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December 22, 2013, 03:45:57 AM |
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p2pool has a much higher share difficulty than other pools, meaning you'll find fewer shares, but get paid more for each share, so it balances out. But since you're finding fewer shares, you're more likely to experience long periods in which you don't find any shares at all, and p2pool will display your hashrate as 0, even though you're still mining normally, and you won't get paid during these periods. But there will also be periods in which you find more shares than usual, and since each share is worth more, you will be paid much more than usual, so that makes up for it.
TL;DR: Higher share difficulty = higher variance.
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