ctrl is a proof-of-work mining pool. This page is the whole payment path, from a share your miner submits to the coins in your wallet, in plain words.
Our node, or yours over DATUM, builds a block template every few seconds. On BTC and LTC the window's payouts are already outputs in its coinbase.
Your rig rolls the nonce, finds a hash under the share target, and submits it to the closest region. A share is proof of work done.
Valid shares enter a TIDES window holding the last 8 × the network difficulty of work. The oldest work leaves as new work arrives, so a share is paid by about 8 blocks on average.
A share under the network target is a block. Everyone in the window is paid from that block's coinbase, minus the fee, mature after 100 confirmations.
Transparent Index of Distinct Expected Shares. When a block is found, the reward is split among the shares in the window in proportion to work.
The window holds the last 8 × the network difficulty of work, about 8 blocks' worth, so each share is paid a little by each of about 8 blocks instead of a lot by one. Work that leaves the window before a block is found is not paid, and work from a rig that joined a minute ago is paid the same per share as everyone else. The split of every block is published: open a block on the Pool page to see each address, its share of the window and what it was paid, and check that credits plus the fee equal the reward.
A coinbase payout is written into the block itself. There is no balance with us and nothing to withdraw; if the pool disappeared tomorrow, blocks already found would still pay.
A wallet payout is a transaction the pool sends after maturity, because that chain will not let a coinbase pay miners directly. Until it is sent, it is a credit on your dashboard.
| Coin | Paid from | Mature | Minimum |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHA-256 Autoswitch | pool wallet, daily | 100 conf, paid 12:00 New York | 0.001 BTC or BCH |
| BTC | coinbase | 100 conf | 0.001 BTC |
| LTC + DOGE | coinbase, DOGE in its own | 100 conf | 0.001 LTC |
| ZEC | pool wallet | 100 conf | 0.01 ZEC |
| XBT | the DATUM pool's coinbase | 100 conf | 0.001 XBT |
| SC | pool wallet | 144 conf | 100 SC |
Set a worker's password to solo. Its shares stay out of the window and a block it finds pays your address the whole reward minus the fee. The pool does not pay that worker from pooled blocks. Not offered on XBT or Autoswitch.
A worker with password rent mines a buyer's template when an order needs it. Each share is credited at pool value plus a premium whether or not a block is found. Buyers pay once, on chain, for a fixed amount of work.
Three settings and you are mining. Your address is the account.