|
mu50stang (OP)
|
 |
September 15, 2011, 04:36:07 PM |
|
Im Currently solo mining for 2 days at a 1.5 G. How long with the currently difficulty take to find a block. Thanks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I HATE TABLES I HATE TABLES I HA(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ TABLES I HATE TABLES I HATE TABLES
|
|
|
Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
saqwe
|
|
September 15, 2011, 04:48:34 PM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
worldinacoin
|
|
September 15, 2011, 05:10:04 PM |
|
Yeap I now have about 1.2 Ghash/s but considered it much easier to mine together as a pool.
|
|
|
|
|
|
exahash
|
|
September 15, 2011, 05:10:54 PM |
|
For a question of "how long" you should try the old calculator - http://www.alloscomp.com/bitcoin/old_calculator.phpThe average for 1.5 GH/s is 2 months, but 95th% is almost 6 months. You should probably look into joining a pool. I like mining.mainframe.nl |
|
|
|
|
fcmatt
Legendary
 Offline
Activity: 2072
Merit: 1001
|
|
September 15, 2011, 06:24:05 PM |
|
difficulty will keep changing... probably in the downward direction.. so that is a small positive that
you might find a block.
i pool myself with 2.5 gh/s
|
|
|
|
|
jjiimm_64
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1876
Merit: 1000
|
|
September 15, 2011, 06:27:26 PM |
|
Im Currently solo mining for 2 days at a 1.5 G. How long with the currently difficulty take to find a block. Thanks.
When I got up to 15G. I mined solo for about 8 hours. (would avg a week to find block). after 8 hours I couldn't take it anymore and went back to the pool for the daily btc's. I wanted to get 50 'unused' btc just the hell of it. you really dont make any/much more solo vs pooling. JIm |
1jimbitm6hAKTjKX4qurCNQubbnk2YsFw
|
|
|
fluxlite
Newbie
Offline
Activity: 33
Merit: 0
|
|
September 15, 2011, 07:33:21 PM |
|
well with 2ghps it took me 2.5 months of pool mining before I found a block, by which time I had made much more than 50BTC.
looking purely at statistics and probability (and taking into account the whole ethos of bitcoin being p2p) solo mining always wins over pooled.
|
|
|
|
|
jjiimm_64
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1876
Merit: 1000
|
|
September 15, 2011, 08:16:26 PM |
|
well with 2ghps it took me 2.5 months of pool mining before I found a block, by which time I had made much more than 50BTC.
looking purely at statistics and probability (and taking into account the whole ethos of bitcoin being p2p) solo mining always wins over pooled.
your post does not make sense...... with 2 gig Probability Time Average 43 days, 15 hours, 10 minutes 50% 30 days, 5 hours, 50 minutes 95% 130 days, 17 hours, 2 minutes which means you have a 95% chance of finding a block within 130 days....... you could go a year without finding a block. |
1jimbitm6hAKTjKX4qurCNQubbnk2YsFw
|
|
|
infofront
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 2632
Merit: 2780
Shitcoin Minimalist
|
|
September 15, 2011, 08:26:50 PM |
|
Pools can have some pretty nasty bad luck streaks. I've seen some last for days and days with 60 Ghash pools. If you had that kind of luck solo mining, you'd be looking at months and months with no found blocks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
P4man
|
|
September 15, 2011, 08:31:59 PM |
|
looking purely at statistics and probability (and taking into account the whole ethos of bitcoin being p2p) solo mining always wins over pooled.
You sure about that? Consider on average difficulty would go up slowly. If it takes you several months or even years instead of several hours to find a block wouldnt you on average suffer from a higher difficulty for each? The same concerns when we approach new reward era. 2013 may still seem very far, but not if you are solo mining on a single videocard it isnt  . Of course, if there is a statistical difference because of that (Im not sure, Im too tired to think it through), its obviously noise compared to the inherent variability you face when mining solo, and just as irrelevant when you compare it to the fluctuations of BTC value (assuming youd cash out regularly). |
|
|
|
|
Fjordbit
|
|
September 16, 2011, 07:14:52 AM |
|
I take it that solo miners aren't getting a lot in the way of transaction fees.
|
|
|
|
|
Meni Rosenfeld
Donator
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 2058
Merit: 1054
|
|
September 16, 2011, 08:27:20 AM |
|
You need a pool, but deepbit is a poor choice. Some better alternatives are http://mining.mainframe.nl, http://eclipsemc.com, http://rfcpool.com, http://www.yourbtc.net/ . looking purely at statistics and probability
Only if you ignore variance, which is a critical statistical attribute. (and taking into account the whole ethos of bitcoin being p2p)
That may be true now. But it's possible to modify the way pools work to eliminate the concentration of power problem, and hopefully this will be done eventually. I take it that solo miners aren't getting a lot in the way of transaction fees.
Transaction fees vary but they seem to be around 0.1% of the block reward. |
|
|
|
|
btcbaby
|
|
September 16, 2011, 11:38:00 PM |
|
Run, don't walk to Deepbit
|
|
|
|
|
PatrickHarnett
|
|
September 16, 2011, 11:56:17 PM |
|
If you like small pools with pplns payouts, maybe (that's what these pools look like on a quick scan). Not sure of your reasoning against deepbit - reasonable size, proportional payout based on actual work contributed. As for solo - if you wanted to try, test on one of the alt-coins, that would give better chances. |
|
|
|
|
|
tiberiandusk
|
|
September 17, 2011, 01:20:20 AM |
|
The days of solo mining with low Gh/s have gone the way of CPU mining. I found one block solo at the early part of this year but I've been pool mining ever since. I got really lucky with that block though since I found it less than 24 hours after starting solo. I have switched pools many times this year as they have gotten too big or for personal tastes. I'm currently on Mainframe.
|
|
|
|
Meni Rosenfeld
Donator
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 2058
Merit: 1054
|
|
September 17, 2011, 04:44:28 PM |
|
If you like small pools with pplns payouts, maybe (that's what these pools look like on a quick scan). Not sure of your reasoning against deepbit - reasonable size, proportional payout based on actual work contributed. Proportional pools are vulnerable to pool-hopping. |
|
|
|
|
PatrickHarnett
|
|
September 17, 2011, 09:02:00 PM |
|
If you like small pools with pplns payouts, maybe (that's what these pools look like on a quick scan). Not sure of your reasoning against deepbit - reasonable size, proportional payout based on actual work contributed. Proportional pools are vulnerable to pool-hopping. lol - I love that argument, however, it does not alter the rate at which I get coins for the work I do |
|
|
|
|
|
PatrickHarnett
|
|
September 17, 2011, 11:59:21 PM |
|
double lol - because of the different methods of reward, some pools give away unequal rewards and some non-hopping miners get less. I'm not in one of those pools, so I don't suffer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
SmokeAndMirrors
|
|
September 18, 2011, 12:31:35 AM |
|
In 6 months I've mined about 30 bitcoins total. According to deepbit and slush pool I've mined 3 blocks.
I've lost out on 115 bitcoins assuming I would have struck those blocks if I was solo mining at the time.
|
Help Bitcoins by buying clothes, technology, books, etc. through people/stores that accept BTC. This will increase overall value of BTC as well as mitigate unnecessary bank transaction fees.
My address -
1EM9HGg1SEa5Bux1rVEPxGqGSfNTTc9EkC
|
|
|
Meni Rosenfeld
Donator
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 2058
Merit: 1054
|
|
September 18, 2011, 04:51:52 AM |
|
double lol - because of the different methods of reward, some pools give away unequal rewards and some non-hopping miners get less. I'm not in one of those pools, so I don't suffer.
You are wrong. In proportional pools you get on average less than what you should. In hopping-proof pools you get on average exactly what you should. If you look at your rewards over, say, a month, you'll get more in a hopping-proof pool than in a proportional pool. You may want to take a look at the analysis paper I'm working on. |
|
|
|
|
