Ignore the extra zeroes: variance-optimal mining pools

DOI10.1007/978-3-662-64331-0_12MaRDI QIDQ2147244zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tim Roughgarden, Clara Shikhelman

Publication date 22 June 2022

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64331-0_12

zbMATH Keywords

cryptocurrenciesblockchainsmining poolsvariance-minimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cryptography (94A60) Actuarial science and mathematical finance (91G99)

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