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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Mining (Altcoins) => Topic started by: BitCoinPokerBro on February 20, 2014, 04:02:15 AM



Title: Network vs Miner Difficulty
Post by: BitCoinPokerBro on February 20, 2014, 04:02:15 AM
Why is my miner's difficulty always so much higher than the network difficulty?

For example

Network
http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab194/liquidxskin/netdifficulty_zps98c8f572.png (http://s863.photobucket.com/user/liquidxskin/media/netdifficulty_zps98c8f572.png.html)

Miners
http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab194/liquidxskin/difficulty_zps9226ea2c.png (http://s863.photobucket.com/user/liquidxskin/media/difficulty_zps9226ea2c.png.html)

Does this affect mining efficiency?


Title: Re: Network vs Miner Difficulty
Post by: iLiekPai on February 20, 2014, 04:47:03 AM
The difficulty that the pool gives you has nothing to do with network difficulty, it creates a barrier below which shares are not submitted - you have to make a calculation/share over your personal diff given by the pool so that it'll be submitted. It can become a nuisance if the pool gives you high diffs due to bad estimation of your hashrate, but in the end it balances around yours.


Title: Re: Network vs Miner Difficulty
Post by: BitCoinPokerBro on February 20, 2014, 06:18:47 AM
The difficulty that the pool gives you has nothing to do with network difficulty, it creates a barrier below which shares are not submitted - you have to make a calculation/share over your personal diff given by the pool so that it'll be submitted. It can become a nuisance if the pool gives you high diffs due to bad estimation of your hashrate, but in the end it balances around yours.

Would it be more efficient to add all of my cards to one miner in hopes of a lower collective difficulty?


Title: Re: Network vs Miner Difficulty
Post by: iLiekPai on February 20, 2014, 11:44:14 AM
The more kh/s, the more diff it will give you. If you want lower diff you can assign different workers to every card.