由于挖矿人数的增加,导致个人挖出区块的概率急速下降。
矿池的作用是把许多人的矿机整合起来,由矿池统一分配任务,分配收益。当然,矿池会收取一定费用。
目前主要有以下几种分配收益的方式:
- PPS (Pay-Per-Share): 矿池根据每个矿工的矿机算力,每天会给矿工固定收入。
- PPLNS (Pay-Per-Last-N-Shares): 矿池根据挖到的块数和每个矿工提交的有效份额比例进行分配.
- PROP: the server calculates the reward proportionally to all the shares put in by a certain miner
- Score: the server calculates time since the pool share is provided. If miners do not work with the pool, their reward will significantly decrease.