PPS, FPPS and Solo: what they mean and when miners get paid
At NushyPool you can mine with three payout styles: PPS, FPPS and Solo. PPS and Solo are available for the regular pools. FPPS is currently experimental and available only for Pearl (PRL).
In short: PPS shares confirmed pool blocks, FPPS gives Pearl miners smoother credit for accepted work, and Solo is all-or-nothing.
What is a share?
- A share is a small accepted piece of work sent by your miner. It proves that your miner is doing real work for the pool.
- A mining round is the work period connected to finding a block. In normal pool mining, rewards are connected to this round. In Pearl FPPS, accepted work can be credited without waiting for a pool block from that exact moment.
PPS: the pool shares block rewards
With PPS, miners work together. When the pool finds a block and that block is confirmed by the network, the reward is shared between the miners who helped during that mining round.
- Example: Alice and Bob mine in the same pool. Alice sends fewer, stronger shares. Bob sends more, smaller shares. The pool looks at the real work behind those shares, not only the number of lines in the share list.
- This is why a miner with fewer accepted shares can sometimes earn the same as, or more than, a miner with more accepted shares.
FPPS: Pearl miners get credited for accepted work
FPPS is currently available only for Pearl (PRL) on NushyPool. It replaces the old Pearl PPS pool on the same public pool port. When your Pearl miner sends accepted work, the pool records it and gives it a value for your FPPS balance after a short safety delay.
You do not have to wait for NushyPool to find a Pearl block before your accepted work has value. The pool still needs real Pearl block rewards over time, but FPPS makes the miner experience smoother by moving more of the timing risk from the miner to the pool.
- The value of accepted Pearl work can move over time. If the Pearl network becomes harder or easier, the pool adjusts what new accepted work is worth.
- For miners, the experience is simple: keep the miner connected, submit accepted shares, and watch your Pearl FPPS balance grow from accepted work.
Solo: the reward is yours if you find the block
With Solo you mine on your own. Only your valid shares count. If you are the one who finds the block, you receive the entire reward. If the block is found by another miner, you receive no reward.
Examples
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Alice submits 2 shares:
- one strong accepted share
- another strong accepted share
Alice contributed a solid part of the pool work -
Bob submits 3 shares:
- one medium accepted share
- another medium accepted share
- one more medium accepted share
Bob also contributed a solid part of the pool work
- During that hour, Alice's miner sends accepted Pearl shares to NushyPool.
- Each accepted share receives a small value at the current Pearl FPPS rate.
- Some shares can be worth more than others because they represent more work.
- Even if NushyPool does not find a Pearl block during that exact hour, Alice can still receive FPPS credit for her accepted work.
- Bob joins later with more hashrate and sends accepted shares faster.
- Bob will normally earn faster while he is mining, but Alice's earlier accepted work is still credited to Alice.
- If your miner finds the block, you receive the full miner reward after the block is accepted. If another miner finds the block, or nobody finds a block, you do not receive a Solo reward for that period.
Which should you choose?
For regular NushyPool coins, PPS is the simple pool option: miners work together and rewards are shared after blocks are found and confirmed. Solo is for miners who want to take more risk for a chance at a full block reward.
For Pearl (PRL), the old PPS pool has been replaced by FPPS for now. If you mine Pearl and want smoother credited earnings, use FPPS. If you want the full block only when your own miner finds it, use Solo.
Good luck!
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