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Bit Axe and Suggested Difficulty Setting - Ocean.xyz Pool
409 sats \ 4 comments \ @Wumbo 22 Sep bitcoin_Mining
I have been encouraging myself to go back and check in on my equipment that runs unattended ( Routers, NAS, and Miners) and makes sure they are running well and happy.
I noticed my Bitaxe was having a lot of stale-work. Currently it is ~ 30%.
It does not seem like this happens if I switch to a pool that defaults to a lower difficultly level.
So Question for Stacker News:
  • Does anyone know if Ocean.xyz pool uses the Suggested Difficulty Setting in the pool config for BitAxe?
  • If Ocean.xyz pool does use the setting, what are the valid values? The BitAxe setting page does not give a range. Is 1 a valid difficulty, for example?
  • Am I correct in thinking for low hash rate miners a lower difficulty setting would help lower stale work?
Thanks Wumbo
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @BeeRye 22 Sep
30% is quite high. I know rejected shares aren't necessarily a sign of a problem (https://plebsource.com/blogs/plebsource-blog/understanding-vardiff-why-your-bitaxe-s-rejected-shares-are-normal-and-how-it-s-helping-you-mine-smarter) but I dunno...
I know if you use DATUM to mine to Ocean pool, you can personally adjust the difficulty floor as you can configure how the miner works (whereas if you mine to Ocean's stratum address, they are configuring the work). Is your 24 hour hashrate as reported by Ocean about what you expect ?
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55 sats \ 1 reply \ @Wumbo OP 22 Sep
I have not compared expected vs actual hashrate . I will put that on my todo list.
I am not running Datum but maybe I should bite the bullet and set it up.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @BeeRye 22 Sep
ya id open the bitaxe OS page via the IP address for the machine, let the page build up some data on the hashrate (if you close the page, you'll lose the trending data). Then, compare it to what you are seeing on Ocean's page. 24 hour trend would be interesting to see and probably insightful.
As for DATUM, its not too hard with a start9 (ive done it a few times now so happy to help if you go that route).
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @dgdhr335 22 Sep
I suspect the difficulty setting on Ocean is a bit higher than other pools and not really suitable for bitaxes.
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