Mining Pools Articles

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

BIP 50 March 2013 chain fork explained: trace the Berkeley DB lock limit, emergency miner downgrade, double spend and enduring operator lessons.

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.

Learn how original Stratum mining protocol works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

BIP 34 coinbase height explained for pools: learn the minimally encoded block-height rule, activation history and template construction checks.

Learn how getblocktemplate transaction dependencies works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Bitcoin node can support SHA-256 miners.

BIP 23 getblocktemplate – Pooled Mining made simple. See what the proposal changes, its current status and what it means for Bitcoin users and operators.

Getblocktemplate required rules made simple. See the main facts, costs, risks and practical checks before you make a decision.

Learn how getblocktemplate long polling works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Bitcoin node can support SHA-256 miners.

Learn how Litecoin P2Pool mining works, what it can earn, the costs and security checks, and how a Litecoin node can support Scrypt miners.