I don't get this. I've been mining for almost 12 hours non stop on a P2pool node. During the last few hours I saw diff going down, network hash going down, and, to my surprise, my payouts going down too. The number of blocks found by the P2pool remains pretty much constant. Under these circumstances, shouldn't I see an increase in payout? What am I missing?
Hello sir,
EMC2 block halving occurred as of yesterday. This will account for the payouts being lower. As the coin halves, they become more rare to obtain and should increase value due to rarity alone. Not only that, but Einsteinium has proven itself as a valuable asset to those in the scientific field who are needing extra money though donation.
Mining EMC2 helps real scientists get the money they need for future developments. As coin value increases, so does the donation amount. In the volatile market of cryptocurrency, it's nice to have a coin that is providing aide to serious projects. In the future, we may be able to fund some really BIG SCIENCE. We appreciate your support and I'm sure humanity will too.
Please let us know if you have any more questions.
- Ryan
Hello and thank you for your answer
I am aware of the block halving and I was here to see it happen. Meanwhile, I figured out where the "problem" was. I was not taking into consideration the fact that along with the diff and network hash, there was another thing that was going down - the P2pool overall hashpower. Normally, with the decrease in diff and net hash, one would expect to be able to find more blocks. In my case, I was watching the local (node) hashrate, but not the global hashrate of the P2Pool. Even if my node's hashrate remained constant, the global hashpower almost halved, and, with it, the payouts for the entire P2Pool due to the block halving (I did mention earlier that the number of block we were finding remained on average the same as before the halving... should have figured it out right there and then
).
In science we trust.
Regards,
Daniel
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