Orphaned blocks issue

[sergw]

Hi all,

I setup my own lcc pool based on NOMP and connected it to mainnet, for 2 days this pool found ~7 blocks, but all of them became orphaned. Is it possible to investigate this?

ps. vm specs: ubuntu 16.04, 1cpu, 2GB ram, 4GB swap, 100mb/s network.

[butka]

Some coins with block times that are relatively short and with high network hashrate (compared to your pool hashrate) may give you a lot of orphaned blocks.

I have no idea if that's the case with your coin and your pool. BTW, what coin are you mining?

Edit: I just noticed that you wrote LCC. Is it Litecoin Cash? It has a relatively small block time of 2.5 minutes, but I have no idea about the total hashrate.

[sergw]

Some coins with block times that are relatively short and with high network hashrate (compared to your pool hashrate) may give you a lot of orphaned blocks.

I have no idea if that's the case with your coin and your pool. BTW, what coin are you mining?

Edit: I just noticed that you wrote LCC. Is it Litecoin Cash? It has a relatively small block time of 2.5 minutes, but I have no idea about the total hashrate.

yep, it's litecoin cash (lcc), my pool hashrate ~ 250TH,  nethash is about 21PH

[butka]

yep, it's litecoin cash (lcc), my pool hashrate ~ 250TH,  nethash is about 21PH

I don't think 2.5 minutes is a low enough block time to explain what's happening to your pool. There has to be something else at play. If you can easily switch to mining another coin with different characteristics, you may be able to check if it also gives you a lot of orphaned blocks and narrow down on the possible source of error.