Hello, this is BurningToad from ArsBitcoin.

As you may or may not have noticed, mining on ArsBitcoin has been down for quite some time. There was a change in the bitcoin code required a while ago and I haven't been able to devote myself to updating it so that mining could continue. My previous neglect of the site meant not many miners were left anyway. It is now time to bring the site down so that I'm not spending money on hosting it anymore.

If you still have a "current balance" at ArsBitcoin, please go to http://arsbitcoin.com to claim your balance sometime in the next 30 days. After that, I will bring the site down, but will hold any unclaimed bitcoins for another 30 days in case someone misses the window. Once this final window has passed, I will consider any leftover coins a donation to help cover server costs, which because of my neglect have still been fairly high despite no mining.

As for the unpaid SMPPS buffer, there isn't much I can do about it. This means that "Unpaid work" will not get paid at this point. Even if I turned mining back on, there is no saying whether the buffer would go up or down. I also do not have the 900ish bitcoins to pay out of my own pocket (as costs are already a problem.) I hope you can understand the SMPPS payment model always had this possibility.

If you have lost access to you account (password or pin) email me from the address you registered with at burningtoad@arsbitcoin.com and I will get back to you (if you already emailed and didn't get a response, please send another email.)

The small community that sprung up around arsbitcoin.com was really fun, and I'm sorry that I kinda just dissappeared and left everyone hanging. I hope you have been able to find a good new home for mining, and may the future for bitcoin be bright!

If you aren't sure if you have a balance, I will send another email is a few weeks only to those with remaining balances.

Site will come down: On or after June 6th. Will accept email claims through July 6th.

-BurningToad