Request for payouts in IOTA

Hi, I havent had a payout in VTC since the 10th November, my account is accumlating a lot more coins and its well pass the threshold, whats going on?. Its a bit annoying I cannot manually instigate a transfer too. Please can someone advise whats going on so I can continue to mine here, over 50 USD i...

Yep thats exactly what I have done.

Yep I also realized I am arguing for no real reason. Sorry.

Ffs seriously if the pool goes down then the back up will be down? No thats not how it works, the back up is a completely seperate entity, a perfect clone of the production system, on the other side of the country / planet (whatever) ready to take the load when the primarly fails. This backup pool w...

Sorry I dont know what you mean by "one thin coin"? I wouldnt call it misplaced lecturing but make of it what you will, I have offered to assist where I can if they want it. I am used to designing systems from the ground up with failovers in place, correct me if I am wrong but the earning ...

Greg, that may be but any professional company should have business continuity plans and have automatic failovers configured. I understand that Steve is trying his best so Ill give him a chance but for this place to grow and expand these things seriously need to considered otherwise a competitor wil...

So what was the outcome to this?

A paid subscription rather than a % take on all mined coins is also an option and I would happily pay it if it keeps the pool in business.

I can see its of a concern if the mining industry crashes but it has yet to happen and its been 7/8 years since the first mining of a coin. That kinda tells me its here to stay and persuaded me to join in now before it goes even bigger. Theres at least 5 years of mining left before the next big thin...