About Hashcore Proxy
Terms and Definitions
- Share: the result of a miner's work. It is a "proof of work" of a certain difficulty.
- Higher difficulty shares: shares with increased difficulty. One such share replaces dozens of regular ones, significantly reducing network load.
- Rejected share: a share rejected by the pool (invalid, corrupted, incorrect difficulty, etc.).
- Stale share: an outdated share. Found by the miner, but by the time it reaches the pool, it is no longer relevant (due to latency). Does not generate revenue.
- Latency: delay in data transmission.
- Packet loss: loss of packets.
- Stratum protocol**:** a protocol for data exchange between a miner and a pool.
- Downstream: connections from miners to proxies.
- Upstream: connections from proxies to pools.