Updated readme setup options

README.md

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ var pool = stratum.createPool({
     txMessages: false //or true
     address: "nhfNedMmQ1Rjb62znwaiJgFhL3f4NQztSp",
     stratumPort: 3334,
+    //instanceId: 37, //I recommend not to use this option as a crypto-random one will be generated
     difficulty: 32,
     blockRefreshInterval: 2, //seconds
     daemon: {
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ var pool = stratum.createPool({
         targetTime: 30, //target time per share (i.e. try to get 1 share per this many seconds)
         retargetTime: 120, //check to see if we should retarget every this many seconds
         variancePercent: 20 //allow average time to very this % from target without retarget
+
+        /* Enabling this option will queue client difficulty updates to be sent when a new job
+           is available. Otherwise new difficulties will be sent immediately. */
+        //mode: 'safe'
     }
 
 }, function(ip, workerName, password, callback){ //stratum authorization function

lib/pool.js

@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ var pool = module.exports = function pool(options, authorizeFn){
         }).on('newDifficulty', function(client, newDiff) {
 
 
-            if (options.varDiff.mode === 'fast'){
+            if (options.varDiff.mode === 'safe'){
+                // We request to set the newDiff @ the next difficulty retarget
+                // (which should happen when a new job comes in - AKA BLOCK)
+                client.enqueueNextDifficulty(newDiff);
+            }
+            else{
                 client.sendDifficulty(newDiff);
                 var job = _this.jobManager.currentJob.getJobParams();
                 job[8] = false;
                 client.sendMiningJob(job);
             }
-            else{
-                // We request to set the newDiff @ the next difficulty retarget
-                // (which should happen when a new job comes in - AKA BLOCK)
-                client.enqueueNextDifficulty(newDiff);
-            }
         });
         emitLog("system", "VarDiff enabled and setup");
     }

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "stratum-pool",
-    "version": "0.0.7",
+    "version": "0.0.8",
     "author": "Matthew Little",
     "description": "High performance Stratum poolserver in Node.js",
     "contributors": [