The system has been brought back online by Chris. He will first execute yesterday's payouts, and will then determine how many shares, if any, were lost, and credit balances. Then, he'll try to figure out what happened.

He should be able to make a post here this afternoon with more info.

Hi,

There's some sort of system issue that I'm told took the mining server offline. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get in contact with Chris right now.

I'll keep trying to wake him up. Look here for more information as it becomes available.

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