is there any way to "specify share difficulty" in cgminer, in .conf file maybe? i switched to P2Pool on stratum and was wondering if i can change to diff2 shares instead of diff1? or does it even matter?
If you use stratum and make over 1 diff1 share per second it will rise automagically.
You can add /n or +n at end of username to get share diff=n
It is useful only on high power or you need lower data stream miner<>pool.
thanks for response, thats what i thought but btc guild say over 2ghs is diff2 but p2pool stays on diff1, oh well works fine i guess
is there any way to "specify share difficulty" in cgminer, in .conf file maybe? i switched to P2Pool on stratum and was wondering if i can change to diff2 shares instead of diff1? or does it even matter?
P.S. Cgminer is the best miner out there in my opinion. Con keep up the great work!!!!
Thanks! Much nicer than the same newbie questions over and over again
Alas it's not up to stratum or cgminer to set difficulty as there is no official way to do so (yet?). Though some pools allow you to specify by the password field instead as you can see from rav3n_pl's response.
yes thank you both
i understand some pools have that feature, seeing as ASICS are coming we will have greatly varying hash rates so being able to select difficulty in cgminer or stratum might be needed , I for one think mining should go back to its roots and steer away from pools but i could be wrong though.