Quote from: IMJim on August 21, 2014, 09:20:27 PM

What does this mean..........

Stratum #1    Vardiff 8 - 2042    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:3000
Stratum #2    DIFFICULTY 8    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:3008
Stratum #3    DIFFICULTY 64    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:3064
Stratum #4    DIFFICULTY 128    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:3128
Stratum #5    DIFFICULTY 256    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:3256
Stratum #6    DIFFICULTY 512    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:3512
Stratum #7    DIFFICULTY 768    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:3768
Stratum #8    DIFFICULTY 1024    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:4024
Stratum #9    DIFFICULTY 1536    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:4536
Stratum #10    DIFFICULTY 2048    stratum+tcp://stratum.syscoin.me:5048

Why the different difficulties? Why would anyone choose the higher difficulty ports?

Each hash calculated by your miner results in a random number. If this random number is below a certain threshold (known as the target), then it can be submitted to the pool and credited. Shares above the target are not submitted. Target and difficulty are inversely proportional to each other (the higher the difficulty, the lower the target). This is why you may sometimes see warnings in your miner about a share being "Above Target".

Over long time periods, share difficulty does not matter, and the default of 64 should work fine for anyone. If you have a very high speed miner, please increase your share difficulty to an appropriate setting. You can connect as many miners as you like using a single worker. We suggest the following difficulty setting per worker based on the worker's aggregate hashrate:
Scrypt coins:
Below 500KH: 32
500+: 64
1000+: 128
2000+: 256
3000+: 384
5000+: 512
10000+: 1024
25000+: 2048
50000+: 4096
100000+: 8192
250000+: 16284
SHA-256 coins:
1-100GH: 8
100GH-500GH: 256
500GH-1TH: 512
1TH+: 1024