A couple questions about BitMinter. I'm a noobie in this arena, with 50 years experience in trading stocks, bonds, currencies, etc. So, over my head at the moment (LOL).
Today, I'm only running at 6ghz, so not much action. I will be up to 100ghz within the next week. Still not much hashpower compared to many of you.
1. Can I stop mining at any time without losing all of my hard work?
2. I see that I haven't earned even the smallest fraction of a bitcoin after 24 hours. Is this normal for 6ghz? I have 120,000 accepted proofs of work.
3. When I do see some earned bitcoins, is it going to be something like 0.00000001 or will the first posting be something like 0.00001000?
Thanks for your help and Happy New Year from downunder.