Hash speed to darkcoin gain and the need of a pool.

[Dark Leaf]

Hello, cryptocurrency noob here.

How do I know how to translate hashing speed in KH/s into darkcoin gain and whether I should or should not use a mining pool?
Suppose I'll have 390 KH/s hashing speed, as Errorld has reported here (mining on i5 and CPUMiner 1.3 / minerd-corei7-avx file).
I'm using Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit atm., but I'm open to change)

 

[vertoe]

Yes, you need a pool and estimated income for 390 KH/s @ current difficulty of 1386.0688 = 0.06 DRK per day (0.00048168 BTC/$0.20 USD).

 

[Dark Leaf]

Yes, you need a pool and estimated income for 390 KH/s @ current difficulty of 1386.0688 = 0.06 DRK per day (0.00048168 BTC/$0.20 USD).

How can I reach these conclusions? I mean, 1) why do I need to and 2) where can I find current difficulty and the formula to calculate DRK per day?

 

[vertoe]

If you go to a pool, they usually tell you how high the diff is. For example http://q30.qhor.net:7903/
Darkcoin Block: 2538.170502 (166M)

That's insane high, you would need months to find a block solo. Just choose a good pool.

Here is another diff chart: http://drk.poolhash.org/graph.html
If you look for a pool, try the p2pool finder: http://drk.poolhash.org/

Or use the official forum pools. http://p2pool.darkcointalk.org/static/

 

[Dark Leaf]

What am I supposed to look at in this chart? What is the meaning of latency for me? http://drk.poolhash.org/graph.html
What should I look for in a pool, except for the minimum Diff? http://drk.poolhash.org/

 

[Propulsion]

What am I supposed to look at in this chart? What is the meaning of latency for me? http://drk.poolhash.org/graph.html
What should I look for in a pool, except for the minimum Diff? http://drk.poolhash.org/

The lower the latency, the less rejects. Which means more profits. You can offset the difficulty by adding +0.001 to the end of your address. Check the beginners section.