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 #8f049772… : 74162546 H/s = 37748736 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:34|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 73647528 H/s = 37486592 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:34|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 76073160 H/s = 38797312 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:35|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 72617493 H/s = 36962304 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:35|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 74824566 H/s = 38010880 hashes / 0.508 s
miner 21:38:36|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 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 #8f049772… : 75045145 H/s = 38273024 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:37|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 72475105 H/s = 36962304 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:37|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 77252652 H/s = 39321600 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:38|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 70557422 H/s = 35913728 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:38|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 75045145 H/s = 38273024 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:39|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 75707599 H/s = 38535168 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:39|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 74017129 H/s = 37748736 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:40|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 74385283 H/s = 38010880 hashes / 0.511 s
miner 21:38:41|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 75776000 H/s = 38797312 hashes / 0.512 s
miner 21:38:41|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 70933082 H/s = 36175872 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:42|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 75707599 H/s = 38535168 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:42|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 74677563 H/s = 38010880 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:43|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 75192581 H/s = 38273024 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:43|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 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 #8f049772… : 76073160 H/s = 38797312 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:44|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 70557422 H/s = 35913728 hashes / 0.509 s
miner 21:38:45|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 75559152 H/s = 38535168 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:45|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 74531137 H/s = 38010880 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:46|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 75045145 H/s = 38273024 hashes / 0.51 s
miner 21:38:46|main Mining on PoWhash #8f049772… : 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.