Yes latency does matter. It matters more the faster the block speed is, so for bitcoin it doesn't matter as much as for cryptocurrencies with a faster block spe

Yes latency does matter. It matters more the faster the block speed is, so for bitcoin it doesn't matter as much as for cryptocurrencies with a faster block speed. But here are some people talking about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/9sph9w/does_network_latency_to_pool_really_matter/e8rpd40/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/9sph9w/does_n... https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/18201/does-network-latency-significantly-affect-mining-rewards https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/18201/does-netw...