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Re: [8500 GH/s] Slush's Pool (mining.bitcoin.cz); TX FEES + UserDiff; ASIC tested
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on 16/05/2013, 01:54:38 UTC
Quote from: organofcorti on May 16, 2013, 01:48:22 AM
Quote from: vs3 on May 16, 2013, 01:44:19 AM
Quote from: organofcorti on May 16, 2013, 01:38:56 AM
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.

Smiley That's a very "accurate" explanation and I completely agree with you. I didn't mean to argue about semantics.

I was merely trying to provide a simplified explanation (although not perfectly accurate) which would make it easier to grasp the idea and the differences - especially for people who recently joined the bitcoin mining world.