Re: [1500 TH] p2pool: Decentralized, DoS-resistant, Hop-Proof pool
Hi,
Newbie questions
I'm on a jtoomimnet p2pool node with 32 TH/s. Node hash rate varies, but at the moment I'm contributing pretty much 60-90% of the hash on that node, depending on the time of day - it's pretty much me at this point, with someone else joining in and dropping out at times. The other person already has some shares, amounting to about 0.03 BTS, I have none. Node DOA is under 2% (currently 1.46), efficiency is 97.3%, share difficulty is 1520000. I'm new to p2pool and trying to understand the differences between a regular pool and p2pool. I did read up, but couldn't find answers to these questions:
1. "Expected time to share (this node)" shows around 3 minutes. I have been on the node for about 6 hours, and I have no shares yet. I thought that the concept was that at the hash rate the node is going, if I'm providing pretty much all the hash, the number of shares I receive should be close to what's predicted, i.e I should get a share every few minutes. What am I missing...?
2. I'm trying to understand the difference between a regular pool and p2pool. If I am hashing at p2pool but receive no shares (as is the situation currently) does that mean that the hash I contributed thus far will give me no payout whatsoever if at the time of a block being found I have no shares? So, is it more similar to a shared solo mining than a regular pool in that in a regular pool, any contribution will result in a payout when a block is found, even if ever so small, but in p2pool, if I have no shares, I may have contributed hash to the pool but no shares to me means I get nothing if a block is found by the pool?
3. If I drop off p2pool for a few days (while having no shares yet) and then go back, do I start over from scratch? Or the hashing I contributed earlier makes a difference?
4. One of the stats show this: "Total: 682 (Orphan: 41, Dead: 9)". Is this the number of shares to this node? Is it since the last block was found, i.e. it shows the current shares of this node towards the next block when it's found by the pool? It went from 660 to 682 since I have been on the node, and while I seem to be the biggest fish on the node since I joined in, I haven's received any of the 22 new shares created since I have been on. Again, what am I missing...? UPDATE: I have been the only one on the node for the last hour or so, contributing 100% of the hash. During this hour, the shares to the node went up by 3, but I still dont have any. Confused... 
Sorry for the newbie questions - I did search first but I couldn't find direct answers to these questions.
Newbie questions
I'm on a jtoomimnet p2pool node with 32 TH/s. Node hash rate varies, but at the moment I'm contributing pretty much 60-90% of the hash on that node, depending on the time of day - it's pretty much me at this point, with someone else joining in and dropping out at times. The other person already has some shares, amounting to about 0.03 BTS, I have none. Node DOA is under 2% (currently 1.46), efficiency is 97.3%, share difficulty is 1520000. I'm new to p2pool and trying to understand the differences between a regular pool and p2pool. I did read up, but couldn't find answers to these questions:
1. "Expected time to share (this node)" shows around 3 minutes. I have been on the node for about 6 hours, and I have no shares yet. I thought that the concept was that at the hash rate the node is going, if I'm providing pretty much all the hash, the number of shares I receive should be close to what's predicted, i.e I should get a share every few minutes. What am I missing...?
2. I'm trying to understand the difference between a regular pool and p2pool. If I am hashing at p2pool but receive no shares (as is the situation currently) does that mean that the hash I contributed thus far will give me no payout whatsoever if at the time of a block being found I have no shares? So, is it more similar to a shared solo mining than a regular pool in that in a regular pool, any contribution will result in a payout when a block is found, even if ever so small, but in p2pool, if I have no shares, I may have contributed hash to the pool but no shares to me means I get nothing if a block is found by the pool?
3. If I drop off p2pool for a few days (while having no shares yet) and then go back, do I start over from scratch? Or the hashing I contributed earlier makes a difference?
4. One of the stats show this: "Total: 682 (Orphan: 41, Dead: 9)". Is this the number of shares to this node? Is it since the last block was found, i.e. it shows the current shares of this node towards the next block when it's found by the pool? It went from 660 to 682 since I have been on the node, and while I seem to be the biggest fish on the node
since I joined in, I haven's received any of the 22 new shares created since I have been on. Again, what am I missing...? UPDATE: I have been the only one on the node for the last hour or so, contributing 100% of the hash. During this hour, the shares to the node went up by 3, but I still dont have any. Confused... Sorry for the newbie questions - I did search first but I couldn't find direct answers to these questions.