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Title: Stuck on a block Post by: Nubminer on July 31, 2015, 01:11:58 AM I see pools saying they get stuck on a block,
I am guessing that they are not really stuck on a block they just have not solved any in awhile and they are just saying they are stuck.. its not like a block gets assigned to a pool and they hash away at it until it is solved... if I understand it correctly, its just bad luck and they have not solved one in awhile. Title: Re: Stuck on a block Post by: Nexious on July 31, 2015, 01:14:02 AM I see pools saying they get stuck on a block, I am guessing that they are not really stuck on a block they just have not solved any in awhile and they are just saying they are stuck.. its not like a block gets assigned to a pool and they hash away at it until it is solved... if I understand it correctly, its just bad luck and they have not solved one in awhile. Yes that's correct they aren't stuck as such, just bad luck and taking a lot longer to find a block which can be caused by low hash rate or bad luck. Title: Re: Stuck on a block Post by: Nubminer on July 31, 2015, 01:18:34 AM I figured as much.. I have read they are stuck on a bad block somewhere and I thought to myself. "there is no such thing, its just dumb luck"
Title: Re: Stuck on a block Post by: os2sam on July 31, 2015, 02:07:56 AM It confuses allot people when they use block instead of round. They aren't interchangeable terms.
Title: Re: Stuck on a block Post by: -ck on July 31, 2015, 10:13:19 AM Indeed it's lousy terminology. What they really mean is "stuck, having not found a block".
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