Update...suddenly my Android apps are connecting and hashing on both X11 and Scrypt. Windows/CPU however is still giving the "Stratum Authentication Failed" on both. Using exact same settings on CPU and Android. I've tried regularly since the X11 release and today is first time it's worked...

Ya, after reading this I did some thinking and a bit of research and there really is no "clear" type of business you'd classify this as. I'm sure you've talked to people but if I can be of assistance in this I'd gladly help, just shoot me a message, I came up with a couple possible ideas a...

As another side note about taxes, some have sent messages suggesting we hire an accountant to do them for us. If you think it's difficult to explain bitcoins to your family, try explaining the business model of a profit-switching mining pool to an accountant, and then giving them 1.3TB of data to c...

No problem, I COMPLETELY understand. I'm a CPA and own my my own firm, so I can sympathize absolutely, I feel your pain And no rush, the cpu/Android mining is obviously not going to net me hundreds of dollars for a couple more days lol. Do greatly appreciate all the work!

I know you've been busy with all that's going on but any update or suggestions on my issue here?

Cpuminer-opt veraion 3.3.8

And

Cpuminer-multi version 1.3.1

Both x64. No, I actually either don't name them at all or name them all different.

So I'm trying to connect with my laptop using various cpu miners...but I get this error..."Stratum Authentication Failed". I'm starting the miners (little beginning variance depending on miner but all same after launch command)- cpuminer -a scrypt -o stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3333 -u jk...

Tried that on all my mobile miners, but same results except only 1 of them allows more than 1 password definition so hadn't been trying anything except x or blank. The miner I've had best results from other pools shows receiving difficulty adjustment to 4.1k which is what it shows for 4096 which is ...

I am a testing junky...beta test products constantly and just randomly get an idea and work on it...which leads me to this... Lately I've been working with a couple mobile miners, testing profitability, hash, etc... I've tried several at this pool and they give me a "Stratum Authorization Faile...