<ul>
<li><p><code>worker</code> is analogous to the number of connections.</p>
</li>
<li><p><code>username</code> is just a way of identifying specific miners in the list of connections and
to which account on the pool they belong to. They don't have any
impact on the work given.</p>
</li>
</ul>

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2020-07-02T18:09:58.990Z
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Claris
<p>For exemple you have an account in a mining pool ( You are ONE user), you have 5 ASIC in your farm, for every asic you give a worker name (You have FIVE workers)</p>
<p>All the work of your 5 ASIC will work for your username</p>
<p>PS: Generally miners give for every asic a worker name to identify a particular ASIC in case of a problem</p>

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2020-07-06T22:42:00.020Z
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Hamita
<p>In a mining pool, it says that there are active workers and active users. What is the difference between them? And does the block get divided per worker or per user?</p>

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Active workers vs Active users
Titaniumdenight
# Active workers vs Active users

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-02)

In a mining pool, it says that there are active workers and active users. What is the difference between them? And does the block get divided per worker or per user?

**Tags:** mining-pools


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-07-02. Score: 3

* `worker` is analogous to the number of connections.
* `username` is just a way of identifying specific miners in the list of connections and
  to which account on the pool they belong to. They don't have any
  impact on the work given.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-07-06. Score: 0

For exemple you have an account in a mining pool ( You are ONE user), you have 5 ASIC in your farm, for every asic you give a worker name (You have FIVE workers)

All the work of your 5 ASIC will work for your username

PS: Generally miners give for every asic a worker name to identify a particular ASIC in case of a problem


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