So, I have been getting what I assume is staking rewards (well, potential) on the wallet. It shows the type as 'Mined' with a reward around 0.00001 (or an increment similar). Each time it ends up as a "?" with a status of "conflicted, broadcast through 3 nodes".
I'm guessing these are the results of keeping my wallet open and staking. So far all 6 of these instances have become like this.
Is this common to have so many [lack of a better word] failed stakes?
That just means someone got the block before you, possibly due to having more connections. It happens to me all the time too.
Is there a way to increase connections or optimize the chances of staking? (I added the nodes from the top post.. seems I'm up to 5 connections now)
(and yeah, sorry for the onslaught of questions)
I have 7 connections, so your 5 is about right. That will fluctuate as people come and go with a coin.
As far as your 0.00001 Mined rewards, someone in deed was able to solve and mint the block before you. I also have these, however I am pool and solo stake mining. Today I noticed my pool miner connection was lost. So now I am just solo mining. RAM and Bandwidth is important when solo mining. Not sure how much RAM you have but when staking, you want to have at least 2GB RAM per wallet. I have 704 coins now.