Quote from: gigabitfx on May 28, 2014, 12:56:45 PM

Hi Windpath, thanks for the info here, im running some s1 and was having hard time with google on a definitive response to setting the pseudo share.

couple of questions
1. is 0.00000116 a static constant, or based off dynamic number? Wondering if i need to redo the math periodically to keep my miners running efficiently.
2. do you know of any downsides to restarting p2pool, i noticed i lost a few shares once i had done so, but technically i dont understand why that would be. i did however update the -a payout address, perhaps that restages the pool?
3. "expected time to share" seems to stay around 7-12hrs, im assuming its because the pool doesn't have any stats to work off of yet?
4. "payout if a block were found NOW" seems to remain at 0, any tips on that?
5. know of any p2pool advanced docs/manuals out there?

Thanks for any info

Hi Gigabit,

I'm by no means the expert, still studying the code and learning, but I'll give you my best advice and if I'm wrong, or there is a better solution hopefully someone will jump in...

1. It's constant.
2. Restarting will dump all your peers, and re-start many of the stats. Accepted shares will not be lost during a restart, but will not show on your stats page after, obviously shares submitted during a restart will be lost or stale by the time your node is back up. I try to limit restarts as much as possible.
3. Expected time to share is based on your ~estimated~ hash rate, is subject to your miners luck/variance, and can vary greatly.
4. Once you get some shares in the current block this will change, also subject to variance, some days will be higher and some lower.
5. I don't. There are some good tutorials for getting it up and running efficiently here on the forum, and on some alt-coin forums, but no definitive docs that I have found...

Here is an example of the variance/luck, the bottom 2 miners have both been consistently mining on p2pool, the bottom one is currently in a streak of good luck, while the middle one is in a streak of what I'd call less then ideal luck...

It all balances out over time, a key to successfully mining on p2pool is having the patience and consistency to stick with it until it does Wink