Can I have a question ?
While mining why the difficulty has been changing continuously from 0 ~ 8, and keep looping, my hash rate is around 650k. But,it has been stabled today.
mkimid, there are two difficulties here: PoW difficulty and PoS difficulty. PoS diff is very low (close to zero - so that everyone can generate PoS blocks from his client), this is by design. PoW diff, is what you see when you mine with cgminer, for example. PoW diff is very consistent, varies from 0.3 to 0.6, or whatever the range. So when you look at the diff, what you care about is the PoW diff. Look at the block explorer, and look only the diffs for the PoW blocks, you will see they are pretty consistent, and varies smoothly according to the real block time of the previous block.
http://coinblockchain.com/grain/
Can I have a question ?
While mining why the difficulty has been changing continuously from 0 ~ 8, and keep looping, my hash rate is around 650k. But,it has been stabled today.
this is something being looked at and see if it is natural or otherwise a problem.
No Jollyburner. This is not a problem, look at my explanation above.
I asked this earlier but didn't get a response.
I've mined a bit here and there and I have 20000+ GRA in my wallet... but now almost 15k of that is stuck in something called "Stake" and evidently isn't part of my available balance, even though all the transactions have thousands of confirmations.
What does this mean, and how do I get the coins out of "Stake" and into my account balance?
The coins are moved into stake while the POS (interest) is calculated and then it will move back to your available balance
How long are they held? How often does it happen and how do I stop it? And what if I need the coins right away?
The PoS blocks will be held for the same amount of time as minted PoW blocks, for Grain it is 50 confirmations (i.e. 50 block times). See OP for the coin spec:
- 50 confirmations for minted blocks
How often the PoS blocks generated? It depends on how long you hold your coins. Typically, after 10-15 days holding, the pos blocks will be generated.
If you don't want PoS block (I doubt why you don't want it, as it gives you free coins), the easiest way is to encrypt your wallet with paraphrase (don't forget the paraphrase, or you will lose the wallet), if the wallet is locked, the pos will not be generated.
Another way to avoid pos blocks is to transfer the amount to another wallet, then transfer back. By transferring, you lost all the coin-days you accumulated. You basically reset the coin-day and it will restart from zero.
We welcome all your questions. Please, ask them in a constructive way, so we keep a good environment in this community. We are more than happy to answer all your questions.
