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  <p>The Utility defined as the number of shares / minute</p>
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<p>Its the number of shares your miner is contributing per minute. If you're looking at the overall Utility values, its the combined number of shares all miners are contributing per minute.</p>

<p>Reference: <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0" rel="nofollow">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0</a></p>

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fukie
<p>While digging through the <a href="https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/blob/master/API-README" rel="nofollow">API of the cgminer</a> I noticed that there is a value which I could not figure out what it means: the utility.</p>

<p>What does it stand for, what are common values and how is it calculated?</p>

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What is the utility in the cgminer statistics
cdecker
# What is the utility in the cgminer statistics

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-06-18)

While digging through the [API of the cgminer](https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/blob/master/API-README) I noticed that there is a value which I could not figure out what it means: the utility.

What does it stand for, what are common values and how is it calculated?

**Tags:** cgminer, mining-pool-shares


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-06-20. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

> The Utility defined as the number of shares / minute

Its the number of shares your miner is contributing per minute. If you're looking at the overall Utility values, its the combined number of shares all miners are contributing per minute.

Reference: <https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0>


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