Quote from: Icebjerg on January 27, 2014, 01:49:45 AM

I've bee watching my shares according to the stats page.
I was wondering why my miner keeps switching from block to block?
Sometimes the miner stay's with a block for hours and sometimes it's just minutes even though there are still confirmations left.
Would someone be able to explain?
I was under the understanding the longer you stay the better the payout?

All times are in UTC.
#     Block found at     Duration   Total shares Your shares   Your BTC reward Block #   Block value   Validity
21551    2014-01-27 01:17:54    0:56:44    633018888    41600    0.00169053    282635    25.14774250    98 confirmations left
21550    2014-01-27 00:21:10    4:14:43    2821235576    190874    0.00156324    282631    25.02511907    94 confirmations left
21549    2014-01-26 20:06:27    1:19:21    877146598    62015    0.00194748    282605    25.19078729    68 confirmations left
21548    2014-01-26 18:47:06    0:02:01    21876094      1320    0.00146207    282598    25.02195614    61 confirmations left
21547    2014-01-26 18:45:05    4:09:16    2712493846    189101    0.00167564    282597    25.09475048    60 confirmations left
21546    2014-01-26 14:35:49    3:27:45    2220629949    159487    0.00166515    282567    25.04965451    30 confirmations left
21545    2014-01-26 11:08:04    0:40:34    452879502    28531    0.00134326    282539    25.05338644    2 confirmations left
21544    2014-01-26 10:27:30    8:33:05    5735546676    398514    0.00190518    282534    25.00764282    confirmed
21543    2014-01-26 01:54:25    7:49:54    5122146689    364080    0.00176006    282487    25.05767828    confirmed
21542    2014-01-25 18:04:31    2:12:40    1402241422    100815    0.00155369    282429    25.09640344    confirmed
21541    2014-01-25 15:51:51    3:44:41    2363550548    173571    0.00165219    282416    25.10645252    confirmed
21540    2014-01-25 12:07:10    0:54:55    591558361    41783    0.00186171    282388    25.05837209    confirmed

Thanks,

When a block is found, why continue looking for it? Thats why your miner "keeps switching from block to block"
Dont worry about the confirmations, that number will decline as new blocks are found by the network.

Longer runs doesn't give you better payout per hour, as you can see above. (shorter is better) but on Slush's pool you are "punished" if you don´t finish the round (pool hopping)

Excuse my poor english and i hope i make some sense