I wonder if anyone has a visual or graphical explanation as well
vertical bar is pay time
= is the period of times that the paybot looks at to see what your shars are of the pay
0 is where u are mining
* paybot on the time line
|-----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| time lines
pay 1 |-----*----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| (start)
0000
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pay 2 |-----|----*----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| (ramp up the bot looks back 5 sections u only working 2)
0000 0000
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pay 5 |-----|----|----|----|----*----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| (you stop mining here)
0000 0000 000 000 000
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pay 7 |-----|----|----|----|----|----|----*----|----|----|----|----|----| (ramping down u are only payed for 3 sections here cause you stoped at section 5)(3 more paydays and you will stop getting paid ! )
0000 000 000 000 000
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not much good at drawing especially on forum but this is the way i sorta see it
i like this