<p>It means a block has been found and what your currently mining is the past block.</p>

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It can mean that your miner is too slow for the coin you're mining. For example, if it takes you 30 seconds to finish a work unit and you can't abort a work unit in progress, that's about a 3% waste with Bitcoin, but a 25% waste with Dogecoin.
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<p>I'm new to mining and I'm mining doge coins. My mining client reported</p>

<pre><code>new block detected on network before longpoll
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<p>but it doesn't seem like I'm actually mining anything. What does this mean?</p>

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What does "new block detected on network before long poll" mean?
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# What does "new block detected on network before long poll" mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-22)

I'm new to mining and I'm mining doge coins. My mining client reported
new block detected on network before longpoll

but it doesn't seem like I'm actually mining anything. What does this mean?

**Tags:** mining-pools, dogecoin, terminology


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-22. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

It means a block has been found and what your currently mining is the past block.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: It can mean that your miner is too slow for the coin you're mining. For example, if it takes you 30 seconds to finish a work unit and you can't abort a work unit in progress, that's about a 3% waste with Bitcoin, but a 25% waste with Dogecoin.  

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