall or mantel art. Some kinds, such as pin oak and southern magnolia, keep their color naturally; others need a little help. David and Leanne Kesler, co-owners of the Floral Design Institute, in Portland, Oregon, recommend an old-fashioned trick: Iron them. Using medium-low heat, press leaves between two sheets of wax paper until the wax melts, bonding the sheets together. Separate the two pieces; the leaves should come right off.


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Eating responsibly and deliciously at Trattoria La Madia in Northern Italy
By Simona Piccinelli, Italy Specialist
Imagine a tiny village set amid the Italian hills, 650 meters above sea level, hidden off the beaten track, but only minutes from Lake Iseo and the Franciacorta wine region.
Imagine a cozy place, where hosts Michele and Silvia warmly welcome you like a long lost friend, taking the time to explain to you their food, cuisine and general philosophy about life. Here you are not rushed, and you completely understand the true meaning of conviviality.
Imagine a wine list with a wide choice of local wines, carefully selected by Silvia from small wine producers. The wines are mostly only found in Italy and are offered at amazing prices.
Imagine an impressive cheese selection, from the area, but also from the rest of Italy and France. Michele knows each producer personally (you will find all their details on the menu). He tastes and picks each cheese as he knows well that each one is different and standardization has nothing to do with farmers production.
Imagine a delicious, never banal, local and traditional cuisine, from lakes, mountains and the planes, which have rescued lost and forgotten flavours. A cuisine where you can really taste the terroir, its peculiarities and singularities with a hint of modernization and personalitation.
Imagine a restaurant where the industrialization of food (homogeneous, un-seasonal, repeatable) is blessedly absent here and all ingredients come from small farmers, where ZeroMiles food is a reality, where you have producers details of all ingredients on the menu if you want to go and buy directly, or simply know what you are eating. A restaurant which serves only meat from free ranged animals, who had a decent life.
Stop imaging as this place exists! Trattoria La Madia, near Brescia in Northern Italy, is a haven for foodies with a conscience.
And you, do you think eating is an agricultural act?
Do you think your food choices impact on agriculture, on how it is sustainable and ecological?
Do you eat responsibly?
Do you think at yourself as a consumer or a co-producer?
Check out this interesting piece on Eco Literacy by Wendell Berry and we would love to hear your opinion on this topic.


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When you stay at The Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Detroit, you'll be near the airport and within the vicinity of Gateway Golf Club and Southland Center. This 4-star hotel is within the region of Heritage Park and Yankee Air Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 404 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature deep soaking bathtubs and designer toiletries.
Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including a 24-hour health club, an indoor pool, and a spa tub. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services.
Grab a bite to eat at the hotel's restaurant, which features a bar, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Breakfast is available for a fee.
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WhoSampled £1.99
A wonderful way of discovering who has ripped off who in the music world – WhoSampled has taken its 150,000 strong track database and squeezed it into an easy to use iPhone app. Let WhoSampled scan your music library for hours of eye-widening details and videos.
Tingo £1.99
Designed by an ex-QI writer, this word-play app is pretty addictive – guess the meanings of words from around the world from multiple choice answers and get a Word of the Day via push notifications. Check out the Motown example above if you think you're too cool for vocab.
Pocket Planes £Free
The creators of Tiny Tower got planes and airports involved and this is the result. If you can manage your fleet of planes, trade parts with your mates, customise your aircraft and still have some semblance of a social life, you may claim a High Five from any Stuff member of staff.
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Carat £Free
This free app promises to mow down energy hogs for you by singling out which apps are to blame. Yes, this has been promised before but this project by the AMP Lab at UC Berkeley could do the trick. Carat is still buggy and needs a few days to settle in but after that you should get useful info.
AmpliTube Slash £6.99
Not to be outdone by our other music heroes, former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash has his own effects app now. It features models of Marshall amps and his signature stompbox effects. Find out more here and keep your eye on Stuff.tv for our axe-wielding attempts in our hands on video.
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Gas-to-liquid fuel plant planned in Louisiana
Published 8:02 pm, Monday, December 3, 2012
WESTLAKE, La. — In an ambitious bet that the glut of cheap natural gas in the United States will last for many years, a South African energy company announced Monday that it will build America's first commercial plant to convert natural gas to diesel and other liquid fuels.
The company, Sasol, which is based in Johannesburg, has been a pioneer in a technology that has tantalized energy scientists for decades over its potential to produce liquid fuels without using oil, which historically has cost far more than natural gas.
Having already built smaller plants in South Africa and Qatar, Sasol has designed its new Louisiana plant to produce 96,000 barrels of fuel a day using its "gas to liquids," or GTL, technology. It will be the second-largest plant of its kind in the world, after Royal Dutch Shell's Pearl plant in Qatar, and will cost $11 billion to $14 billion to build.
"By incorporating GTL technology in the USA's energy mix, states such as Louisiana will be able to advance the country's energy independence through a diversification of supply," David Constable, Sasol's chief executive, said at a news conference Monday in Westlake, near the project's planned location. The facility will include a gas processing plant, a chemical plant and a refinery. All are required to perform the alchemy of converting natural gas into diesel, jet fuel and other chemical products.
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What makes the southwestern corner of Louisiana attractive to Sasol is its proximity to bountiful shale gas fields just north and west in Texas, including Eagle Ford Shale, which has natural gas in addition to the oil and natural gas liquids now being produced. A boom in shale drilling has reduced the price of natural gas in the United States in the last four years by more than two-thirds, encouraging many energy and chemical companies to build and expand manufacturing plants around the Gulf of Mexico to produce a variety of petrochemicals.
Sasol estimated that the plant would create at least 1,200 permanent jobs and 7,000 construction jobs. Production is scheduled to begin in 2018. The state encouraged the project with more than $2 billion worth of tax credits and other incentives.
The company said it would put off previously announced plans to build a gas-to-liquids plant in Canada, giving priority to the Louisiana effort.
Profits have been elusive for the technology. To make it work, natural gas prices must remain low and prices for oil, diesel and jet fuel must remain high for a prolonged period.
Natural gas and diesel prices historically have been very unpredictable, and if enough companies build gas-to-liquids plants or find other uses for natural gas, demand will rise, putting upward pressure on prices.
In the United States, various companies have plans to build natural gas export terminals and to promote more use of compressed natural gas for vehicles, as is done in many countries including Pakistan and Argentina.
"If you didn't have cost overruns, and if you didn't have maintenance unscheduled downtime, if everything worked perfectly, then GTL plants look pretty good on paper," said Don Hertzmark, an international energy consultant. "These plants are only economic with very low gas prices."


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Hello Ladies,
I was wondering is it so difficult to get an appointment with doctor after positive pregnancy test? usually after hcg blood test what other tests and evaluation needs to be done? like prenatal evaluation ? what do you do if you don't get an appointment for 10 days , just wait?? Now i am really frustrated as I want to know how many days/weeks i am pregnant. How early an ultrasound i done to determine gestational age of the baby?
Any suggestions, ideas??
There is no benefit to an early ob visit/ultrasound. It doesnt tell you much and generally can induce a lot of stress because until 8w or so their is little fetal development. If they do a dating ultrasound to early it can look like the fetus isn't developing properly and subject you to a lot of extra tests. If an early miscarriage is going to happen, then there is nothing they can do.
So, breathe, take prenatal viatmins with folic acid, and wait. Earlier ultrasounds aren't much more reliable than counting days from your last period, if you know.
my last period was july 2nd but i have irregular periods. I am not even excited and not ready to share good news yet.
also early miscarriage does happen? why?
My RE does an ultrasound around 6-7 weeks, but a regular OB often will not see you until you are 12 weeks. If you don't have a history of miscarriage or infertility, they don't have you come in earlier because there isn't much to do. I agree with JudyAU, breathe and take your vitamins. I know it's an anxious time but there isn't much you can do now but wait. Take care of yourself, get your usual exercise, relax and wait.
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With my first, 5 years ago, I didn't get an appointment at all until 12 weeks and then they didn't even do an ultrasound until 20 weeks. This time my first appointment was today at 7 weeks and they did a dating ultrasound an will do another in 3 1/2 weeks to confirm the dates because I have long cycles. I am so glad I got one because I think it is horrible to have to wait. It was bad enough to wait 3 weeks like I had to just for the appointment, but it's because they can't see anything much earlier anyway.
Yeah, they typically aren't in a hurry to get you in if you don't have a history of complications/miscarriage. Early miscarriages happen all the time. They're tragic, but there really isn't anything you can do to prevent them so long as you're taking care of yourself appropriately.
I know that this early in the process can make every minute seem like an eternity - especially if you haven't told anyone yet - but I can tell you from experience that pushing off the first ultrasound is so much better than getting it super early. I had my first at around 7-8 weeks because I had a miscarriage immediately before this baby (with no cycle in between), but now I'm still waiting for the next one scheduled for 21 weeks. The farther along you are, the more there is to see and the more confident you can be in the results.
Pregnancy is a giant waiting game.
The wait is frustrating, but you aren't missing much in the meantime. They don't do much in the first visit except run a boatload of blood/urine tests and do a more "official" pregnancy test. Things done get "interesting" until a couple months in.
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Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions - general
Frequently asked questions - buyers
- How can I buy hash power at NiceHash?
- How does orders sorting work?
- Which mining pools are supported?
- Why is my order inactive (red) with pool difficulty to low or incorrect extranonce size error?
- Will DDOS protection of a pool block my order?
- What happens if my pool is unstable? Do I pay for instability of my chosen pool?
- Can I edit or refill my order, and what happens if I cancel my order?
- Can I place a self-order?
- How is the fee structured in the order's transaction history?
- Can I buy hashing power with altcoins such as LTC, DOGE, etc.?
- Can I buy hashing power with CreditCard, PayPal or wire money transfer?
- Can I rent a rig, is this a mining rig rental service?
- Are there any automation tools for orders and account management?
- Why was my order auto-cancelled (placeholders)?
- Is NiceHash competing with customer's buying orders?
- Can you give me some hints for maximizing the profits?
- Why is speed on my order higher or lower than the limit I set?
- Why is my Bitcoin deposit taking so long to be confirmed?
- How to properly read and understand graphs under your order details
Frequently asked questions - sellers
- Which miners are supported?
- How can I configure my miner to work with NiceHash service?
- How can I configure multi-algo automatic profit-switching?
- Where can I see the stats for my miner?
- I am getting only rejected shares. What is wrong?
- Can I set my miner to only mine when price is attractive enough?
- When and under what conditions do I get paid?
- I am a provider - seller, how much will I earn?
- My speed is jumping up and down.
- What happens to my miner when there are no orders?
- I have slow or super fast (ASIC) mining rig. Can I adjust difficulty?
- I am only getting rejected shares or constant disconnects. What is wrong?
- Can I combine multiple parameters in the password parameter?
- How should I choose optimal NiceHash stratum server?
- Why are there sometimes gaps in the miners graphs?
- Help me choose my personal Bitcoin wallet to receive my payments
- How can I exchange Bitcoins to USD, EUR, etc. or how can I spend them?
Answers - general
NiceHash is built on state-of-the art infrastructure with presence all over the globe. We're offering two separate marketplaces: EUROPE and USA with high performance stratum servers. In addition to this we also provide super fast stratum proxies located in ASIA (Tokyo and Hong Kong). Our goal is to bring our service as close as possible to sellers (miners) and also to buyers target pools and thus provide excellent efficiency for hashing power sellers and hashing power buyers around the world. You're also welcome to checkout how exactly our service works by looking at this FAQ.
Note: Our system is not only a pool like other popular pools, but advanced stratum proxy and thus we cannot afford to route shares over long distance network - that would produce inadmissible rejects and low efficiency. With separate geographical locations we give providers and buyers the possibility to use the closest location with very little to none stale shares/rejects.
For additional detailed information please check out Getting Started.
Rig owners - hashing power sellers point their rigs towards NiceHash stratum server - NiceHash works similar as a pool. NiceHash stratum server delegates work to the connected rigs.
Hashing power buyers submits buy orders. Work is provided by the pool that is set by the buyer within order.
All submitted shares are logged and rewarded if accepted. The reward in Bitcoins is appropriately calculated for each submitted share.
Hashing power sellers are paid at the current weighted average price, which is refreshed each minute. Current price is displayed on the NiceHash.com front page.
Fee for all nicehash-wallet mining payments (regardless of size) is 2%.
Fee for payments with unpaid balances, greater than 0.1 BTC to external-wallet is 3%.
Fee for payments with unpaid balances, greater than 0.01 BTC to external-wallet is 4%.
For buyers of hashing power, our fee is set at 3%.
NiceHash stratum engine implements an innovative algorithm which detects shares validity and pool's stability. Our goal is for the providers to be 100% paid for all valid work that their rigs produces (just as using any ordinary pool or multipool) and buyers pays 100% only for valid work that has been submitted to buyers pools (just as would be using it's own rigs).
When a provider submits it's work (a share) to NiceHash, it is validated by our stratum engine and validator.
A) If a share is validated by our engine, but is rejected by buyer's pool this (by stratum protocol definition) means that there is something wrong with the pool (weather it's mis-configured, using wrong algorithm or has temporary micro issues) and provider's work was valid. In this case, provider gets paid for the work he provided. So in this case it's buyers responsibility to switch to other pools. However, if provider's rig is mis-configured and is producing some (not necessarily all) invalid shares, these shares are detected by our engine and for those shares provider doesn't get paid (and buyer doesn't pay for them), because it's providers responsibility to provide properly configured and stable mining rigs. This kind of bad shares are usually produced by over-clocked/overheated/mis-configured rigs (there are usually 0% of this kind of invalid shares for good/normal configured rigs and around 1-5% of this kind of invalid shares for bad configured rigs).
B) Our engine additionally checks the responsiveness of the buyers pool. When a buyers pool becomes unresponsive (pool being DDoSed, pool is having performance issues, etc.) engine immediately disconnects this pool, deactivates buyers order and reroutes work to other pools/orders. In this case buyer isn't paying any more (his order is on "pause") and providers are selling their's work to other orders (no hash power is lost, however providers might notice a quick disconnect/reconnect on their miners). This detection is much faster then ordinary mining software detection (cgminer, etc.) and thus buyers pays less then they would be paying by renting physical rigs (which is usually time-based) - even if they would setup backup pools. Buyer can set multiple orders with multiple pools and thus make sure that the majority of his orders will get processes even if some of the pools are unstable.
C) Some buyers pools are generating lots of work restarts. This is usually a symptom of coins with very low difficulty or multipools which are switching coins very fast and don't have an efficient implementation of coin switching. In some cases this is also a result of some custom private pools. Excessive work restarts drops efficiency on miners, especially on fast ASIC miners with weak controllers. We addressed this issue by rewarding providers (sellers) with extra shares paid by buyers when fast work restarts happens. If you are a seller it is very important for you to monitor the average mid-term hashrate, reported on our website (it is calculated from shares, rewarded to your miner) and the actual earnings, not only the hashrate or accept/reject ratio that is displayed by your miner hardware/software, since in some cases you will be rewarded for more then your miner is showing you in terms of hashrate.
In essence this means that provider is 100% paid for all valid work that his rigs produces (just as using any ordinary pool or multupool) and buyers pays 100% only for valid work that has been submitted to buyers pools (just as would be using it's own rigs).
It's a 100% fair game for sellers and buyers.
Here are some of the cool, fun and profitable things you can do with NiceHash:
As a mining device owner - seller/provider:
- simply set&forget while mining at NiceHash and getting great daily payouts (in average more then mining directly Bitcoin or Litecoin),
- make use of clean&simple miner's statistics page to get an insight of your miner's current and past performance.
As a hashing power buyer/renter:
- treat NiceHash as your own dynamic virtual miner which can be re-sized and put on/off on demand on pay-as-you-go basis,
- make profits by mining various crypto coins without any obligations to renting hashing power,
- rent some hash and make some fun while mining coins of any algorithm even if you don't own a physical miner,
- get your favourite coins by renting&mining even if they are not available on exchanges,
- rent some SHA256, Scrypt or X11 hashing power and play blockchain lottery at NiceHash multi-algorithm solo mining pool to get 25 Bitcoin, 25 Litecoin or dynamic Dash reward,
- play with open source NiceHashBot and make yourself your own software mining platform.
... and of course dozens of other possibilities. Check our prices and start now.
Yes, we are offering a referral system for all registered users. Once you register an account with NiceHash.com you should navigate to Account / Referrals. Referral system is not enabled by default, therefore you have to send us an e-mail (see contact information in About section in the footer) with a notice that you wish your referral system to be enabled. Once enabled you can earn commission from each order placed by customer that you referred - you'll get a percentage of order amount plus some extra mBTC for each order, placed by referred customer. Referral commissions are paid directly into your NiceHash online wallet (see Transactions tab).
Answers - buyers
Buying hashing power at NiceHash is very simple. We offer you two types of hashing power orders:
- Standard bidding type: this type of order will allow you to bid for a price as low as possible, however if some other out-bids your order then your order might be paused and you may have to increase price to sustain speed. That said you have to monitor your orders to make sure you maintain desired speed.
- Fixed type: this type of order will allow you to place an order with fixed price and will guarantee you the desired hashing speed through order's lifetime, even if there are other bidding orders with higher price submitted later on. You will have to pay a bit higher price in relation to current fixed orders demand.
Please keep reading and see below for detailed explanation of each type of order.
You are also welcome to try automatic order management by using NiceHashBot, take a look at FAQ Are there any automation tools for orders and account management? for details.
We welcome you to take a look a this short how-to tutorial to get a quick glance of how NiceHash works and how you can buy and use hashing power with bidding type of orders at NiceHash:
You're also welcome to checkout our other How-To guides on our YouTube channel.
Note: At NiceHash you can only buy hashing power with Bitcoins. You're welcome to take a look how you can obtain Bitcoins with cash, credit card, paypal or wire transfer.
When you want to buy hash power all you have to do is place an order, where you set:
- service location (the one that is nears to your target pool)
- algorithm to use
- order type
- set amount of BTC you are willing to spend on this order
- set price per hash you are willing to pay
- optionally limit maximum hash power for your order (approximate)
STANDARD BIDDING order type
This type of order will allow you to bid for a price as low as possible, however if some other out-bids your order then your order might be paused and you may have to increase price to sustain speed.
What happens when I create and submit my order?
Your order is the highest paying order If your order is the highest paying order NiceHash will assign all currently available hash power to your order (until it reaches your maximum hash power limit, if you set one). This includes the hash power of the currently active orders and hash power, available from higher-priced sellers (that would be all NiceHash available hash power that is priced lower or equal to the price you set at your order).
Your order is equally paying as currently active orders If your order is equally paying as currently active orders and there is no more hash power left, then order is placed in the queue and will be served in a first-come-first-served fashion when the currently active order will be finished (Remaining BTC spent). If there is still some available hash power, it will all be assigned to your order (until it reaches your maximum hash power limit, if you set one). If some equally paying orders were placed before your order, they will be processed before your order.
Your order is lower paying than currently active orders If your order is lower paying than currently active orders and there is no more hash power left, then your order is placed in the queue and will be served in a first-come-first-served fashion when there is no higher paying order.
If you've limited your order by hash power upper limit, you'll get an approximate limited hash power for your order. The limitation needs some time to stabilize at your limit set-point, therefor you'll first see the hash power raise to a bit more than your threshold. In the next minutes hash power will stabilize just a bit over your threshold. Please keep in mind that this limitation is only approximate.
You can view all orders on main page. White orders are active or on stand-by, red means dead order (dead buyers pool - will not be served until pool is dead).
FIXED order type
This type of order will allow you to place an order with fixed price and will
Since renting hashing power for fixed order includes a premium priority on delivering the hashing power, several rules apply:
- there is only a maximum 50% of all the hashing power available for fixed orders; this is primary to still leave enough room for bidding type of orders;
- the price is dynamically pre-defined in accordance to current market price - you can't set your own price;
- the price increases in relation to fixed order demand - the higher is demand, the exponentially higher price is required for fixed orders;
- fixed order lifetime is limited to 24 hours, after that time you will have to put another order;
- fixed order place-holders are strictly prohibited, therefore fixed type orders which are inactive/dead for more then 10% of running time are automatically cancelled (of course funds are returned to your account);
Keep in mind that the pre-defined price for fixed orders is a very good standing market price and will in most cases be well below directly renting miners or rigs while still preserving all the benefits of renting hashing power!
Please take a look at the picture below to see how fixed order price is calculated (note: 'Current price' is the average price, displayed on nicehash.com front page):
GENERAL RULES that apply to any order type
Example 1: I want to buy 100 Mhs Scrypt and I am willing to pay total of 0.05 BTC at 5 BTC/GH/day. How long will my order run?
(0.05 BTC / 0.1 GH) / 5 BTC/GH/day = 0.5 BTC/Gh / 5 BTC/GH/day = (0.5 / 5) day = 0.1 day = 2.4 hours
You'll get 2.4 hours of 0.1 GH speed for 0.05 BTC at 5 BTC/GH/day.
Example 2: I want to buy 100 Mhs Scrypt for 1 day at 5 BTC/GH/day. How much will it cost me?
1 day * 0.1 GH * 5 BTC/GH/day = 0.5 BTC
It will cost you 0.5 BTC for 0.1 GH speed at 5 BTC/GH/day for one day.
Note: These are just examples, but you can use the formula for your own calculations or you can simply login and check automatic calculations at "Create new order" page!
Miners switch to better paying order gradually - not instantly. This is to prevent too much "order-jumping", because due to some stratum protocol limitations, miner has to be disconnected before it can serve another order again. Too many disconnects would affect miners performance (more work would be performed on backup pool, plus when connection is dropped, there is a chance of shares being lost). Thus two limitations were put in place:
- miners switch to better paying order slowly with rate of 20% miners from lower paying orders - this is performed each 4 minutes;
- there is small non-refundable 0.0001 BTC fee when placing orders to reduce too many reckless orders being put without actually considering if everything is set correctly and to prevent attacks with order spamming; we encourage you to rather edit existing orders over canceling/submitting new orders (of course there is no fee for editing orders), see also Can I edit my order, and what happens if I cancel my order?
The term you pay for "accepted" shares refer to shares that are determined as valid by the NiceHash system (see also How exactly does pay-per-valid-share and get-paid-per-valid share work?). Validation of shares on NiceHash is mandatory to avoid possible cheats such as fake/modified pools and similar. There are 3 possible stability states of your pool:
- Your pool is operating normally with no bottlenecks: almost all (99+%) accepted shares on NiceHash will be accepted on your pool too (you pay exactly what you get)
- Your pool is very slow when processing shares (when pool is being overloaded): certain shares will be detected as stale by the pool, while NiceHash will detect them as accepted (you pay more what you get)
- Your pool is dead/down, NiceHash is not connected to your pool: no work is provided, miners are not hashing for you, no shares are being sent (you pay nothing)
Keep in mind that the current hashing power as displayed on the NiceHash.com front page is not the total available hashing power. Keep in mind that some hashing power providers (sellers) are setting their price threshold a bit higher - usually a bit higher than popular multi-pools are paying. This hasing power is "hidden", but could be available. Therefore to be able to leverage the full power, available at NiceHash, you should probably bid a bit higher that multi-pools are paying. Of course please take this merely a suggestion from us and please adjust your pricing to fit your needs.
Note: Please also read FAQ topic Which mining pools are supported?
Orders sorting distributes hashing power among best paying order while still taking into account system stability and efficiency. This is why you will sometimes notice there is a percentage of miners on some lower paying orders at a particular time interval.
1st Rule: First-Come-First-Served with price evaluation.
2nd Rule: Miners switch to better paying orders gradually not instantly (to prevent too frequent disconnect and work restarts on miners).
3rd Rule: Dead place-holder orders are degraded to the bottom of sub-list of same-priced orders. This rule goes in favor of new orders instead of dead place-holder orders.
4th Rule: Changing limit hashing speed to lower value resets your position to the bottom of sub-list of same-priced orders. This rule penalizes low-limit place-holder orders.
Example 1:
Let's presume currently there are a couple of running orders:
- Order #12 @ price 0.9 @ 1 Gh/s limit @ running (100 miners)
- Order #11 @ price 0.8 @ no limit @ running (all remaining miners)
- Order #15 @ price 0.7 @ no limit @ in queue
- Order #10 @ price 0.5 @ no limit @ in queue
- Order #12 @ price 0.9 @ 1 Gh/s limit @ running (100 miners)
- Order #15 @ price 0.7 @ no limit @ running (all remaining miners)
- Order #10 @ price 0.5 @ no limit @ in queue
- Order #12 @ price 0.9 @ 1 Gh/s limit @ running (100 miners)
- Order #15 @ price 0.7 @ no limit @ running (all remaining miners)
- Order #10 @ price 0.7 @ no limit @ in queue
Example 2:
Let's presume currently there are a couple of running orders:
- Order #12 @ price 0.9 @ 1 Gh/s limit @ running (100 miners)
- Order #11 @ price 0.8 @ no limit @ running (all remaining miners)
- Order #10 @ price 0.7 @ no limit @ in queue
- Order #12 @ price 0.9 @ 1 Gh/s limit @ running (100 miners)
- Order #13 @ price 0.9 @ no limit @ waiting (waiting for miners)
- Order #11 @ price 0.8 @ no limit @ running (all remaining miners)
- Order #10 @ price 0.7 @ no limit @ in queue
- Order #12 @ price 0.9 @ 1 Gh/s limit @ running (100 miners)
- Order #13 @ price 0.9 @ no limit @ running (some miners)
- Order #11 @ price 0.8 @ no limit @ running (all remaining miners)
- Order #10 @ price 0.7 @ no limit @ in queue
- Order #12 @ price 0.9 @ 1 Gh/s limit @ running (100 miners)
- Order #13 @ price 0.9 @ no limit @ running (all remaining miners)
- Order #10 @ price 0.7 @ no limit @ in queue
Keep in mind that order/miner switching is even more diverse when there are lots of orders and lots of price changing. In such times one must be patient and carefully monitor the situation. Also, keep in mind that NiceHash doesn't provide it's own hashing power but redirects hashing power from external providers. This way we are able to provide buyers with hashing power on demand, but on a bidding basis and gradual miners switching. Gradual miners switching protects miners and ensures higher efficiency - even at the cost of slightly, but truly slightly lower paying average - efficiency is more valuable and eventually brings better profits for providers. This concept gives attractive pricing for buyers and good payments for providers, but of course can't provide real-time (true on-demand, at click time) hashing power. Usually the ones that are able to predict these "hot" times and are able to bid prices high enough in advance are best served. We also welcome you to utilize our API which will allow you to automate orders handling and make buying hashing power at NiceHash even more effective.
All mining pools that follow stratum protocol specifications are supported.
You cannot rent hashing power and mine directly to your wallet - GETWORK or GBT protocols are not supported. However, you can rent hashing power and mine at NiceHash multi-algorithm solo mining pool - solo.nicehash.com to get 25 Bitcoin, 50 Litecoin or dynamic Dash block reward.
Please make sure the pool you selected can handle massive hash rate and loads of shares, especially from single connection. Due to obsolete software or weak hardware some pools just cant take it. The vast majority of popular and well rated pools don't have such issues, but you should still take this into consideration. Also, some pools will just ban you or threat massive hash rate and loads of shares as DDoS attack - that's also something to take into account.
You can also connect to P2Pool nodes. Make sure you set custom difficulty when connecting to P2Pool node. Append "+difficulty" string to your P2Pool connection username. For example, if you are buying 2 THs of SHA256 power set your P2Pool connection username like this: "your-bitcoin-address+1024" (you can use any password), see also typical difficulty ranges. More information about P2Pool can be found here, also take a look at list of public P2Pool nodes.
Please, keep in mind:
- usually dead pools are the result of unstable pools that are dropping connections a lot; try to avoid them and use other pools;
- to avoid various attacks and fake pools there are some restrictions: pool diff must be at least 8 and xnonce2 size 3 or more; only some explicit and exotic pools are using values that are not compatible with those settings, therefore this limitation shouldn't impact the vast majority of pools;
- it takes up to 30 seconds for order to appear alive; please be patient when submitting orders.
Tip: You can use our Pool verificator tool to verify pool's compatibility before you submit your order - Pool verificator link is available on "Create new order" page.
Tip: When you submit your order, please keep an eye on it. If everything goes well after 15-30 minutes, than you're probably just fine. However, if you're seeing your order as being Dead or swapping between Dead/Alive, or if hash rate, observed at your pool isn't as high as it supposed to be, you should probably choose another pool.
Tip: You can also check list of pools recommended by NiceHash.
Unfortunately we can't permit very low pool share difficulty orders, because these are making mining inefficient and are putting serious load on our servers. Keep in mind that we usually send very high hashing speed towards targeting pool, therefore low share difficulty is putting excessive load on miners, especially on today's fast ASIC miners. These low share difficulties were left in the pools due to historical reasons, but are really inefficient with today's miners.
If you are using your own custom pool, you can easily adjust higher share difficulty setting in your pool's software (usually just one setting in the software configuration).
If you are using third party pool, it usually gives you a choice to set worker difficulty under your account page. If not, we really encourage you to contact pool operator to make this choice available or even better: ask them to rise the global minimal/starting pool share difficulty. If pool is using vardiff, the initial/starting difficulty for calculating vardiff should be set at our minimal accepted share difficulty. Furthermore, our system only accepts connections to pools with correct and standard extranonce sizes. If pool uses non-standard extranonce size you will have to contact pool's operator to fix extranonce sizes to standard ones.
Keep in mind: lower difficulties were left in the pools due to historical reasons, but are really inefficient with today's miners. That said - if your orders are disconnected with "Pool difficulty too low." or invalid extranonce sizes we encourage you to contact pool operator to make sure that pool is using minimal/starting pool share difficulty which is compatible with our service (and thus compatible with today's miners).
The required minimal initial and running pool difficulty is displayed on the "Create new order" page. Each algorithm has it's own initial and running difficulty, displayed in the field called "Minimal pool difficulty". Initial pool difficulty is evaluated while order is on stand-by without miners (but still Alive) while running pool difficulty is evaluated when order starts accepting miners - hashing power is assigned to order. If pool operator can't set this for you and setting worker difficulty isn't properly evaluated by the pool, you will unfortunately be forced to use another pool that uses higher difficulty.
Keep in mind: pool share difficulty is not the same as network difficulty.
Network difficultly is set by coin's current difficulty adjusted according to the aggregated hashing power of all active miners in the coin's network (more hashing power -> higher difficulty, less hashing power -> lower difficulty). Coin's network difficulty is regulated by coin's algorithm. Lower network difficultly puts more stress on fast ASIC miners.
Pool's share difficultly is controlled by coin's pool operator - that is the target end-user pool, not our stratum server proxy pool. It can be fixed or variable - so called vardiff. Lower difficulty puts more stress on fast ASIC miners since the miner has to process excessive number of shares in a short period of time. If miner would be working only on few shares with higher difficulty the efficiency of the miner would be higher. Also, low difficulty shares effect our system since our proxy has to process excessive number of shares in a small period of time.
Tip: You can use our Pool verificator tool to verify pool's compatibility before you submit your order - Pool verificator link is available on Create new order page.
Tip: You can also check list of pools recommended by NiceHash.
It is true - pools usually have DDoS protections. Agressive DDoS protection blocks multiple connections from single IP address.
But NiceHash is more than just a simple proxy. It combines up to 250 miners into a single stratum connection to the pool. Each connection will provide approximately 500 MH/s of speed (for Scrypt). Usually only few connections are established to the pool.
In some rare cases pool might have different kind of DDoS protection that blocks massive hash rate even from single or few connections. You should avoid such pools; these kind of pool probably aren't ready for massive hash rate yet.
Tip: Make sure your pool can handle massive hash rate, see also FAQ Which mining pools are supported?
You do not pay for instability of the pool. You only pay for accepted shares. If pool is unstable, it cannot provide work for miners, thus there are less or even no shares provided by miners.
If your pool is down, miners will simply work on another pool until your pool comes back. If your order is paying more, miners will slowly switch over back to your pool again.
Yes, you can edit your order. You can increase order price and optionally limit hashing power (or change existing limit). If you edit your order and set higher price, the logic is the same as when submitting new orders, see also How can I buy hash power at NiceHash?
You can also refill your existing orders which essentially extends the running time of an order. You can refill your orders as many times as you want. The 0.0001 BTC non-refundable order submission fee is not charged when you refill your order, only standard service fee applies.
You can also decrease price of your existing orders. To avoid manipulation, price decrease is only available within predefined price steps, can be applied only each 10 minutes and resets your position to the bottom of sub-list of same-priced orders. The predefined value of price decrease is displayed on Decrease price button. Of course, once you decrease price you can always later increase it without any limitation.
If you cancel the order, you'll get your Bitcoins back. This enables you to quickly switch between different algorithms (Scrypt/Scrypt-Adaptive-Nfactor/SHA256/etc.) in dependence of current profitability without loosing funds or hash power.
The remaining Bitcoins that have not been used yet for paying accepted shares are loaded back into your wallet and service fee will be refunded (from the remaining Bitcoins), however small 0.0001 BTC non-refundable order submission is not refunded. We've had attacks with order spamming in the past and currently don't have any other appropriate ways to prevent order spamming. Our first priority is to protect all users, stability and security of the system. Thanks for understanding.
Please note: it takes a couple of minutes for the refunded funds to appear in your NiceHash wallet.
Note: You can not lower the price on your order and order can not be paused. These features would lead to orders manipulation or abuse (discussed above) and are thus not available, but you can implement them by canceling and re-submitting orders, applying to the above stated rules.
A self-order is an order, pointed to any NiceHash stratum server/proxy (pool). This is not allowed and is disabled by our system because it can lead to no-work or self-loop issues.
Let's go through an example of 1 BTC worth order:
Date UTC TXID Address Amount BTC Confirmations
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Comment: Fee order #xxx - 0.020098
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Comment: Payment order #xxx - 0.979902
The first line displays sum of all fees (one-time order-submit fee and service fee).
This example assumes 3% service fee but current fee my be different, see fee FAQ.
The second line displays amount that was used to pay for your shares.
So the total amount of your order is SUM from these two lines.
Detailed calculation break-down:
1 - 0.0001 one-time order-submit fee = 0.9999 (amount after order submission)
0.9999 - service fee (0.029997) = 0.969903 (paid for your shares)
0.0001 + 0.029997 = 0.030097 (total fees)
We only accept Bitcoins for purchasing hashing power at NiceHash. It is however extremely simple to convert various popular altcoins to Bitcoins if you would like to make your purchase with your favourite altcoin. Visit ShapeShift and instantly convert your favourite altcoin into NiceHash BTC wallet ballance. As an alternative you can aslo try Bitin.io and keep in mind that these services requires no registration.
We only accept Bitcoins for purchasing hashing power at NiceHash. It is however very simple to get Bitcoins if you would like to make your purchase with CreditCard, PayPal or wire money transfer. You can get Bitcoins in your personal wallet by simple buying them on-line or in-person via various third-party services and then transferring them to your NiceHash on-line wallet to make hashing power purchase.
Coinbase is a trusted and worldwide present Bitcoin buying service. You can quickly buy Bitcoins via Coinbase and send them to your NiceHash deposit address afterwards. You might also want to check some other options on how to buy Bitcoins by CreditCard, PayPal or wire money transfer.
Acknowledgements: NiceHash is not affiliated with any of the service listed in this FAQ, and takes no responsibility for a particular service to not fulfill your demands or expectations. Please, choose from the listed services at your own risk and judgement. Please be careful with your money. When sending money to an exchange or other service you are trusting that the operator will not abscond with your funds and that the operator maintains secure systems that protect against theft - internal or external. It is recommended that you obtain the real-world identity of the operator and ensure that sufficient recourse is available.
Get Bitcoins via money wire transfer through Bitcoin exchanges:
NiceHash is more then mining rig rental service. You can not rent individual rigs, but you can rent hashing power which is similar to renting multiple rigs with various speeds. Renting rigs is clumsy and exposed to various issues during rental (mining rig goes offline, can not achieve advertised speed, etc.). Renting hashing power with NiceHash is resistant to all mining rig issues. It provides 100% fair rental, enables careless and smooth operation with total control. So, forget about renting rigs and start using our unique and advanced, yet extremely simple to use hashing power renting system.
You can use our API as well as NiceHashBot to automate orders management and get information about your account. API provides a standard and easy-to-use JSON interface while NiceHashBot provides ease of management for your orders by automating some common operations which you would else have to carry out manually. It also provides a basic platform for further development by anyone who would like to extend this bot into fully featured bot with automatic mining of most profitable coins.
NiceHash API
System may auto-cancel orders that are very long inactive (due to very low price) or mostly Dead (placeholder orders). Our systems calculates Dead/Alive ratio for each order. Orders that are mostly Dead (>50% of time for bidding type or >10% for fixed type) are considered placeholder orders and are auto-cancelled. The remaining Bitcoins as well as remaining service fee is refunded. Order is Dead when it looses connection to the target pool (either target pool terminates connection or target pool has issues with connection). Make sure you select a stable pool to make sure your order is Alive most of the time.
Keep in mind: order is not Dead if it is not hashing (no miners on order) as long as the connection is still alive (target pool OK), but when target pool looses connection our system starts to count Dead time ratio.
No, we generally do not submit our own buying orders. We are striving towards open market for all buyers and bidders for hashing power. The only exception for placing our own buying orders is when paying price for miners is significantly below ideal 100% luck mining for Scrypt and SHA256 algorithms. The sole reason for this is to provide the minimum satisfactory paying rate for sellers (miners) which are otherwise not interested in providing their hashing power when paying price is significantly below ideal 100% luck mining (consequently less hashing power would be available for hashing power buyers). Nevertheless even in this case our buying orders are displayed just the same as any other orders (coloured in special green color) and are competing for hashing power with other orders.
When you're mining crypto coins you have to look also at the long-term profitability, not only the current one. There are two major cases for a successful cloud mining by renting hashing power: 1) do it for fun, because you like to mine and own some crypto coins or 2) do it for profit - in the latter case you have to monitor new altcoins, monitor profitability and monitor opportunities for a particular coin to rise in future profitability - mine it when difficulty is low and sell it when price is high - this enables you to gain great profits. You can also just hold the coins for the long term investment and cash out or use them for buying goods in the future. A list of supported and popular pools that you can use for mining various popular altcoins when buying hashing power at NiceHash (you can use these pools when submitting New order)
can be found here.
And here is a list of popular sites with altcoins profitability information::
Speed limitation on order is only approximate. Due to technological reasons it is impossible to provide exact speed limitation. Nevertheless, keep in mind the following facts:
1. You're paying for accepted shares, therefore even if speed is a bit above or below threshold, you're still paying exactly what your speed is and not what the limitation was set to.
2. During order's lifetime the speed will even out and in average it will be very close to the order's speed limit threshold.
Bitcoin transactions are confirmed on the Bitcoin Blockchain. Bitcoin Blockchain can be sometimes overloaded. When this happens, you have to include higher transaction fee when sending Bitcoins in order for transaction to be confirmed fast, or else it is stuck in the Blockchain queue for longer period of time. Please note that this has nothing to do with our service and there is nothing that we can do when Bitcoin Blockchain is overloaded. You can monitor Bitcoin Blockhain network status at bitcointicker.
For each running order there are detailed graphs available which will gain you great insight into your order performance and help you fix eventual issues.
There are several information available, split into tree major parts of the graphs:
- 1. The upper part will show you the hashing speed of your order. First of all your order has to be successfully connected to the target pool, specified on the order. If connection is successful and order is paying high enough (according to current NiceHash market prices), miners starts connecting and order gains hashing power.
- 2. The middle section shows eventual issues with pool rejects. There shouldn't be any pool rejects if pool is working correctly and the chosen pool is close enough to the chosen NiceHash marketplace location.
- 3. The third, lower part shows the pool delta between the actual reported pool speed and the speed that you are paying for. Please keep in mind that delta can swing up and down in dependence of your target pool luck (the pool that is used on the order). The graphs are shown by using data from accepted shares and this only evens out after at least 24 hours of mining - for shorter interval it is not possible to make exact graphs.
Answers - sellers
Due to the NiceHash's latest state-of-the art engine, older miners are not supported. Please, see our software page.
Tip: If you are looking for new hardware you can also check out Recommended hardware.
Please, first read the topic Which miners are supported?
Note: If you created NiceHash account to also buy hashing power: you can mine into this address directly when mining on NiceHash stratum servers. All mining payments will be delivered directly into your NiceHash wallet account.
If you need help on choosing your personal wallet to receive mining payments, we welcome you to take a look at this FAQ.
NOTE: additional instructions for mining Ethereum can be found here.
Add NiceHash pool as an additional, primary pool in your's pool list. Example for sgminer is following:
sgminer -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.eu.nicehash.com:3333 -u YOUR_BITCOIN_ADDRESS -p x -o SECOND_POOL ...
To provide SHA256 shares, use port 3334:
... stratum+tcp://sha256.eu.nicehash.com:3334 ...
To provide Scrypt-Adaptive-Nfactor shares, use port 3335:
... stratum+tcp://scryptnf.eu.nicehash.com:3335 ...
To provide X11 shares, use port 3336:
... stratum+tcp://x11.eu.nicehash.com:3336 ...
See this page for full list of supported algorithms.
Tip: Configure your miner to use the closest NiceHash stratum server as primary pool as well as other NiceHash stratum servers as backup pools (depending on your location).
Example for SHA256 miners, located in Europe:
primary: stratum+tcp://sha256.eu.nicehash.com:3334
backup: stratum+tcp://sha256.usa.nicehash.com:3334
Example for SHA256 miners, located in USA:
primary: stratum+tcp://sha256.usa.nicehash.com:3334
backup: stratum+tcp://sha256.eu.nicehash.com:3334
We advise you to use additional third-party backup pools as well. If there are no orders and no work available from NiceHash, your miner will work normally on your backup pools and switch back to NiceHash when work is available again. When this happens (there are no orders or your price is too high), our stratum server will show as Dead which is completely normal. NiceHash stratum pool is inactive and will activate automatically when new order will be placed at NiceHash.com (stratum server will show as Alive).
Example when NiceHash stratum pool is inactive:
0: Enabled Dead Quota 1 Prio 0 scrypt.eu.nicehash.com User:[your BTC address]
1: Enabled Alive Quota 1 Prio 1 [your backup pool] User:[some username]
Example when NiceHash stratum pool is active:
0: Enabled Alive Quota 1 Prio 0 scrypt.eu.nicehash.com User:[your BTC address]
1: Enabled Alive Quota 1 Prio 1 [your backup pool] User:[some username]
You can also use custom naming for your miners when using one BTC address for multiple miners. Simply append .name to your username: YOUR_BITCOIN_ADDRESS.name where "name" can be any string with up to seven alphanumeric (Aa-Zz, 0-9) characters (if more then seven characters or if non-alphanumerical character will be used, naming wont work).
Tip: See also FAQ Can I set my miner to only mine when price is attractive enough?
Tip: Make sure you also checkout our mutli-algo mining which will enable you to get optimal payouts without taking care of current paying rates.
Tip: If you have a miner that doesn't support stratum protocol or if you have ASIC miner that gives you 99-100% rejects or constant disconnect please take a look at our special guide for stratum proxy client.
Tip: If you are looking for new hardware you can also check out Recommended hardware.
Our Best Profit Auto-Switching Multi-Algorithm Mining BPASMAM represents a new era in GPU mining. BPASMAM calculates the currently most profitable algorithm based on current orders. If GPU miners uses our auto-switching ports (ports 43xx), then sgminer will automatically switch to the most profitable algorithm and ensure you best possible profits. All details and configurations examples can be found here.
Visit the list of all Miners/Sellers. You will find your miner by entering the Bitcoin address in the "Help me find my miner! Click here." field. This is the Bitcoin address that you are using as stratum username within your miner's configuration. Make sure you select proper "Service location" and "Algorithm" at the top of Miners page.
Please, first read the topic Which miners are supported?
Please, see our software page.
cgminer up to version 3.7.2 (which is supported for Scrypt mining) has a bug in code and is not compatible with NiceHash service. This bug was later fixed in cgminer, but unfortunately latest releases of cgminer do not support Scrypt anymore. Therefore sgminer has to be used for Scrypt and recent versions of cgminer/BFGMiner has to be used for SHA256.
Tip: Keep in mind that sgminer is improved cgminer with many bug fixes and even makes your rig faster. Moreover, recent sgminer also supports Scrypt-Adaptive-Nfactor which allows you to quickly and easily switch between those two algorihms.
Tip: Also make sure your rig is configured for chosen algorithm.
Tip: If you have a miner that doesn't support stratum protocol or if you have ASIC miner that gives you 99-100% rejects or constant disconnect please take a look at our special guide for stratum proxy client.
You can limit your miners to work on NiceHash only if the payment is good enough. You can still leave NiceHash as your primary stratum server. NiceHash stratum server will only be activated if the current average payment as displayed on NiceHash.com front page matches your price threshold. Otherwise miners will work normally on your backup/secondary pool.
Connect your miner to NiceHash and use password p=price instead of x.
Your miner will get disconnected from NiceHash stratum if current average payment is lower then your treshold. Miners will automatically reconnect to NiceHash stratum again when current average payment matches your price threshold.
The unit for the p= price parameter is according to the paying rate units as shown on the home page.
Example Scrypt sgminer: via command line:
sgminer -o stratum+tcp://scrypt.eu.nicehash.com:3333 -u YOUR_BITCOIN_ADDRESS -p p=4.0 ...
Example Scrypt sgminer: via configuration file:
"pools" : [
"url" : "stratum+tcp://scrypt.eu.nicehash.com:3333",
"user" : "YOUR_BITCOIN_ADDRESS",
"pass" : "p=4.0"
"url" : "[your backup pool]",
"user" : "[some username]",
"pass" : "x"
In this example your miner will be disconnected from NiceHash stratum and continue to work on your backup pools if current average payment is lower then 4 BTC/GH/Day. Miner will automatically reconnect to NiceHash stratum again when current average payment is at least 4 BTC/GH/Day.
Tip: keep in mind unit calculations:
BTC/GH/Day = BTC/1000*MH/Day
BTC/TH/Day = BTC/1000*GH/Day
Note: It does not matter what kind of orders there are, as long as there are orders. Your miner doesn't get paid for order it works on, but weighted average price - all miners are paid at the same rate. And you can view that rate on main page where it says Currently paying.
Tip: See also FAQ How can I configure my miner to work with NiceHash service?
All payments are fully automatic - as a seller all you have to do is to reach a certain threshold and you'll be then paid automatically.
Sellers are paid on PPS (Pay Per Share) system under the next schedule:
- Once per day for NiceHash-wallet unpaid balances, greater than 0.001 BTC.
- Once per day for external-wallet unpaid balances, greater than 0.1 BTC.
- Once per week for external-wallet unpaid balances, greater than 0.01 BTC.
Payments for external-wallet balances less than 0.01 BTC are (temporary) suspended due to unsustainable transaction fees.
Unpaid balances, lower than 0.0001 BTC are considered as leftover amounts and the only option for you to get these amounts paid out is to connect your miner long enough to reach unpaid balance higher than 0.001 BTC (for nicehash wallets) or 0.01 BTC (for external wallets) which will then be processed in full in the next payout process. Please also note that we are periodically discarding amounts, lower than 0.0001 BTC for all long term inactive miners. All balances from all algorithms are aggregated into a single payment.
Sellers are paid on PPS system. You can estimate your earnings by looking a the 24h average payouts rate (see 24h Payouts column at the home page) indicating the average payouts for the past 24h. If you are using, for example, 100 Mh/s Scrypt miner and the 24h Payouts are set at 0.5 BTC/GH/Day, your earnings per day (assuming the given average for the past day) would be 0.1 GH * 0.5 BTC/GH/Day = 0.05 BTC per on day (24h) of uninterrupted mining.
Note: If you are a seller it is very important for you to monitor the average mid-term hashrate, reported on our website (it is calculated from shares, rewarded to your miner) and the actual earnings, not only the hashrate or accept/reject ratio that is displayed by your miner hardware/software, since in some cases you will be rewarded for more then your miner is showing you in terms of hashrate. Details are explained in this FAQ.
Note: The 24h average payouts used in example above might vary a lot in dependence of buyers orders value, but you can also check our long term payout statistics.
This is normal. Speed stats on NiceHash depend on your submitted shares. Your miner submits a share, when it is lucky to find one.
NiceHash Miner users do not need to worry about the backup because software will automatically switch to the other most profitable algorithm depending on your hardware.
If you are using 3rd party software, please review instructions regarding backup pool switch provided by the software developer.
NiceHash is using a light version of vardiff and will adjust difficulty automatically for your miner. There is no need for you to manually set difficulty.
Note: One thing to remember is that difficulty doesn't affect earnings. Higher difficulties will result in lower bandwidth and less frequent shares submission, it will also put less stress on your miner as well as on our servers.
If you are a GPU miner please make sure you're using supported software. Please, see our software page.
If you are using ASIC miners we suggest you to use BFGMiner with extranonce subscription.
Often disconnects are due to needed extranonce change (so your miner can swap to another order). We created stratum extension to get rid of this problem with no reconnects, but sadly, most of ASIC providers are not interested to implement these features into their software. So, if you're an ASIC user we suggest you to press on yours miner producer and request these small extensions to be implemented in a particular ASIC's mining software update - here is the mining.extranonce.subscribe specification. As a workaround we also created a guide/tutorial to overcome these issues; please, take a look at this guide which enable you to overcome the extranonce2-bug and also enable extranonce subscription, resulting in optimal performance and best payouts .
Yes, you can set multiple parameters, separated by semicolon. Order of parameters is not important. In the following example we set price threshold to 0.5; difficulty to 1024, factor0 to 1 and costs0 to 0.5 (refer to multialgo pages for details on factors and costs if interested):
You should choose NiceHash stratum server that is closest to your miners location in terms of Internet network connection. Available stratum servers are listed on Getting Started page, accessible from top menu.
General rule of thumb is to pick:
- .eu stratum servers if your miners are located in Europe, Russia and other regions, near to Europe
- .usa stratum servers if your miners are located in USA, Australia and other regions, near to USA
- .hk (Hong Kong) and .jp (Japan, Tokyo) if your miners are located in Asia
IMPORTANT! You must run this from the location of your miners, ideally directly on your miners, NOT from your home PC/Desktop/Notebook (the only exception is when your miner or GPU is actually connected to your PC/Desktop/Notebook).
If you are using windows, run this command for each NiceHash stratum server location (if you do not have telnet installed see here for install instructions):
ping -n 50 -l 128 SERVER
If you are using Linux, run this command for each NiceHash stratum server location:
ping -c 50 -s 128 SERVER
Replace SERVER with each of the NiceHash stratum server locations, see below:
- speedtest.eu.nicehash.com
- speedtest.usa.nicehash.com
- speedtest.hk.nicehash.com
- speedtest.jp.nicehash.com
- speedtest.in.nicehash.com
- speedtest.br.nicehash.com
IMPORTANT: Please note that due to additional proxification for some locations you have to add additional milliseconds to your results when comparing to .eu and .usa:
- 150ms for .hk
- 100ms for .jp
- 200ms for .in
- 180ms for .br
.eu = 300ms AVG
.usa = 250ms AVG
.hk = 40ms AVG + 150ms = 190ms AVG
.jp = 60ms AVG + 100ms = 160ms AVG
In this case you would choose .jp stratum servers.
It is also important that you receive 0% packet loss in the ping results. If you get significant packet loss for a particular location it might be wiser to choose a location with slightly higher ms results, but with lower or zero packet loss.
Since Internet network connectivity for your location might fluctuate in terms of stability during various periods of day, it is recommended to repeat these tests on various times of days (for example, in the morning, afternoon and at night).
Sometimes you might notice visual gaps in the miners graphs, similar to these ones:
There is nothing wrong with your miner, neither with the earnings, rewarded to your miners. There are two possible scenarios when this could happen:
1. When we are doing some maintenance on web server, statistics are not being collected - however, shares ARE being collected and rewarded, this is shown by continuous increased unpaid balance on graphs.
2. When we are doing some maintenance on stratum servers, you are actually being disconnected - these maintenances are actually very, very rare and occur only during unavoidable server upgrades. But we are almost never doing this at the same time on both locations (EU and USA), therefore to make 100% guaranteed connection for your miners we suggest you to make use of backup pools. Primary on NiceHash USA stratum, secondary on NiceHash EU stratum, or vice versa: more info here: stratum pool addresses. It is also suggested to use some third-party PPS pool as last resort backup. This will make sure your miner never goes into no-work scenario.
Once again, no shares are lost if you sometimes see gaps in the miners graphs, usually these are only gaps in non-recorded statistics, however either shares are being accounted for or your miner was mining on backup pool.
Bitcoin is different from what you know and use every day. Before you start using Bitcoin wallet we suggest you to read what you need to know and take appropriate steps to secure your wallet. Always remember that it is your responsibility to choose your wallet carefully and adopt good practices in order to protect your money.
We welcome you to choose your wallet from the official Bitcoin project suggestions. In case you'll be using an on-line wallet we suggest you to choose one from the trusted and worldwide present Bitcoin wallet providers, such as:
Note: If you created NiceHash account to also buy hashing power: you can mine into this address directly when mining on NiceHash stratum servers. All mining payments will be delivered directly into your NiceHash wallet account.
Once you receive your payments in your personal wallet, you can:
- transfer Bitcoins to Cashila or Bitwala and pay your bills in Euros or transfer Euros to your bank account
- you can use online exchanges like Coinbase, Bitstamp, Kraken and others to directly exchange Bitcoins to EUR or USD and then transfer EUR or USD to your bank account
- you can also buy various goods directly with Bitcoins, for example computer equipment in CaseKing computer shop or games on Steam
- you can transfer Bitcoins to EUR or USD on pre-paid Credit Cards via CoinsBank service