Re: [ANN][LTC Pool][2% PPS][VARDIFF] LiteGuardian.com

Lets see if my long question gets frigan lost again.... (this time i copy it first!)

Hi, i am just getting into litecoin mining and have decided i want to use a PPS pool (with as low as fee of possible of course) I am thinking I am going to try yours because in my research you offer the lowest fee for PPS and VARDIFF. My reading tells me that i want vardiff. Can you tell me how vardiff will help me? I dont fully understand it I just know that its good. The only thing I care about is minimzing network traffic, am I correct in understanding that it helps with that?

Thanks!

Yes absolutely correct, VARDIFF cuts down on network traffic. It monitors the traffic generated by your workers and adjusts the difficulty to suit them best. It reduces network traffic, reduces load on the server, can reduce rejects and is even more important for low hashrate miners. We allow setting your min and max diff or you can leave it default and let the system manage the difficulty for you.

Welcome aboard!

Thanks, been mining your pool for about a day now, so far I love it! It's a welcome change from the other LTC pools I tried in the process of finding yours, they all look and work the same!

Thanks much for the positive feedback! I am constantly adding new features and improving things as well, development never stops!

We have now upgraded our pool software to allow setting not just the Minimum and Maximum difficulty of a worker but also the starting difficulty of the worker. This is huge for slower miners who might not get a share in fast enough for VARDIFF to trigger (vardiff normally requires 1 share to start working) but now, it sets the difficulty on connection to your starting difficulty and you start mining at that right away.