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Why can't I mine in more than one pool at the same time in pool mining?


Why can't I mine in more than one pool at the same time in pool mining?

I thought I could send one share to more than one pool if the difficulty was the same.

It will be possible to increase my reward.


Solution

  • When you mine in a pool, you must try to mine blocks that reward the members of that pool. That's what it means to mine in a pool.

    An attempt to mine a block must be an attempt to mine some particular block. If you're attempting to mine a block that pays rewards to the members of pool A, you aren't attempting to mine a block that pays rewards to the members of pool B.

    Why can't I mine in more than one pool at the same time in pool mining?

    Because no two pools ever try to mine the same block. To mine in a pool, you must be trying to mine the block that pool wishes to mine.

    I thought I could send one share to more than one pool if the difficulty was the same.

    Nope. If you aren't actually trying to produce the blocks that a pool wants to mine, you are aren't entitled to shares.

    It will be possible to increase my reward.

    No, it won't. Pool A won't reward you with shares for trying to mine blocks that pay to pool B's members. Why would they? And Pool B will only pay you for trying to mine blocks that pay to their members. Why would they pay you to mine any other blocks?