I wanted to stay hopping here to see how your algo went. I hopped for blocks 19 and 20, one monster and one longer than average block, to see how it would affect my earning. If all went ok, it should significantly reduce my earnings (see what I do for you guys? the sacrifices i make?
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Block 19: My shares: 9003
Total shares for pool: 4984469
expected earning: 9003*50/4984469 = 0.0903
actual earning: 0.12257784
Block 20: My shares: 1758
Total shares for pool: 1930164
expected earning: 1758*50/1930164= 0.0455
actual earning: 0.0453
In the second case I'm down a little, probably because the total shares were only a little over difficulty
edit: no, it's because of donation. I'm at a loss to explain the first case though - unless scoring wasn't turned on yet? If that's the case, let this be a case in point for those of you who don't care about hopper proofing - any extra money a hopper earns by pool hopping comes out of *your* pocket.