<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
</code></pre>

<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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