Mining with BFL at 440 GHS over 24 Hours and no bitcoin? Is this even possible.  I have been mining for about a month now, steadily building up my machines.  When the big daddy from BFL comes (and the 230 is fixed) I will be mining at 1.2 THS.  I have never gone more than 24 hours and gotten NOTHING and was wondering if anyone else has had this happen with this kind of power.  I am in three pools now, no user names.  Have been getting paid regularly all along.  SHould I change to a different pool? consolidate and only use one pool? if so what is the best pool at this point in time for payouts?
Consider consolidating to one pool.  Pools have a payout time "window" for example, shares per 24 hours. So, the more shares per 24 hour windows mean a bigger slice of the BTC block.

Three pools, no usernames?  How are your miners ID'd in the pools' systems?  Pools usually require an account/username to ID your miners' work for payouts, unless you're using P2Pool, then it's just your payout addy.


My first idea is, unless you're using one of the BIG FIVE pools, you only get a payout once a block is found in that pool.  BTCGuild, DiscusFish, Eligius, GHashIO, Slush...those see 5-20 blocks a day.  Other pools see much fewer, so don't expect any constant payout unless you're in one of the BIG FIVE.
My second idea is difficulty.  2.2+ billion difficulty is rough on a mining chap, and luck plays a big part when mining (many don't tell you that).