Quote from: linklinklink on May 26, 2017, 02:42:41 AM

Quote from: fuzzyd on May 25, 2017, 11:13:20 AM

Quote from: effectsToCause on May 24, 2017, 08:35:40 PM

This is why you solo mine verium: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/vrm/block.dws?83320.htm Fees greater than reward! Cheers to $1 guys!

Got me a block: https://chainz.cryptoid.info/vrm/block.dws?84057.htm

Took ~60 hours or so at ~1K. Can someone advise whether it would be more profitable to pool?

So I'm a little bit confused on this. Isn't it just pure luck that you would get a random block around 60 hours? Couldn't you be solo mining on an i5 or i7 for 500, 1000 or 2000 hours and get nothing?

If I understand this right, then you're basically rolling the dice and could be mining on a single CPU for a year and get nothing. Am I misunderstanding something?

I'm sure you are correct - it was a lucky hit. I was trolling (a little). That said, the "Estimated block hit within (hrs)" has been as low as 88.* while I have been mining.

Still, I would genuinely like to know whether adding my 1K to a pool is going to be at all worthwhile.