so I have a question.
I was a p2pool miner about 2 years ago, and it worked out brilliantly for me,
I have just gotten back into mining and set up my own p2pool and everything seems to be working however I have some questions.
1) I am mining at about 4TH is that even enough for p2pool solo??
Define solo? Meaning running your own node but part of the p2pool network? If so the answer is yes.
2) it says "expected time to share of XXXX... however if the pool has some good luck does that mean I wont get any part of the discovered block since I didnt even get a share?
great example I have an estimated time to share of 2 hours, if we discover a block in 1hr does that mean i get jack? also if that happens does all my work go to squat too??
I dont recall it being this difficult to get a share previously but the hash rate was a lot slower.
p2pool uses a roughly 3 day pplns window. That means whatever shares you've submitted in the last 3 days count towards your payout when a block is found. If you *just* rejoined p2pool and don't have any shares yet, then yes, you won't get anything on a block. With 4 TH/s, you should do just dandy with p2pool, assuming your hardware likes the 30 second share time.
Difficulty is the highest it's ever been in the history of p2pool. Part of it is because the share time was changed from 10 seconds to 30 seconds, which tripled the difficulty. Combine that with the age of ASICs when you can buy 1 TH/s for dirt cheap, and you get high difficulty. Plus the gigahash scare has led a lot of people to alternatives, and p2pool, despite its faults, is a great alternative.
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