The last dogecoin block we found was indeed very small -- only 193,881 of a possible 1,000,000.
dogecoin 2014-02-04 03:44:24 8b67e7e8199c7faf046648f3cb7eed7c5b6b5efacd786cc1e39086c25f5777cf 193,881.10278679 valid
But that begs another question... As it was pointed out earlier, the profitability algorithm knows the doge block reward in advance, so how did it ever determine that mining a block with such a low reward was the most profitable option at the time?
I was a bit curious about this as well. Why wouldn't we (or anyone) just mine the most rewarding block...or just discard less profitable ones?
Isn't the block reward of dogecoin random?
Special reward system: Random block rewards
1-100,000: 0-1,000,000 Dogecoin Reward
100,001 200,000: 0-500,000 Dogecoin Reward
200,001 300,000: 0-250,000 Dogecoin Reward
300,001 400,000: 0-125,000 Dogecoin Reward
400,001 500,000: 0-62,500 Dogecoin Reward
500,001 - 600,000: 0-31,250 Dogecoin Reward
600,000+ 10,000 Reward (flat)
Yes, doge coin is randow reward, untill block 600.001, then its 10.000 each block.
On other pools its the same, sometimes you find a block that is under 100k, and other times you find a 950k
Its like playing diablo 2, and the chance on how close to perfect the unique you find is.