Mining Operations Articles

BIP 65 CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

Learn how mining pool share difficulty works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Stratum V1 explained for ASIC operators: follow subscriptions, authorisation, mining jobs, share difficulty, extranonce handling and pool control.

Learn how ASIC stale and rejected shares works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

BIP 31 Pong Message made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

Learn how Litecoin full nodes for miners works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Litecoin node can support Scrypt miners.

Learn how P2Pool Bitcoin mining history works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.