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Topic: Does ping to pool matter? (Read 1771 times)

newbie
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Merit: 0
March 18, 2012, 01:07:28 PM
#8
I don't think it does. Or at least, I haven't noticed a difference. Eclipse is awesome! Inaba is a cool guy as well
newbie
Activity: 23
Merit: 0
March 18, 2012, 11:13:08 AM
#7
I came to the conclusion that is was adversely affecting me when using p2pool - but that works slightly differently to most pools and is more latency sensitive.
But you're connecting to a local p2pool node, so there's essentially 0 ping.

Yes p2pool is running locally, but approximately every 10 secs the work you are doing is invalidated by long polling (which is delayed by your latency). So, my miner spends my latency time, working on invalid work.

Likewise, every time you get a share that p2pool reports to the rest of the network, it is delayed by your latency. So high latency increases the chances someone elses share will turn yours into an orphan/stale.

Someone with better connectivity and latency on p2pool can achieve better efficiency than me.
legendary
Activity: 2058
Merit: 1452
March 18, 2012, 09:45:04 AM
#6
I came to the conclusion that is was adversely affecting me when using p2pool - but that works slightly differently to most pools and is more latency sensitive.
But you're connecting to a local p2pool node, so there's essentially 0 ping.
newbie
Activity: 23
Merit: 0
March 18, 2012, 06:49:25 AM
#5
I came to the conclusion that is was adversely affecting me when using p2pool - but that works slightly differently to most pools and is more latency sensitive.
legendary
Activity: 1288
Merit: 1227
Away on an extended break
March 18, 2012, 04:15:14 AM
#4
Not to a groundbreaking extent, but it would result in more stales and rejects. Unless your ping is outrageous, it wouldn't matter. I connect over the continents to ABC and BTCGuild, and I can't really say the extra 0.01% is caused by my ping.
legendary
Activity: 1050
Merit: 1000
You are WRONG!
March 18, 2012, 04:11:40 AM
#3
it matters, but not much.
newbie
Activity: 7
Merit: 0
March 18, 2012, 03:45:12 AM
#2
legendary
Activity: 888
Merit: 1000
Monero - secure, private and untraceable currency.
March 18, 2012, 02:46:53 AM
#1
I see people at eclipsemc.com mining pool are saying something like "mining pool address for US residents is http://..." . I'm asking if this does matter at all, what's the response time of pool you want to join?
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