Explanation of shares, PPS, PPLNS ?

[groucha]

Hi,

is there a good explanation of what exactly do these terms mean and how pools work, if possible in technical detail? The explanations I could find remained high level  and I'd like to understand exactly how that works.

[Vitalman]

Hi,

is there a good explanation of what exactly do these terms mean and how pools work, if possible in technical detail? The explanations I could find remained high level  and I'd like to understand exactly how that works.

Simple explanation: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=104664.msg1146110#msg1146110
More technical detail: https://bitcoil.co.il/pool_analysis.pdf

[groucha]

Thanks, that's just what I was looking for.