hmmm
i've been mining since the 25'th of october with 550 GH, but i've been paid every second block
so i have been paid not on the 29'th of november but
on the 14'th of December
not paid at the 5'th of january but now on the paylist for the next block....
so it seems even with 550 GH you will not paid every block.....
BTW: Happy new year to all
Happy New Year indeed.
That sounds about right. Only the top 100 miners are guaranteed of a payout with each block and as the hashrate rises the size of miner that gets interleaved will get larger. While it's done to limit the size of the generation transaction on the pool, there is actually a benefit to the miner - they don't lose any accumulated payout if they miss one of the payouts, they get a larger payout instead of multiple smaller ones. The advantage of this is that many smaller payouts end up costing you a lot more in fees when you want to spend your earned bitcoin later on. Halve the number of payouts - half the fees, quarter the number of payouts - quarter the fees, and so on.