I forgot to mention, I totally understood what you were getting at, and since I’m not mining Bitcoin or using an ASCI, I’ll need to post in the other forum and I’ll just provide a link to this post here incase anyone needs to see it,
Thank you for the response!!
JD
1. How come I can’t get my mining software to put out more than 8-10 kilohashes?
You will have to tell more about what you're doing and what you think you want to achieve.
As in the pinned post, you need an ASIC to mine Bitcoin. You cannot mine Bitcoin with PC, if that's what you're doing.
So the answer would be: "that's because you're some 10 years late for PC mining and in 2022 you need to buy ASIC".
If you're mining altcoins, on the other hand, then please ask in altcoin mining area of the forum.