block chain info

[CoinDiner]

So I have a computer in office A that has  fast downloading but I cant setup a miner there ,

office B will have the miner BUT it has crappy download speed.

now as I understand it ,  the miner dosent need great internet speed and so it should be fine.


but I also understand that when mining I have to download the whole of the blockchain which is over 1GB
(I think! )

my question is can I use the computer in office B to get the block chain (say onto a usb thumb drive )
and then copy it to the miner in office A

Do I even have to worry about this if Im mining in a pool?

and ideas ,suggestions, thoughts

[RaTTuS]

pure miners do not need the blockchain

[Graet]

You do not need to worry if you are mining in a pool,
short answer


solo and p2pool miners do

[CoinDiner]

Ok so pool mining is for me then!

If I wanted to go solo do I need a much bigger mining rig?

[Stephen Gornick]

Ok so pool mining is for me then!

If I wanted to go solo do I need a much bigger mining rig?

I don't know where the threshold where it might make sense to be solo mining, it is most likely over 50 GHash/s nowadays.

So ya, ... a much bigger rig. 

P2Pool miners also have the requirement of a local blockchain.   Anyone can participate in P2Pool, though there too variance gives the advantage to those with a fair amount of hashing capacity.