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Re: [8500 GH/s] Slush's Pool (mining.bitcoin.cz); TX FEES + UserDiff; ASIC tested
by
organofcorti
on 16/05/2013, 01:48:22 UTC
Slush's pool is scored proportional and so is not much like PPLNS either.

Yes, that is correct. That's why I said "like a PPLNS". It was a bit easier to explain it that way.

For those looking for the more-detailed definition - look at the top of this page: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Comparison_of_mining_pools. And Slush's scoring system is outlined the home page and detailed in this message: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1976.msg50002#msg50002.

OK, let me rephrase: It's not much like PPLNS at all. It's more like proportional, only exponentially scored.

The big difference between PPLNS and prop is that PPLNS breaks round boundaries and is not exploitable, and prop maintains round boundaries and is exploitable. Scored proportional is a version of proportional and is exploitable.