We made a little change in our Jackpot Policy:
When the Jackpot is found in a PoW block, the coins will be split as with any other normal block.
When the Jackpot is found in a PoS block, the finder of the PoW block will get 100% of the coins.
Jackpots are PoW only
Currently jackpot block can be found only by PoW mining, but the reward itself can be shown on the next block either by PoS and PoW.
Dev is also working on a new PoS jackpot reward program !!
Ok, I adjusted the description of the policy.
When the Jackpot is rewarded in a PoW block, the coins will be split as with any normal block.
When the Jackpot is rewarded in a PoS block, the finder of the PoW block will get 100% of the coins.
Maybe it's just the inconsistent terminology that is being used but I'll admit I'm having a hard time understanding all this.
Under Q2 in the FAQ it says "(the algorithm) gives the superblock to the finder of the hash where it meets the superblock criteria." It seems that this is a fairly incomplete description of the entire process as I've now come to understand that once the superblock is found, the reward is not announced/released until the next block is found as well. But as the superblock is ultimately still given to the original finder of the superblock hash, what does it matter who finds the next block?
I've now learned that the next block, the one in which the reward is announced/released, can be either a PoW or PoS block. But as the finder of the hash of that meets the superblock criteria is the same regardless of what type the next block turns out to be, why make that finder's jackpot earnings dependent on the type of the subsequent block?
If cloudminers makes that seemingly arbitrary distinction, then whether the finder of the hash gets 50% or 100% of the jackpot comes down to a flip of a coin more or less. Additionally, whether the rest of the pool gets 50% or 0% of that jackpot also comes down to a random coin flip. I fail to see how any of the parties involved would find that to be an appealing method of jackpot distribution.