Intermediate • 5 min read
How To Pick Fixed Difficulty vs VarDiff
Choose the right difficulty mode for stable share quality and useful dashboard metrics.
Written for Scrypt miners (Antminer L7, L9 and similar) merge-mining Litecoin and Dogecoin together on doge.mysolopool.com.
Execution Sequence
- Start with VarDiff for uncertain or variable hashrate.
- Switch to fixed difficulty when hashrate is stable and predictable.
- Monitor reject rate and stale share trends after each change.
- Keep one fallback profile to recover fast during instability.