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Title: [REMOVED] Post by: teresaejunior on January 05, 2014, 05:56:03 PM [REMOVED]
Title: Re: PPLNS[G] and user downtimes Post by: eleuthria on January 05, 2014, 07:08:54 PM Can you provide a link to what on earth a PPLNS[G] pool is? I've never heard of it.
By default, PPLNS does not penalize/discriminate users based on their consistency. Every share has the same expected payout as every other share. EDIT: Oh, apparently PPLNSG is shift-based PPLNS. That has *no* difference from PPLNS other than the method used to represent payments. PPLNSG is easier to provide long term audit trails for the reward splits, and also allows for significantly larger 'N' values than straight PPLNS. Title: Re: PPLNS[G] and user downtimes Post by: eleuthria on January 05, 2014, 07:16:02 PM Can you provide a link to what on earth a PPLNS[G] pool is? I've never heard of it. I actually meant PPLNS and/or PPLNSG lolBy default, PPLNS does not penalize/discriminate users based on their consistency. Every share has the same expected payout as every other share. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Comparison_of_mining_pools PPLNS - Pay Per Last N Shares. Similar to proportional, but instead of looking at the number of shares in the round, instead looks at the last N shares, regardless of round boundaries. PPLNSG - Pay Per Last N Groups (or shifts). Similar to PPLNS, but shares are grouped into "shifts" which are paid as a whole. Thanks, but from what I read, casual users or users who suffer from downtimes should mine on PPS instead. I just wanted to know how much would be considered a noteworthy downtime for this matter. What you've read is people who don't understand the payment method. The payout on your shares for PPLNS are not affected by *anything* related to uptime. If you mine for 3 hours, your expected payout for those 3 hours is the same whether you were mining for the previous 3 hours or the next 3 months. The expected payout for that 3 hours of mining is completely independent of any other factors. |