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Mining Pool Shares

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Mining pool shares are partial proofs of work found under a pool-defined target that is easier than the network target. They let a pool verify that a miner contributed real hash work, measure each miner's proportional contribution, and split payouts when one submitted share also happens to satisfy the actual network target.

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Curated resources (2)

• Bitcoin Developer Guide: Mining (article) Primary source for how pools use easier share targets, validate miner work, and map submitted shares to payouts.
• Mastering Bitcoin (book) Broad background on proof of work, block construction, miner incentives, and the pooled-mining context around share accounting.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Pool vs Solo Mining

Direct dependents (1)

• Block Withholding

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