<p>Deepbit allows PPS (pay per share) or Prop (proportional) mining. Under PPS, you get credited for each share you mine. Under Prop, you get credited after the pool finds a block, with the 25 BTC split proportionally among the miners based on how many shares they have. Since Deepbit has 1% of the total hashrate (according to <a href="https://blockchain.info/pools" rel="nofollow">Blockchain.info</a>), on average it will take 100 * 10 min = 16 hours to find a block, though I stress this is only an average and variance can be very high. So if you choose Prop, you'll get paid every 16 hours, on average.</p>

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2014-02-22T19:03:00.570Z
It should be clarified that you don't need to mine for 16 hours - you can mine for 1 minute and you'll still be rewarded for this minute when the pool finds a block. Of course, the reward for a minute of mining will be miniscule, possibly lower than it would make sense to withdraw.
Meni Rosenfeld
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Tony
<p>For example if mining with Deepbit is there a minimum time one must run cgminer to have anything added to their Deepbit account balance?</p>

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2014-02-16T21:19:57.573Z
The duration of 1 share?
John T
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Is there a minimum time to be mining a pool to have any results?
Celeritas
# Is there a minimum time to be mining a pool to have any results?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-16)

For example if mining with Deepbit is there a minimum time one must run cgminer to have anything added to their Deepbit account balance?

**Tags:** cgminer, pool-payout-methods, time

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The duration of 1 share?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-02-22. Score: 1

Deepbit allows PPS (pay per share) or Prop (proportional) mining. Under PPS, you get credited for each share you mine. Under Prop, you get credited after the pool finds a block, with the 25 BTC split proportionally among the miners based on how many shares they have. Since Deepbit has 1% of the total hashrate (according to [Blockchain.info](https://blockchain.info/pools)), on average it will take 100 \* 10 min = 16 hours to find a block, though I stress this is only an average and variance can be very high. So if you choose Prop, you'll get paid every 16 hours, on average.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: It should be clarified that you don't need to mine for 16 hours - you can mine for 1 minute and you'll still be rewarded for this minute when the pool finds a block. Of course, the reward for a minute of mining will be miniscule, possibly lower than it would make sense to withdraw.  

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