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Thanks for the info, very helpful. So in your opinion, I should use ethminer doing solo on my Geth? Even though CMD give me a higher hash rate? With either I get 103mh on 1 rig, with CMD I get 120mh. With all my hw, using Ethminer its 460mh, with CMD its 550Mh. Considerable difference.

Thanks,

Like all mining I think it is going to be luck that rules on this one. You could possibly have found an eth block in that 14.4 minutes a day that CMD is mining the dev fee. Mining Shift with only 50-60mh I have found that the 36 seconds doesn't really affect me. I get more from CMD on average than I do etherminer. If I had the hash-rate to mine Ethereum solo I might feel differently.

So I just tested using just Ethminer pointed to my Geth box in solo, looks like avg is 75Mh. This rig has 4 GPU's that usually run 102mh on a pool using ethminer and 120mh on a pool using CDM.

I get the luck factor in solo mining, but loosing that much hash compared to CDM has got to make a difference. Based on calculators I should be getting a block per day with my 550mh using CDM. But with this Ethminer avg below, total hash is only 342Mh.

Thoughts?

miner 21:38:33|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 74162546 H/s = 37748736 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:34|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 73647528 H/s = 37486592 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:34|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 76073160 H/s = 38797312 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:35|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 72617493 H/s = 36962304 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:35|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 74824566 H/s = 38010880 hashes / 0.508 s
miner 21:38:36|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 74677563 H/s = 38010880 hashes / 0.509 s
DAG 21:38:36| Generating DAG file. Progress: 16 %
miner 21:38:36|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 75045145 H/s = 38273024 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:37|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 72475105 H/s = 36962304 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:37|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 77252652 H/s = 39321600 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:38|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 70557422 H/s = 35913728 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:38|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 75045145 H/s = 38273024 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:39|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 75707599 H/s = 38535168 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:39|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 74017129 H/s = 37748736 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:40|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 74385283 H/s = 38010880 hashes / 0.511 s
miner 21:38:41|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 75776000 H/s = 38797312 hashes / 0.512 s
miner 21:38:41|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 70933082 H/s = 36175872 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:42|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 75707599 H/s = 38535168 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:42|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 74677563 H/s = 38010880 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:43|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 75192581 H/s = 38273024 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:43|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 72989113 H/s = 37224448 hashes / 0.51 s
DAG 21:38:43| Generating DAG file. Progress: 17 %
miner 21:38:44|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 76073160 H/s = 38797312 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:44|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 70557422 H/s = 35913728 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:45|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 75559152 H/s = 38535168 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:45|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 74531137 H/s = 38010880 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:46|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 75045145 H/s = 38273024 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:46|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772ΓÇª : 73647528 H/s = 37486592 hashes / 0.509 s

I would go with CMD. Looking at the numbers I would have to believe that the significantly higher hash rate and processing more work would outweigh the off chance that you would have found a block in the time CMD is mining the dev fee. In the long run you might miss a block or two but should come out ahead due to the 60%+ increase in hashing power.

Same rig running CMD below. Maybe Claymore will offer a paid version of the miner? Geared toward solo miners that don't want to take the DevFee time away.

GPU 1 DAG creation time 5162 ms
Setting DAG epoch #51 for GPU #1 done
GPU 0 DAG creation time 5187 ms
Setting DAG epoch #51 for GPU #0 done
GPU 3 DAG creation time 5280 ms
Setting DAG epoch #51 for GPU #3 done
GPU 2 DAG creation time 5288 ms
Setting DAG epoch #51 for GPU #2 done
ETH: 05/19/16-22:13:45 - New job (target 0x0000000000070250) from 10.110.150.88:8545
ETH - Total Speed: 121.992 Mh/s, Total Shares: 0, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:00
ETH: GPU0 30.493 Mh/s, GPU1 30.524 Mh/s, GPU2 30.478 Mh/s, GPU3 30.496 Mh/s
ETH: 05/19/16-22:13:59 - New job (target 0x0000000000070170) from 10.110.150.88:8545
ETH - Total Speed: 121.920 Mh/s, Total Shares: 0, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:00
ETH: GPU0 30.506 Mh/s, GPU1 30.471 Mh/s, GPU2 30.469 Mh/s, GPU3 30.473 Mh/s
GPU0 t=57C fan=0%
ETH: 05/19/16-22:14:11 - New job (target 0x0000000000070170) from 10.110.150.88:8545
ETH - Total Speed: 122.086 Mh/s, Total Shares: 0, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:00
ETH: GPU0 30.544 Mh/s, GPU1 30.529 Mh/s, GPU2 30.515 Mh/s, GPU3 30.498 Mh/s
GPU0 t=61C fan=0%
ETH: 05/19/16-22:14:45 - New job (target 0x0000000000070330) from 10.110.150.88:8545
ETH - Total Speed: 121.990 Mh/s, Total Shares: 0, Rejected: 0, Time: 00:01
ETH: GPU0 30.514 Mh/s, GPU1 30.510 Mh/s, GPU2 30.472 Mh/s, GPU3 30.495 Mh/s