Hey all,
I've been mining on a pool, and there have only been two other addresses mining. In the last 24 hours, though something strange has happened.
One address that had been mining at 2.3TH/s suddenly went to 98 TH/s, and the overall pool hashing didn't go up significantly... which may be ok, although, I have to say it was pretty dramatic.
Other than concern for the sudden change in hash, and whether something could be suspicious, will having a whale on this particular node keep the other two miners from gaining shares?
Would it make more sense for me to seek out another node?
S
Sorry, I wrote GH/s.. I meant TH/s
Don't think of it as competing with miners on the same node, you are completing (and collaborating) with the whole pool.
Also, node efficiency is a poor indicator on any node with more then 1 miner. A single miner with a high latency can bring node efficiency way down, while your miners may be mining very efficiently.
Look at your latency to the node, the node getBlockTemplate latency, and your stale/DOA shares to get a feel for your particular efficiency...
After a few days of mining you can look up your miner in our "active miners" list for p2pool. That estimated hashrate, if higher then expected, means you are mining efficiently/currently lucky. If it is lower then expected you are mining inefficiently or in a streak of bad luck. (this only works after you have been mining for the length of the share chain, i.e. 3 days)
http://minefast.coincadence.com/p2pool-stats.php