Research Article

Selection Strategy of Mining Pool under Various Different Payment Mechanisms

Table 1

Comparison of four common mining pool payment mechanisms.

Payment mechanismsBlock rewardsMiners’ feesSupported mining pools

PPSTheoretical valueNo distributionViaBTC
PPLNSActual valueActual valueAntPool, ViaBTC
PPS+Theoretical valueActual valueAntPool, F2Pool
FPPSTheoretical valueTheoretical valueBTC.com