I'm pretty new to this mining game, but can someone explain to me the following.....
1. Block 30,000 is coming up shortly. I've been mining from around 21k block so have a few coins tucked away, BUT my question is, what's to stop someone jumping in, around block 29,990 and mining (in my pool) and then taking a slice of the 2,500 coins? (assuming same hash power, and we hit the jackpot)
2. I notice in my pool, that I'm not paid a % for every block my pool finds, I think it was 27k or 28k block where I didn't receive a share of the find, and that made me realise I'm missing on various blocks. Is that because my power is contributing absolutely nothing to that particular block? I thought though, that was the idea of a group? You all share the profits of your work equally?
Sorry if my questions sound trivial, but as with everything, you need to learn.....
Cheers
