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Re: [850 TH] Slush's Pool (mining.bitcoin.cz); TX FEES + VarDiff
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dlowings
on 21/02/2014, 02:42:19 UTC
Quote from: kabopar on February 20, 2014, 11:44:48 PM
Quote from: InfiniteGrim on February 20, 2014, 10:47:51 PM
Quote from: salam123 on February 20, 2014, 10:33:24 PM
Looks like the Processing......... has caught up  Smiley

Yep.

Anyone else noticing very inconsistent rewards? I'm trying to tell if its my new miners or the pool.

From the past few blocks its varying as much as 20%

21711   2014-02-20 21:38:34   0:17:10   186595076   46065   0.00587115   286948   25.09469911    92 confirmations left
21710   2014-02-20 21:21:24   1:08:22   756999055   193510   0.00699399   286944   25.03910512    88 confirmations left
21709   2014-02-20 20:13:02   0:25:51   284891266   66230   0.00538017   286932   25.05930000    76 confirmations left
21708   2014-02-20 19:47:11   0:36:26   392076851   106930   0.00690352   286927   25.12374100    71 confirmations left
21707   2014-02-20 19:10:45   3:23:23   2264329898   565545   0.00667764   286923   25.05155156    67 confirmations left
21706   2014-02-20 15:47:22   2:18:10   1546733558   382580   0.00608317   286899   25.16281611    43 confirmations left
21705   2014-02-20 13:29:12   12:10:58   8158887290   2073480   0.00600212   286887   25.00857475    31 confirmations lef
Assuming that you had steady mining at your side (ruling out the peculiar time effects of Slush's unique exponential 'anti-hopping' algorithm), you are at the mercy of fluctuations in the total pool behavior.   Looking at your results, without doing any calculations, they seem fine. 
You can calculate your share as a proportion of the total shares (deducting the 2% pool fee)
For block 21711  25.09469911*46065/186595076*(1-0.02)=0.006071262  your actual reward was 0.00587115, which is quite close.  Note that the pool total share does not include the 'score' which has some time domain effects due to Slush's exponential thing.  You may repeat this calculation for your other blocks, but I don't think that you'll find anything alarming there either.

Cheers


You hit the nail on the head.. Slushes over sensitive pool hopping algorithm it taking its toll on slow miners "and even some big ones" .. I've tested it and compared it to other pools and have to admit it IS in my opinion WAY over sensitive... For this reason I think it tends to drive away more than just pool hoppers.. I really noticed it when my stratum proxy would flake out every now and then .. That's one of the things that prompted me to test with other pools..