Recently, MoneroWorld added a mining port for I2P. Are there any disadvantages to mining with I2P instead of connecting to the pool directly? Eg: will it be sgnificantly harder to submit shares? Is the connection less reliable?
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There is significant (and variable) lag in the i2p network - try visiting any i2p website. As mentioned on MoneroWorld.com, this could cause an increase in stale shares (you submit a solution for a block that already has been solved).
i2p lag will only decrease if more and more people run i2p nodes. (and by i2p nodes I mean running the i2p server).
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If you had to estimate, what percentage of shares would be lost this way? – sgp Dec 01 '16 at 04:02
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Can't estimate... – Ginger Ale Dec 01 '16 at 04:43
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Might be used to give an edge to unauthorized remotely controlled botnets, a disadvantage. Prevents retribution for those ensuring health of the Monero mining network with their resources, an advantage.
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