What Are the Common Payout Schemes Used by Mining Pools?
Common schemes include Pay-Per-Share (PPS), which pays a fixed amount for each share submitted, regardless of whether the pool finds a block. Full Pay-Per-Share (FPPS) adds the transaction fees to the PPS calculation.
Proportional (PROP) pays miners a share proportional to their contributed work when a block is found. Pay-Per-Last-N-Shares (PPLNS) calculates shares based on a sliding window of recent shares to mitigate pool hopping.