Cold knowledge | This mining address mode has more advantages

Many miners will find that some mining pools have multiple mining addresses when configuring their mining machines, while some mining pools have only one address.

Why do mining pools have different forms of mining addresses?

Which mode has higher responsiveness and lower miner rejection rate?

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Antpool Universal Mining Address

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Glossary:

Universal mining address: A mining pool has only one address for a single currency, and the mining pool automatically assigns the nearest mining server based on the mining machine IP.

Sub-node mining address: The mining pool allocates different mining addresses according to different geographical areas, and users manually select the nearest mining server according to the location of their own mining machines.

Sub-node mining address

The mining pool builds mining node servers in different geographical areas, and miners manually select the nearest server to connect to. After the nearest server sends tasks to the mining machine, the mining machine directly submits Share to the server.

Universal Mining Address

The universal mining address uses smart DNS technology.

Simply put, smart DNS technology is to find the mining server with the minimum delay based on the mining machine IP and record it when the mining machine is connected for the first time. Then, when the mining machine with the same IP connects, it will directly connect to the corresponding server based on the recorded data.

The first connection of the mining machine:

1. The mining machine connects to the general server for the first time.

2. The intelligent agent detects the mining machine connection and tests each mining server.

3. According to the test results, the server with the smallest delay and the mining machine IP are returned to the smart server.

4. The server with the lowest delay sends tasks to the mining machine.

5. The miner submits Share to the server

This is not the first time the mining machine is connected:

1. The mining machine connects to the nearest server based on the smart DNS record data.

2. The server sends tasks to the mining machine.

3. The miner submits Share to the server.

Universal Mining Address

Advantages:

• Reduce the learning cost of miners and improve the user-friendliness of the mining pool. No need to create sub-accounts for different regions, miners only need to connect to one address.

Disadvantages:

• Due to the characteristics of smart DNS, there will be a short delay when miners connect to the universal mining address for the first time, which increases the rejection rate.

• There is a delay when the data of servers in different regions of the mining pool are integrated (there will be a delay when displaying the total computing power of the entire mining pool).

Sub-node mining address

Advantages:

• The mining machine connects to the mining server nearby to reduce latency, which can effectively reduce the rejection rate caused by network reasons.

• Reduce mining pool costs and avoid paying for smart DNS services.

Disadvantages:

• Increase the difficulty of miners' operation. Early miners are prone to the situation where the mining server where the sub-account is located does not match the mining server connected.

The universal mining address mode has been used in more and more new mining pools. This mode can greatly reduce the user's learning cost and avoid mining address connection errors.

Although both modes have their own advantages and disadvantages, the universal mining address mode has more advantages than disadvantages after comprehensive consideration. Although the mining pool will increase costs, it will greatly reduce the education costs of new miners.

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