Why does no one answer this aspect.. What is 5Nd is 9,365,527,376,108.0 How does it relate to "time" as everyone refers to it as.
It relates to time in how long it takes to find that many shares. The higher the hash rate the less time it takes and the lower the hash rate it takes more time. It is variable.
So the open shifts are 5 times 9,365,527,376,108 for this difficulty period. How long a period of time that is depends on the pools hash rate.
Is there a way for me to see where I am at currently in my ramp up journey?
E.g. "sum of my diffs" / "current difficulty"? (I have to admit that those diffs confuse the s**t out of me)