Hi...I only discovered BitCoin mining 3 days ago and decided to join Slush's pool.
I have been mining with them for 2 days now at an average of 25 Mhash/s. I know that's pretty week and that the electricity cost greatly out weighs what I will earn 100 fold; but still it is interesting to me, so I will continue to mine until I reach a few bitcoins (Which will probably take a few months).
My question is this though.
I have noticed that every time I get a share my score rating increases a little and ergo my estimated earning increases with each recent share obtained, and if a share hasn't been earned in a few minutes the earnings decrease, but what happens to the score rating/estimated earnings for the person who actually solves and finishes the block?
Say I am the person who solves the blockchain for Slush's pool, does my score increase alot more than it would for finding "Shares" (Whatever shares are and how they're found)?.
What I am basically asking is will I get a "fairer" payout than the 0.00029045 I am earning at every solved block and get say a 0.1 earning or something, or is it still just distributed based on "Shares"?
I think it would be more sound to to more to the person who actually solved the block, does this happen?
Thanks.
Oh and I am running an Nvidia 635m graphics card, and it reaches temperatures of up 75 celsius, Is this too much for it to handle? Is it above it's threshold?
Thanks again, from a Newbie.