Sorry, I guess I don't really understand PoS. How does changing the size of the payout you get from pool affect how well you stake?
stakeweight or coin-age is the key. it is the fuel for the PoS engine.
Amt. of time (in days)(that those coin have been unmoved at their address) x # of coin = stakeweight.
so you recieve 100 coin (in
one tx) and leave it in your wallet to stake, it's been there 10 days, your stakeweight = 1000
same day you recieved 50 coin (in one tx) ten days later it's weight is 500.
the block of coin with the greater weight is (generally speaking) more likely to find a block ...
Makes perfect sense, thanks. However, I've observed my stake weight going down after some time, even though I haven't sent coins out of my wallet. How does this happen? Also, I've noticed my wallet consumes 8-10% of my cpu power while staking. XMG doesn't do this (typically less than 1%). Are PoS algorithms also different from coin to coin?
The coins in your wallet are divided up into "inputs." Every time you make a deposit into your wallet, it makes a new input. When you make a withdrawal from your wallet, it will figure out which input(s) to use to make the output. If there is anything left, a new input will be created which is your change.
Each input in your wallet has it's own stakeweight. Whenever you hit a stake, your wallet takes one of the inputs, adds the stake reward, and splits it into two new inputs. These new inputs now have a weight of zero and you will have to wait four hours until they start gaining weight.
One strategy people implement when staking is they break down coinage into many inputs. If all of your coins are in one input, when you stake, your weight will drop all the way down to zero and you will have to wait four hours for your coins to start gaining weight. However, if you have your coins split up into 12 equal inputs, your weight will only go down by 1/12 when you stake.
Your wallet will eventually split up your coinage through staking if you leave it alone. However, some people use coin control to manage their inputs manually.
I'm not sure why you XMG wallet only uses 1% and axiom uses 10% cpu.
