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Copper MemberMemberActivity: 64Merit: 32 [ANN][POOL] Alpereum - Professional Ether Pool [0% FEE] [VARDIFF] May 30, 2016, 02:44:24 PM

Last edit: July 05, 2016, 02:31:55 PM by BitcoinSuisseAG #1 Ether Mining Pool www.Alpereum.ch _______________________________________

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STATEMENT

Alpereum plans to change the face of crypto-currency mining pools. In the world of crypto mining pools, there have been and continue to be a number of bad actors. Incidents such as exit rips and skimming have been rampant. Alpereum is ran by Bitcoin Suisse AG, a Swiss regulated and licensed financial intermediary service with a three year track record of excellence. Miners can be rest assured that they get their fair share.

Our Ether pool is state of the art, designed with ease of use and performance in mind. Our pool is managed by professional systems administrators and monitored on a 24/7 basis. Our high availability cloud based environment allows the pool to keep running even in the event of physical hardware failure, ensuring optimal uptime and minimal loss of shares. We pride ourselves in the amount of care we take, and are constantly developing and improving upon our pools software to ensure our miners get the best experience possible.

POOL FEATURES

Stratum V1 & V2 Supported

Proportional Payout Method

Payout every 30 minutes

0.2 Minimum Payout Balance

Block Transaction Fees (Gas) Paid

Uncle Rewards and Incentives Paid

Zero Fees the First Several Weeks! 1% Fee Afterwards

1% Fee Afterwards Variable Difficulty (Experimental)

Multiple Static Diff Ports

No registration required

24/7/365 support in multiple languages (English, French, German, Danish, and Norwegian)

Mine to your wallet or an exchange

Zero transaction fees

DDoS Mitigation

Global Locations

Mining Knowledgebase

PAYOUT METHOD



Alpereum uses what we consider to be the most fair and honest reward system for our pools, Proportional Payout. When a block is found, the reward is distributed between miners according the number of shares they have submitted for that specific block. Simplicity with no games, gimmicks, or tricks. Every time a block is found you are paid out for what you put in.





DETAILED STATISTICS











POOL INFRASTRUCTURE



High Availability Environment Alpereum spreads it's mining pool solutions across many different physical resource nodes, in the event of hardware failure there is almost zero downtime as the pool environments will simply switch over and reside on another existing physical node. This ensures optimal uptime for miners.

Scalability Our infrastructure allows us to easily scale our complex resources depending on the server load and hashrate, enabling us to easily manage the cost of our infrastructure. This keeps fees low and stable for miners, but ensures a high performance mining pool solution.

Performance

Alpereum only utilizes the latest generation of hardware for all of our servers. We only utilize high clock speed CPU's and SSD Storage Arrays. All of our physical resource nodes are tested prior to introduction on the live infrastructure.



Powerful Global Network

No matter what side of the globe a miner may be located in, there will always be a strong connection available between the miner and the pool. Our location in Central Europe has network pipes that accumulate to over 5+ Tbps of connectivity linking us to every corner of the world.



DDoS Protection

Alpereum utilizes powerful DDoS protection provided by multiple carriers. We understand that mining pools are under constant threat of DDoS attack and we aim to defend against this threat to ensure optimal uptime for miners.



Consistent Monitoring

Our infrastructure is constantly monitored by several different automated systems. Any hardware, network, or system failure is instantly forwarded to an on-call systems administrator and handled in a timely and professional manner.



The Human Touch

Bitcoin Suisse AG, the parent company of Alpereum directly employs professional, competent, and credentialed Systems Administrators to manage and monitor the Alpereum Infrastructure. You can be rest assured that all Alpereum pools are in good hands 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week, 365 Days a Year.





POOL CONNECTION INFO



Main Stratum Host: pool.alpereum.ch

Standard Port: 3001

VARDIFF Port: 4001



Simply use your Ether wallet address followed by a period and then your worker name.



Example:



0xfB6916095ca1df60bB79Ce92cE3Ea74c37c5d359.myethrig1



QtMiner, Eth-Proxy, Ethminer-Genoil, and Claymore Compatible.



Stratum V1 & V2 Compatible on all ports.



Variable Difficulty (VARDIFF) is still in Beta stages. VARDIFF will adjust your rig's difficulty overtime so that you are submitting shares at the most optimal rate as determined by our pool.



VARDIFF will not work with rentals or multiple rigs connected as one, it is designed for individual mining rigs.



Experienced Miner? Different ports and difficulties are listed on the bottom of our Join Page



Global Stratum Hosts:



pool.alpereum.ch - Europe

asia.alpereum.ch - Asia

usa.alpereum.ch - North America



Use the location closest to your miner.



The port assignments are still the same on all global locations.



If you do use a global location, we suggest you always set pool.alpereum.ch as a failover. It is the main node and the most likely to be online at all times.



If you have any issues with the .ch domains, you can replace .ch with .net





MINER SETUP



Ethminer-Genoil (Recommended) - Download Here



AMD

Code: ethminer -G -SV 2 -S pool.alpereum.ch:3001 -O 0xfB6916095ca1df60bB79Ce92cE3Ea74c37c5d359.WorkerName

Nvidia

Code: ethminer -U -SV 2 -S pool.alpereum.ch:3001 -O 0xfB6916095ca1df60bB79Ce92cE3Ea74c37c5d359.WorkerName

Claymore - Download Here



AMD Only

Code: EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool pool.alpereum.ch:3001 -ewal 0xfB6916095ca1df60bB79Ce92cE3Ea74c37c5d359.WorkerName

QtMiner - Download Here



AMD

Code: qtminer.exe -s pool.alpereum.ch:3001 -u 0xfB6916095ca1df60bB79Ce92cE3Ea74c37c5d359.WorkerName -G

CPU

Code: qtminer.exe -s pool.alpereum.ch:3001 -u 0xfB6916095ca1df60bB79Ce92cE3Ea74c37c5d359.WorkerName -C



If you have any issues with the pool or setting up your miner we suggest you open a support ticket in our Help Center as you are more then likely to receive a more timely reply there.

Alpereum uses what we consider to be the most fair and honest reward system for our pools,. When a block is found, the reward is distributed between miners according the number of shares they have submitted for that specific block. Simplicity with no games, gimmicks, or tricks. Every time a block is found you are paid out for what you put in.Alpereum only utilizes the latest generation of hardware for all of our servers. We only utilize high clock speed CPU's and SSD Storage Arrays. All of our physical resource nodes are tested prior to introduction on the live infrastructure.No matter what side of the globe a miner may be located in, there will always be a strong connection available between the miner and the pool. Our location in Central Europe has network pipes that accumulate to over 5+ Tbps of connectivity linking us to every corner of the world.Alpereum utilizes powerful DDoS protection provided by multiple carriers. We understand that mining pools are under constant threat of DDoS attack and we aim to defend against this threat to ensure optimal uptime for miners.Our infrastructure is constantly monitored by several different automated systems. Any hardware, network, or system failure is instantly forwarded to an on-call systems administrator and handled in a timely and professional manner.Bitcoin Suisse AG, the parent company of Alpereum directly employs professional, competent, and credentialed Systems Administrators to manage and monitor the Alpereum Infrastructure. You can be rest assured that all Alpereum pools are in good hands 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week, 365 Days a Year.Simply use your Ether wallet address followed by a period and then your worker name.Example:QtMiner, Eth-Proxy, Ethminer-Genoil, and Claymore Compatible.Stratum V1 & V2 Compatible on all ports.Variable Difficulty (VARDIFF) is still in Beta stages. VARDIFF will adjust your rig's difficulty overtime so that you are submitting shares at the most optimal rate as determined by our pool.VARDIFF will not work with rentals or multiple rigs connected as one, it is designed for individual mining rigs.Experienced Miner? Different ports and difficulties are listed on the bottom of ourUse the location closest to your miner.The port assignments are still the same on all global locations.If you do use a global location, we suggest you always set pool.alpereum.ch as a failover. It is the main node and the most likely to be online at all times.If you have any issues with the .ch domains, you can replace .ch with .net

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Copper MemberMemberActivity: 64Merit: 32 Re: [ANN][POOL] Alpereum - Professional Ether Pool [0% Fee] May 31, 2016, 01:23:19 AM

Last edit: May 31, 2016, 03:22:04 PM by BitcoinSuisseAG #3 Quote from: crazyearner on May 31, 2016, 12:51:09 AM Nice too see another pool popup and another for the testing. Will get to add to my guide and thread once done some testing and mining on.



Also does your pool pay any of the following structure?



(1) block finding reward.

(2) transaction fee (gas spent)

(3) uncle reward (4.375 ETH, 3.75 ETH, 3.125 ETH, 2.5 ETH, 1.875 ETH, 1.25 ETH)

(4) uncle inclusion incentive (0.3125 ETH, 0.15625 ETH)



Some pools do some do not so just asking to see if included etc.



Having phone support is a warm welcome that not many do or if any. And 0.2ETH payment run every 30 min also good.



(1) block finding reward.

No, and this includes uncles as well.



(2) transaction fee (gas spent)

Not sure if you are asking if we cover transaction fees on payout or if we payout the transaction fees (gas) associated with a block. So I will answer both.



Yes, we cover all transaction fees for our miners.



Yes, we also pay out the transaction fee (gas spent) reward that is associated with a block or uncle.



(3) uncle reward (4.375 ETH, 3.75 ETH, 3.125 ETH, 2.5 ETH, 1.875 ETH, 1.25 ETH)

Yes, we payout all uncles.



(4) uncle inclusion incentive (0.3125 ETH, 0.15625 ETH)

Yes, we do payout all uncle inclusion incentives.



Thank you for the compliments!

(1) block finding reward.No, and this includes uncles as well.(2) transaction fee (gas spent)Not sure if you are asking if we cover transaction fees on payout or if we payout the transaction fees (gas) associated with a block. So I will answer both.Yes, we cover all transaction fees for our miners.Yes, we also pay out the transaction fee (gas spent) reward that is associated with a block or uncle.(3) uncle reward (4.375 ETH, 3.75 ETH, 3.125 ETH, 2.5 ETH, 1.875 ETH, 1.25 ETH)Yes, we payout all uncles.(4) uncle inclusion incentive (0.3125 ETH, 0.15625 ETH)Yes, we do payout all uncle inclusion incentives.Thank you for the compliments!

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Copper MemberMemberActivity: 64Merit: 32 Re: [ANN][POOL] Alpereum - Professional Ether Pool [0% Fee] June 01, 2016, 03:17:56 PM #5



We answered your ticket earlier today when we got it. I trust you found the answer sufficient?



For the benefit of others reading this thread:





The 0.5 ETH payment was not related to the payout system of the pool. It was a reward paid to all miners who had joined the pool.



The Alpereum pool updates the balance of miners every 30 seconds, but for any ETH to be added to miners' balances, a block/uncle must have been found.

The payout routine runs every 30 minutes, but a minimum of 0.2 ETH most be in the balance for it to be paid out (to keep our gas costs within reason).



In your case, as soon as your balance reached 0.2 (segregated pr. mining address), the payout system sent you your balance (0.20923188 ETH), and reduced the balance back to zero.



The 0.5 ETH you can keep, it was paid to all operational rigs in the pool, as part of testing our reward system / to welcome everybody. We are sorry for any confusion this caused.



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Switzerland Thank you for your feedback!We answered your ticket earlier today when we got it. I trust you found the answer sufficient?For the benefit of others reading this thread:The 0.5 ETH payment was not related to the payout system of the pool. It was a reward paid to all miners who had joined the pool.The Alpereum pool updates the balance of miners every 30 seconds, but for any ETH to be added to miners' balances, a block/uncle must have been found.The payout routine runs every 30 minutes, but a minimum of 0.2 ETH most be in the balance for it to be paid out (to keep our gas costs within reason).In your case, as soon as your balance reached 0.2 (segregated pr. mining address), the payout system sent you your balance (0.20923188 ETH), and reduced the balance back to zero.The 0.5 ETH you can keep, it was paid to all operational rigs in the pool, as part of testing our reward system / to welcome everybody. We are sorry for any confusion this caused.SincerelyMail: info@alpereum.ch T: +41 41 544 12 51

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NewbieActivity: 18Merit: 0 Re: [ANN][POOL] Alpereum - Professional Ether Pool [0% Fee] June 09, 2016, 12:46:27 PM #9 Quote from: crazyearner on June 05, 2016, 07:08:47 PM Well small update I do not think I will be containing mining over here at alpereum. I have had a 5 day long stretch and pay is almost half of what I normally generate. Dont get me wrong pool is fine to mine on just not seeing higher or better results then when I mine elsewhere. I am on average making 5 ETH a week over the last week here I have made 2.07ETH for my hash SO not sure what to say here other than I might be back in the future if it improves.



It's due to the low hashrate on this pool. Too bad it's gonna die too soon. It's due to the low hashrate on this pool. Too bad it's gonna die too soon.

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Last edit: June 09, 2016, 06:08:58 PM by BitcoinSuisseAG #10

We did however see much room for improvement from our first release 10 days ago, both in the user experience, the performance - and in features. We thus recommend you clear your browser cache, and revisit



>> If you are planning on adding more crypto in the future



We will. Also Bitcoin. But first we need perfection on our first pool - the ETH pool.



>>Evening admin. Your pool and details and review now added into my thread



Thank you! Where do we find the link? Can we perhaps ask you back and review our v. 2? If you choose to do so and stay 24 or 48h to collect data, for a thorough review, we would be happy to pay you 10 ETH.

We feel that nothing is more important than accurate user feedback.



>> I have had a 5 day long stretch and pay is almost half of what I normally generate. Dont get me wrong pool is fine to mine on just not seeing higher or better results then when I mine elsewhere.



This is crucial feedback - and contrary to our own tests vs. the other major pools.

Would it be possible to ask you back as outlined above, and that you send us an email with your address, and that we run tests over 24 or 48h to see if your performance deviates from what it should be statistically?

Perhaps there could be a problem with your specific setup, and if so, we much need to detect it!

As mentioned above, we would be happy to pay you a fee for your trouble. Without user feedback, we cannot improve!



As most major pools, we publish our performance (the so-called "luck" page) for all to see, how the pool performs against the raw, cold reality of statistics:





>>It's due to the low hashrate on this pool. Too bad it's gonna die too soon.



We do not plan on dying. Alpereum is run by Bitcoin Suisse AG, one of Europes largest crypto-financial brokers, and the expenses tied to development and server infrastructure, is one happily carried for the good of the ETH eco-system.

Our hash-rate is now in excess of 10 Gh/s, which is approximately 1 block/h at current difficulty. Our low uncle rate suggest very good connectivity. Our tests now show comparable results to the larger pools, and in some cases, better results.



It is for the market (the miners) to decide if they will let Alpereum grow to a notable size. But the Alpereum pool will remain all the way to proof-of-stake, and it will be both maintained and improved till such time that pools are no longer needed for efficient ETH-mining.



/Niklas Nikolajsen

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Switzerland Thank you for the nice feedback.We did however see much room for improvement from our first release 10 days ago, both in the user experience, the performance - and in features. We thus recommend you clear your browser cache, and revisit https://www.alpereum.ch/ We will. Also Bitcoin. But first we need perfection on our first pool - the ETH pool.Thank you! Where do we find the link? Can we perhaps ask you back and review our v. 2? If you choose to do so and stay 24 or 48h to collect data, for a thorough review, we would be happy to pay you 10 ETH.We feel that nothing is more important than accurate user feedback.This is crucial feedback - and contrary to our own tests vs. the other major pools.Would it be possible to ask you back as outlined above, and that you send us an email with your address, and that we run tests over 24 or 48h to see if your performance deviates from what it should be statistically?Perhaps there could be a problem with your specific setup, and if so, we much need to detect it!As mentioned above, we would be happy to pay you a fee for your trouble. Without user feedback, we cannot improve!As most major pools, we publish our performance (the so-called "luck" page) for all to see, how the pool performs against the raw, cold reality of statistics: https://www.alpereum.ch/performance/ We do not plan on dying. Alpereum is run by Bitcoin Suisse AG, one of Europes largest crypto-financial brokers, and the expenses tied to development and server infrastructure, is one happily carried for the good of the ETH eco-system.Our hash-rate is now in excess of 10 Gh/s, which is approximately 1 block/h at current difficulty. Our low uncle rate suggest very good connectivity. Our tests now show comparable results to the larger pools, and in some cases, better results.It is for the market (the miners) to decide if they will let Alpereum grow to a notable size. But the Alpereum pool will remain all the way to proof-of-stake, and it will be both maintained and improved till such time that pools are no longer needed for efficient ETH-mining.Mail: info@alpereum.ch T: +41 41 544 12 51Lättichstrasse 1CH-6340 BaarSwitzerland

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Copper MemberMemberActivity: 64Merit: 32 Re: [ANN][POOL] Alpereum - Professional Ether Pool [0% Fee] June 14, 2016, 12:25:14 AM #13 * FEEDBACK REWARD PROGRAM - 1ST ROUND *



After a number of upgrades to both core, features and user experience. As well as a growth to > 10 Gh/s, we would like to announce a program for feedback rewards.



Miners who join our pool with at least 40 Mh/s combined for a minimum of 72 hours, and take the time to write a ticket (



Miners with rigs of a combined > 100 Mh/s will receive a 10 ETH reward, in addition to payouts received by the pool in the period.



Top 3 valuable feedback will be awarded an additional +10 ETH.



Please notify us with a ticket, if you wish to participate in the program, and list your mining address. At the end of the 72 hours, upon having submitted your feedback, we will send you your reward directly to your mining address. You are free to redirect your miner(s) if you so desire after this period.



The Feedback Reward Program is available for the first 25 miners who sign up to participate. Miners who are already with us or have been, are also welcome to participate. Also miners who participated in previous rounds of the Feedback Reward Program *. First come, first serve. We will write here once the program is full and enough miners have been enlisted for this particular round.



* Returning / current miners should clear their browser cache before reporting feedback on the UI



Please provide both your positive and (especially) negative feedback. Logged data and/or screenshots of relevance are greatly appreciated. Feel free to include feature suggestions, but exclude the following, which are already planned into our DEV road-map in the near future:



- Different ports for different payout schedules (12h / 24h, in addition to default)

- Low difficulty ports for slow miners

- Optional notification on idle/malfunctioning miners

- Stratum V2 support

- Global pool mining rewards payout transparency



Once the feedback program ends, we will improve our pool based on the collected feedback. We will then launch a 2nd round of the Feedback Reward Program.



Join info:



Happy mining everyone!



/The Alpereum Team After a number of upgrades to both core, features and user experience. As well as a growth to > 10 Gh/s, we would like to announce a program for feedback rewards.Miners who join our pool with at least 40 Mh/s combined for a minimum of 72 hours, and take the time to write a ticket ( https://alpereum.zendesk.com/hc/en-us support@alpereum.zendesk.com ) with their feedback after the 72 hours have expired, will receive a 5 ETH bonus, in addition to payouts received by the pool in the period.Miners with rigs of a combined > 100 Mh/s will receive a 10 ETH reward, in addition to payouts received by the pool in the period.Top 3 valuable feedback will be awarded an additional +10 ETH.Please notify us with a ticket, if you wish to participate in the program, and list your mining address. At the end of the 72 hours, upon having submitted your feedback, we will send you your reward directly to your mining address. You are free to redirect your miner(s) if you so desire after this period.The Feedback Reward Program is available for the first 25 miners who sign up to participate. Miners who are already with us or have been, are also welcome to participate. Also miners who participated in previous rounds of the Feedback Reward Program *. First come, first serve. We will write here once the program is full and enough miners have been enlisted for this particular round.* Returning / current miners should clear their browser cache before reporting feedback on the UIPlease provide both your positive and (especially) negative feedback. Logged data and/or screenshots of relevance are greatly appreciated. Feel free to include feature suggestions, but exclude the following, which are already planned into our DEV road-map in the near future:- Different ports for different payout schedules (12h / 24h, in addition to default)- Low difficulty ports for slow miners- Optional notification on idle/malfunctioning miners- Stratum V2 support- Global pool mining rewards payout transparencyOnce the feedback program ends, we will improve our pool based on the collected feedback. We will then launch a 2nd round of the Feedback Reward Program.Join info: https://www.alpereum.ch/join-pool/ Happy mining everyone!

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Copper MemberMemberActivity: 64Merit: 32 Re: [ANN][POOL] Alpereum - Professional Ether Pool [0% Fee] June 14, 2016, 12:52:16 AM #15 Quote from: crazyearner on June 14, 2016, 12:26:35 AM

is what been mining on next 24 hours is going to be on usa.alpereum.ch - North America to see if any improvements over Europ



also see you now added in Stratum V2 support do you have separate ports for this or upgraded to v2 on all port? Also maybe to have as an option to select what diff a miner can work at too as I use to put between 5 and 15MH to find a good average.



Thank you again for the feedback!



We have not yet added Stratum V2 support, but it is on the table for the near future.



We have a possible solution for different difficulties for different types of hashrates. It is currently in the testing phase, we will update this thread if we decide it is something we want to implement or not after testing and tweaking. Thank you again for the feedback!We have not yet added Stratum V2 support, but it is on the table for the near future.We have a possible solution for different difficulties for different types of hashrates. It is currently in the testing phase, we will update this thread if we decide it is something we want to implement or not after testing and tweaking.