Given that it can take a long time to find the smallest deadline, some miners collectively mine in what is known as a mining pool.[18] Mining pools allow miners to have a more evenly distributed Burstcoin income: the reward for each block won by the pool is distributed between the miners of that pool. By use of mining pools smaller miners can collectively compete with the larger solo miners. When a block is won the pool miner who finds the lowest deadline receives typically between 50% and 60% of the block reward.