Ah, thanks for the info on stats.
And finding info on the PF is one of the steps to take in understanding the concepts. I've been mining for a while without knowing this info, but now I want to know more - learn to do better. In order to tinker and fiddle, I wanted to understand how to set those PFs. Now I do, and I want to share that info.
The problem is it seems a few do know and have info (like this) in this thread somewhere. Then it gets burried. Search may or may not unearth it, depending on the search terms you use. Since the pool owner has a nice area where advanced info is posted on his website, I'd say please include info on the PF. I'd even say it makes a good subsection of the Multi-Algo switching area, where you already have the bench and stats info (because this is what you need to determine your PF anyways).
I understand I was in your shoes not that long ago. The response I got from crackfoo is he doesn't do Multi-algo so he didn't really have much information to offer to me. I've since figured it out through various posts in this thread and just playing with the settings.
For example if you include decred in your password string it will not allow you to do a custom fixed difficulty with the d=XXX option. Crackfoo said he's tried to get it fixed a couple of times, but it is still a problem.
Also it can be really difficult to know if the multi-algo process is actually working the way that you intend. Part of the issue is that many coins take multiple days to mature and confirm that your returns will likely look low for the first few days at least. It should balance out in time, but I would not look to the first 3 days for averages of your earnings unless you avoid the algorithms with long maturing coins. Netko on Nist5 seems to be the worst offender in delayed payouts.
