Two quick questions:
1. Why does the Kano.is website log you out so quickly? It boots you after only about 10 mins.
20 minutes1. Why does the Kano.is website log you out so quickly? It boots you after only about 10 mins.
Since an account is often more valuable than a typical bank account, I take the security very seriously.
Fair enough
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2. I'm currently on the default "stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333".
As the closest sever to me is "stratum+tcp://uk.kano.is:3333" would there be much of an advantage in switching to the closer server?
A little detail would be good as while I realise pings would be important in something like online gaming but I don't understand how mining would matter much.
Thanks
The time your share gets to the node, is the time used to decide if it is stale or not.As the closest sever to me is "stratum+tcp://uk.kano.is:3333" would there be much of an advantage in switching to the closer server?
A little detail would be good as while I realise pings would be important in something like online gaming but I don't understand how mining would matter much.
Thanks
If the node is closer, you'll get a somewhat lower stale rate.
It is done that way coz I wanted it to be that way - the reason is that once a 'block share' gets to a node, it is immediately submitted to the bitcoind at the node, so your share's 'staleness' is defined by when it can first be submitted to a bitcoind, not when it gets back to the main back end server.
Ok thanks.
Can I just confirm if I switch over to the UK server I won't loose anything shares-wise or rampup-wise (if that's a word)
I still appear to be "ramping up" after 5 days mining and don't want to loose anything.
It's basically a misnomer, but is easiest to explain it that way.
All nodes are part of the same KanoPool so if you mine to any one of them, you are, of course, sending shares to the one and only KanoPool
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