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1  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 277 blocks solved! on: September 25, 2023, 02:36:18 AM
NEWBIE LEARNED

Not meant to Hijack the CKPOOL just to validate usage of it as a newbie ! thx all questions answered
2  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 277 blocks solved! on: September 22, 2023, 07:43:05 PM
NEWBIE ALMOST GOT IT

So to confirm every share is an attempt to solve a block ...Every S9 working on all different Shares at any given moment until it decides to move onto NEXT share..

So am I to understand more Hash rate equals more shares / per time spent which equals more possible solving a BLOCK

So how does a Miner know when to give up a share and move onto Next share ?  even though block is not solved ?


Thanks MUCHO !! Shocked




OK so I have 7 S9s each of the 3 addresses on each pointed to the same Bitcoin now !!!( I had orginally lol ) so question... Does EACH S9 work on the same block it started on once booted up and power stays on continuous or does it change ??

And just because I have them all pointed to the same BTC address they are all in probability working on diff Blocks Huh

There is no "same block" you could call it the "next block" and that's the closest to simplicity it gets, otherwise, technically, every share on its own is an attempt to solve a block, your miners are randomly generating a "number" that could make a valid block or not, if they manage to hit a valid block they would broadcast it to the network and it gets the block number of the previous block number + 1.

The fact that blocks are in a chain and block 1000 can't be generated before 999 is, doesn't mean that after block 999 everyone was working on the same block, yes everyone was working on block number 999+1 but that block is different for every miner, I am trying to make this look and seem as simple as I can, but somethings are not that simple to understand without having a prior knowledge of the basics, and all these online articles that describe bitcoin mining as "solving complex math problems" make things even worse for the average joe to understand what mining actually is.

The simplest analogy I could lay out for you would be to imagine that each miner is a hunter, where millions of miners are hunting in the woods at 12AM, all of those hunters are blind so they can't even see what they are shooting at, there are many animals in the woods, you don't know which one you are going to shoot, you don't even know if you are going to hit any to begin with, of course, the more shots per time unit the more likely you are going to hit one which is why larger miners hit more blocks.

so once a hunter hits a target, he needs to announce it, so he brings the dead animal and ties it to the end of that chain, and the shooting goes on. if two hunters hit two targets at the same time, the one who manages to tie it to the chain first wins the other one will get an orphan hunt, the chain resets with every new animal attached to it, and nobody cares if you are shooting 24/7 or a few mins a year, every shot has a chance to hit a poor animal in the woods.

Your miners are the guns you are pointing to the wood, every bullet is a share, so not only that every gun try to hit a target, it's every bullet, which is why every share has the same chance of hitting a block.

So your 7 S9s are all randomly firing those shares hopping to hit a block, your arrangement of the addresses / workers means nothing to the chances of finding blocks, it just helps you "see them clearly".
 
3  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 277 blocks solved! on: September 20, 2023, 03:43:25 PM
NEWBIE


THANKS !

OK so I have 7 S9s each of the 3 addresses on each pointed to the same Bitcoin now !!!( I had orginally lol ) so question... Does EACH S9 work on the same block it started on once booted up and power stays on continuous or does it change ??

And just because I have them all pointed to the same BTC address they are all in probability working on diff Blocks Huh


THANKS !


What I was experimenting also was the " BEST SHARE " results  as they accumulate some of my S9s accumulate at much faster rate than others but never the same ones I have just noticed with power cycling every 3 hours  Would it be beneficial to reset the lower rated best share S9s to maybe release them from locking up / getting stuck in a process / solving etc ?

The bestshare is simply your highest share.

You can't determine the value of your next share - it's impossible. There's nothing you can do, it's totally random.

Once again, you control the number of shares you submit in proportion with your hashpower, and the more shares you submit , greater are your chances of finding a block, but the rest is totally random.


4  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 277 blocks solved! on: September 20, 2023, 02:27:57 AM
NEWBIE

Ok yes understood re addresses and BTC address same on all 3 !

What I was experimenting also was the " BEST SHARE " results  as they accumulate some of my S9s accumulate at much faster rate than others but never the same ones I have just noticed with power cycling every 3 hours  Would it be beneficial to reset the lower rated best share S9s to maybe release them from locking up / getting stuck in a process / solving etc ?

Thanks!!
5  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 277 blocks solved! on: September 18, 2023, 07:54:42 AM
NEWBIE QUESTION # 2 Tongue

Hello All so I have a question I do the CK pool solo mining I have 6 miners ( s9 )  all pointed to same 3 bit coins ( same unique BTC for each pool 1 . 2  , 3

So Im grasping that my Shares have to be greater that the current difficulty rate to acquire a completed Block   my question is If I run the Miners at select times of the day for a few hours and then next day same thing is all the work on the Shares / Block chain all thrown away form days before ?

Thanks All !!
6  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining 277 blocks solved! on: September 17, 2023, 07:24:06 AM
NEWBIE  Question regarding the pools 1 ,2 and 3 when solo mining

Is it better to set them all to same Bitcoin Address or use 3 unique Bitcoin address one on each bit same on multiple Miners

Ie I have six miners doing solo on CKpool 

Under the SET UP parameters

I have set each with the same bitcoin on Pool1

A different Bitcoin address on Pool 2 but the same on all 6

And again, unique bitcoin address repeated on Pool 3 on all miners

Thx in Advance !!!
7  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: HOW TO VERIFY PROGRESS MINING BITCOIN WITH ANTMINERS on: August 29, 2023, 06:08:05 AM
Ok Thanks Im slowly getting it So Major question !!??

Does the Bitminer have to stay on and hashing during its entire efforts to complete a block chain  ?? Ie if power goes out when solo mining are all prior efforts lost ?

Is there an accumulation of equation solved that would be lost during a power outtage for example ?

Would the answer be different if in a pool ?

Thx !
8  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: HOW TO VERIFY PROGRESS MINING BITCOIN WITH ANTMINERS on: August 24, 2023, 05:10:32 PM
Ok very good thanks ok I understand and can check and see my hasrate increases with each miner added on CK pool directed to same BC address so I seem to understand that !

What I struggle with is understanding how close a block is to completion ?

Hasrate is a flow / or volume ....But am i really getting anywhere is what Id like to know lol ?? ie 25 % complete or near Or anything to suggest its just not a heater lol.

I picture somone in  a back room throwing darts and this is all imaginary lol

Thanks all !!
9  Bitcoin / Mining support / HOW TO VERIFY PROGRESS MINING BITCOIN WITH ANTMINERS on: August 24, 2023, 02:19:54 AM
Hello all question

How does a person validate an antminers progress solo mining bitcoin ?

Sure I can see has rate but how do I know its actually working / mining lol ? Maybe its just a heater lol ?

Secondly how to get several antminers to work solo on same block ?

Thx !!
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