And again the road to the 8 hours ( or more ) without finding a block.
I wonder if shuting down the miners after the average number of daily block have been found is not a better deal...
I just mine elsewhere once luck hits more than 150% - and come back when luck starts to trend to 80
Yes I've already thought about switch pool when bad luck, have you noticed a real gain doing that ?
Ps: as soon as I spoke about slushpool, they found a block ! But still under 75% luck right now...
Yes. And No.
I have a site that tracks pool "Performance", not the same as luck but similar.
I switch hash to pools that are under performing and I expect them to "catch up".
Think "buy low, sell high" as if you are trading a stock.
I don't have any hard evidence to prove that the system works yet but I plan to audit the performance results and tweak the strategy.
For example, I switched out of slush yesterday and went into VIA. Now (or soon) will be the time to switch back into slush as luck returns.
My system helps me make decisions based on numbers and not emotion.
Here is the caveat: By the time you feel like you should switch away from a pool because it has bad luck it is already too late. When you're already experiencing a period of bad luck that is the time you should be thinking about switching more hash into the pool that is having the bad luck.
However, remember that pools like slush use score system that discourages frequent pool hopping.
An equally valid strategy is just stick with pool like slush that shares fee reward with miners and over a long period the luck will average out.
Just to make this post even longer and give you something else to think about:
The difficulty adjustment is coming up in about 2 days and often fewer blocks are found right after DA, based on my observations. That's when I switch in to pool that has PPS for a couple days so at least I'm getting regular payouts during the adjustment.
Pool switching can be stupid if you do it based on emotion but if you have some strategy behind it then it can be smart.
Its your hash. Do with it as you please.
