Commit 0cef8f8da4da328f4f15bb34112ce92b40a71e20
2011-06-25T12:50:15
Default scan timeout of 5 seconds is way too short leading to abandoning blocks too early and being seen as an "inefficient" miner. Increase it to 60.
diff --git a/cpu-miner.c b/cpu-miner.c
index 3c78e25..86e5944 100644
--- a/cpu-miner.c
+++ b/cpu-miner.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static bool opt_quiet = false;
static int opt_retries = 10;
static int opt_fail_pause = 30;
static int opt_log_interval = 5;
-int opt_scantime = 5;
+int opt_scantime = 60;
static json_t *opt_config;
static const bool opt_time = true;
#ifdef WANT_X8664_SSE2
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static struct option_help options_help[] = {
{ "scantime N",
"(-s N) Upper bound on time spent scanning current work,\n"
- "\tin seconds. (default: 5)" },
+ "\tin seconds. (default: 60)" },
#ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H
{ "syslog",