diff --git a/Console-Logs.md b/Console-Logs.md index 73d984b..6e20c7c 100644 --- a/Console-Logs.md +++ b/Console-Logs.md @@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ Line 4, only displayed in single coin pools * network hashrate estimate is calculated from network difficulty and the number of blocks found during the mining session. -* observed network block TTF calculated from the number of blocks found during the session. ### Getwork new block, work report @@ -165,16 +164,19 @@ therefore considered correct. The main purpose of the share submitted report is to timestamp the event to measure latency. It also contains -info to help tracking. +info to help tracking. The diff, block, and job, as well as the share counter are also reported in the share +result log * submit count is a simple counter that is incremented every time a share is submitted. It should always match up with a share result counter. -* The difficulty of the submitted share, should be <= target diff to be accepted, otherwise it will be rejected -as a low difficulty share. Low difficulty shares are caused by using the wrong algorithm or wrong pamameters, -a pool misconfiguration or a bug in cpuminer-opt. A bug is more likely with new code. +* The difficulty of the submitted share, should be less than or equal to the target difficulty +to be accepted, otherwise it will be rejected as a low difficulty share. Low difficulty shares are usually +discarded by the miner and not submitted. Submitting a low difficulty share is caused by using the wrong +algorithm or wrong pamameters, a pool misconfiguration or a bug in cpuminer-opt. A bug is more likely with +new algorithms or recently changed code. -* The current block, also known as height. +* The current block being mined, also known as height. * The job id, stratum only, useful to troubleshoot stale shares. @@ -212,7 +214,8 @@ or a stratum mismatch due to a pool misconfiguration or software bug. When troub shares the share difficulty and the target difficulty from the new block log are useful information. * The submit time in seconds since the last share. Determines share rate (shares/minute) which combined with -the stratum difficulty determines the effective hash rate. This is how pools calculate hash rate. +the stratum difficulty determines the effective hash rate. The share rate is used by pools to calculate +hash rate. * (Latency ms) Time in milliseconds from share submission to reply, including transmission time and processing at either end.