Analysis: Do you really understand Chia’s P-disk? What behaviors will affect P-disk and mining?

First of all, we must make it clear that in the process of P disk, the network itself is not required. The essence of P disk is a very pure data calculation process that relies on the mining machine itself.

The reason why the mining machine is connected to the Internet is simply because after we successfully mine, we need to connect to the wallet for node synchronization and field identification.

Therefore, we can conclude that P disk does not need to be connected to the Internet, but mining requires an Internet connection.

There is a view on the Internet that Chia mining is just like lottery drawing, which depends entirely on luck!

This view is extremely wrong, even ridiculous. In the Chia network, the essence of mining is not to verify the lottery. The rumor was originally an analogy made by some soft articles to educate novices, which is just a metaphor.

Mining requires specific calculations, which is a period of time, and the process is:

1. Perform preliminary calculations on all published challenges and plots

2. Screen the fields that meet the requirements

3. Select 1/50 of the fields and enter the next round of calculation

4. The final calculation results in the field that will receive the reward

So, what behaviors will affect P disk and mining?

As we said above, network disconnection has no effect on P disk, so the online rumor that "you need to re-P disk after network disconnection" is wrong, but it does affect mining. Mining requires constant network connection, and prizes are drawn every 10 minutes. The initial screening will be completed within this time period. If the network is disconnected, it is equivalent to giving up the qualification for the initial screening.