Pool Fee is the price of a mining pool’s service, usually a share of calculated rewards or a discount to a reference rate for work. It is distinct from a network transaction fee and from the miner’s total operating costs.
Braiins FPPS first calculates subsidy and transaction-fee reward components, then deducts the pool percentage. Establish whether the displayed amount is gross or already net. Deducting again from a net amount would count the fee twice. [Braiins Pool — Rewards and payouts]
With purely illustrative gross rewards of 100000 sats and a 2% rate, the fee is 2000 sats, leaving 98000 sats. This is no pool’s current price list. The result is after this fee, not profit after electricity and other costs. [Braiins Pool — Rewards and payouts]
Luxor describes FPPS as a rate including subsidy and estimated transaction fees, with the pool fee a discount to the reference rate. A share of block transaction fees is a revenue component here, not a charge for sending a payout. [Luxor — Revenue and payments]
Payout threshold sets a condition for sending the accumulated balance, not an amount automatically deducted from rewards. Payout fee is a separate charge that may depend on payment size or network. Zero pool fees therefore do not automatically mean free withdrawals. [Braiins Pool — Rewards and payouts]
Braiins OS documentation describes a separate dev fee under its license agreement. Pool and firmware charges do not automatically share the same calculation base or collection mechanism. Two advertised percentages therefore cannot simply be added as one deduction without understanding how they work. [Braiins OS — Licensing FAQ]
Braiins Daily Reward API distinguishes mining_reward, the bos_plus_reward refund and total_reward. A refunded pool fee is separate from the base reward. If already included in the total, do not add it again; actual eligibility and records for the same period matter. [Braiins Pool — Daily reward API]
For PPS, Rosenfeld explains transferring block-finding variance to the operator and the need for financial reserves. A lower fee alone proves neither better service nor ability to honor reward promises. Promising steadier rewards does not remove operator-failure risk. [Meni Rosenfeld — Pooled mining reward systems]
Use actually credited rewards for comparable accepted work and the same time window, not merely an instantaneous estimate. Separate refunds and payout costs and check the methodology version: Luxor explicitly allows changes. The lowest advertised percentage alone does not determine the net outcome. [Luxor — Revenue and payments] [Braiins Pool — Daily reward API]
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