question on prices and xmrig

[gabrielseibel1]

hello. does the algorithm consider the current prices for the coins mined, and chooses the most profitable one? also, how does it differ from https://github.com/MoneroOcean/xmrig in this regard?

thanks

[Spudz76]

Normal xmrig doesn't track prices at all, it just mines what you told it to, and does not algo-switch.

MoneroOcean gets prices from TradeOgre since that's where it does the swapping from altcoins (to BTC for milliseconds) to XMR. The current adjusted hashrate multiplier is listed on the COINS page as a percent (divide by 100).

The most profitable one would be your hashrates (the algo-perf list sent once at login) times these multipliers, and whichever one would output more once they are all calculated to a comparable hashrate (rx/0 equivalent). Because hashrates across algorithms do not compare directly.

For instance right now I am mining 120MH/s autolykos2 which is paying 30KH/s rx/0. Currently that is 0.02744% on the coins page, so 120000KH/s * 0.0002744 = 32.928KH/s so the 30KH/s displayed is about right (fluctuation due to price continually changing, and luck).

All these calculations occur on the server side, based completely on what algo-perf was sent, which could be inaccurate or complete lies, it will just send algos you claimed to have a high equivalent hashrate with.

[gabrielseibel1]

Thanks a lot for the explanation