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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Mining (Altcoins) => Topic started by: TimBuck2 on February 22, 2018, 02:25:25 AM



Title: Why is this not "solo mining"?
Post by: TimBuck2 on February 22, 2018, 02:25:25 AM

If I have a pool (UNOMP) set up on a VPS and I am the only person mining there (either because I set it up for 100% fee or no one else mines there), why is that not considered the same thing as solo mining.

The reason I ask this question is because I noticed that on one or two of the GITHUB pages for different variations of the same underlying node.js stratum, it says: "Solo Mining is not supported. They will never match an upstream share, solo miners do not create any shares, only blocks. Expect weird behavior if trying to mix them."

That makes no sense to me and I could not find the reference they cited ? (#299) ? to explain this in a manner I would understand.



Title: Re: Why is this not "solo mining"?
Post by: philipma1957 on February 22, 2018, 02:38:17 AM

If I have a pool (UNOMP) set up on a VPS and I am the only person mining there (either because I set it up for 100% fee or no one else mines there), why is that not considered the same thing as solo mining.

The reason I ask this question is because I noticed that on one or two of the GITHUB pages for different variations of the same underlying node.js stratum, it says: "Solo Mining is not supported. They will never match an upstream share, solo miners do not create any shares, only blocks. Expect weird behavior if trying to mix them."

That makes no sense to me and I could not find the reference they cited ? (#299) ? to explain this in a manner I would understand.



ask a pool operator maybe he can answer you