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ETHASH Pool Hashrate

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:22 pm
by UbjfP2ZOJa
I'm curious as to why there has been a huge drop in ETHASH's pool hashrate since April 8? My shares haven't dropped, so I assume a different method of calculating...

Re: ETHASH Pool Hashrate

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:08 pm
by Steve Sokolowski
UbjfP2ZOJa wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:22 pm I'm curious as to why there has been a huge drop in ETHASH's pool hashrate since April 8? My shares haven't dropped, so I assume a different method of calculating...
Some miners left the pool, because we discovered that they were renting hashrate from Nicehash. Nicehash's hashrate doesn't find blocks at the same rate that traditional miners do, which pulls down everyone's profitability. With their departure, we can pay more to customers.