Re: [460 TH] p2pool: Decentralized, DoS-resistant, Hop-Proof pool
Can you share that frontend your using? Im used to mining on slush's pool so I understand a little about variance. mdude77 I do indeed have new cgminer for s1.
Im still confused about the data on the homepage and if my data is normal for a newly configured p2pool, or if i need to look further into it. Here is the stats listed
http://s2.postimg.org/lh6uy5iqx/Capture.jpg
Is the "expected time to share" normal for my node uptime? Ive seen others that show it down to an hour with similar pool speed as mine. I suppose most of my confusion is that with slushs pool i see shares coming in from my miners much more frequently than this and of course they state the average btc for current round as well. I feel im flying more blind with p2pool, especially with 0 as expected payout. The vanilla p2pool interface showed an expected payout number, even when pool was freshly fired up and went up/down as data came through.
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...
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s91/sh/7eb6221c-6c8d-4c28-a312-75f0814db881/4883b9429424359e3b46c058b2aa4f9f/deep/0/p2pool-variance1.png
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
Im still confused about the data on the homepage and if my data is normal for a newly configured p2pool, or if i need to look further into it. Here is the stats listed
http://s2.postimg.org/lh6uy5iqx/Capture.jpg
Is the "expected time to share" normal for my node uptime? Ive seen others that show it down to an hour with similar pool speed as mine. I suppose most of my confusion is that with slushs pool i see shares coming in from my miners much more frequently than this and of course they state the average btc for current round as well. I feel im flying more blind with p2pool, especially with 0 as expected payout. The vanilla p2pool interface showed an expected payout number, even when pool was freshly fired up and went up/down as data came through.
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...
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s91/sh/7eb6221c-6c8d-4c28-a312-75f0814db881/4883b9429424359e3b46c058b2aa4f9f/deep/0/p2pool-variance1.png
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