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Ethereum : Lag after finding block before “mined potential block” – most of the time ends up an uncle.

Ethereum update: Lag after finding block before “mined potential block” – most of the time ends up an uncle.


I’m mining an eth-based coin (Musicoin) and I noticed that most of my mined blocks recently have been uncles. I just assumed it was luck until I noticed the fans on my 2 mining cards going quiet just a minute ago for a few seconds, then speeding back up. Then I looked at the geth console. Is this normal?

>INFO [06-02|02:51:28] Commit new mining work number=2651460 txs=1 uncles=0 elapsed=2.641ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:51:30] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=0 mgas=0.000 elapsed=4.860ms mgasps=0.000 number=2651460 hash=30404f…4a8a35
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>INFO [06-02|02:51:30] Commit new mining work number=2651461 txs=1 uncles=0 elapsed=561.147µs
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>INFO [06-02|02:51:34] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=0 mgas=0.000 elapsed=5.016ms mgasps=0.000 number=2651461 hash=16304f…46b513
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>INFO [06-02|02:51:34] Commit new mining work number=2651462 txs=14 uncles=0 elapsed=10.221ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:51:38] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=0 mgas=0.000 elapsed=7.693ms mgasps=0.000 number=2651462 hash=6f6bc2…25b57f
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>INFO [06-02|02:51:38] Commit new mining work number=2651463 txs=15 uncles=0 elapsed=72.554ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:05] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=0 mgas=0.000 elapsed=4.857ms mgasps=0.000 number=2651463 hash=66b6cc…0bf91e
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:05] Commit new mining work number=2651464 txs=17 uncles=0 elapsed=65.924ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:15] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=0 mgas=0.000 elapsed=5.453ms mgasps=0.000 number=2651464 hash=a32280…fd6b66
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:15] Commit new mining work number=2651465 txs=18 uncles=0 elapsed=6.407ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:18] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=18 mgas=0.434 elapsed=37.638ms mgasps=11.524 number=2651465 hash=7d74ea…919320
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:18] Commit new mining work number=2651466 txs=0 uncles=0 elapsed=1.139ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:22] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=0 mgas=0.000 elapsed=5.080ms mgasps=0.000 number=2651466 hash=6a5373…a91573
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:22] Commit new mining work number=2651467 txs=13 uncles=0 elapsed=3.897ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:25] 🔨 mined potential block number=2651463 hash=fabfd3…b097b8
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:25] Commit new mining work number=2651467 txs=14 uncles=0 elapsed=2.573ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:26] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=13 mgas=0.273 elapsed=18.911ms mgasps=14.436 number=2651467 hash=40e561…fc260c
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:26] Commit new mining work number=2651468 txs=1 uncles=0 elapsed=594.24µs
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:37] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=1 mgas=0.021 elapsed=17.508ms mgasps=1.199 number=2651468 hash=c1d7c0…d00833
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:37] Commit new mining work number=2651469 txs=15 uncles=0 elapsed=85.081ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:37] ⑂ block became a side fork number=2651463 hash=fabfd3…b097b8
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:54] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=0 mgas=0.000 elapsed=8.376ms mgasps=0.000 number=2651469 hash=493d05…46e492
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:54] Commit new mining work number=2651470 txs=23 uncles=0 elapsed=321.336ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:55] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=0 mgas=0.000 elapsed=4.883ms mgasps=0.000 number=2651470 hash=0cef1e…7a1e1f
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>INFO [06-02|02:52:55] Commit new mining work number=2651471 txs=24 uncles=0 elapsed=6.102ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:53:44] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=24 mgas=0.574 elapsed=39.512ms mgasps=14.517 number=2651471 hash=6977db…bb393a
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>INFO [06-02|02:53:45] Commit new mining work number=2651472 txs=47 uncles=0 elapsed=403.470ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:53:56] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=47 mgas=1.090 elapsed=36.306ms mgasps=30.035 number=2651472 hash=130a4a…490c36
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>INFO [06-02|02:53:56] Commit new mining work number=2651473 txs=25 uncles=0 elapsed=4.738ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:53:57] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=25 mgas=0.525 elapsed=34.702ms mgasps=15.129 number=2651473 hash=1daeb7…eda080
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>INFO [06-02|02:53:57] Commit new mining work number=2651474 txs=1 uncles=0 elapsed=1.359ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:54:08] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=0 mgas=0.000 elapsed=8.020ms mgasps=0.000 number=2651474 hash=1de86c…9491b8
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>INFO [06-02|02:54:08] Commit new mining work number=2651475 txs=24 uncles=0 elapsed=5.092ms
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>INFO [06-02|02:54:09] Imported new chain segment blocks=1 txs=24 mgas=0.504 elapsed=29.935ms mgasps=16.847 number=2651475 hash=1314a1…6dc7d4

Edit: I overclocked my 2 RX470s to around 22.95 (for each one), I have never noticed this before. Been mining > 1 year.




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