alright just getting back into things with a antminer s4. I used to mine on slush but from what ive noticed slush is not really decent anymore. Doing some reading up and kano seems like a dude I can support and in turn receive support. So im joining the pool, only question is should I set my difficulty to 2048? Is that still applicable with the latest s4 firmware?
The simple answer is, unless there's a problem with your firmware, there's no need to set the work diff on the web site.
Setting it on the web site will only take effect if you set it above the pool's calculated value.
If there is a problem with the firmware then avoid using a power of 2 like 2048 - instead use a little higher e.g. 2052
As usual, remember that the work difficulty has no effect on your reward other than variance.
Higher diff means higher variance, but not much of an effect unless you make it a lot high e.g. if you set it 10x higher.
Appreciate the answer, and I am letting the server decide then. As far as I am aware I dont think there is an issue with the s4 firmware other than not being great, like it freaking out when I set it to a static IP. And it changing IPs every few minitues on DHCP. And running 4.8.0 miner.