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@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ This ZIP describes the Zcash variant of the Stratum protocol, used by miners to
communicate with mining pool servers.
Motivation
==========
Many existing cryptocurrency miners and pools use the original Stratum protocol
for communication, in situations where the miner does not require any control
over what they mine (for example, a miner connected to a local P2Pool node).
However, the protocol is very specific to Bitcoin, in that it makes assumptions
about the block header format, and the available nonce space. Zcash has made
changes that invalidate these assumptions.
Having a formal specification for a Zcash-compatible Stratum-style mining
protocol means that existing pool operators and miner authors can quickly and
easily migrate their frameworks to the Zcash network, with no ambiguity about
interoperability.
Specification
=============
@ -280,22 +296,6 @@ The server SHOULD reply with ``mining.set_target``. The server MAY set the
result id equal to the request id.
Motivation
==========
Many existing cryptocurrency miners and pools use the original Stratum protocol
for communication, in situations where the miner does not require any control
over what they mine (for example, a miner connected to a local P2Pool node).
However, the protocol is very specific to Bitcoin, in that it makes assumptions
about the block header format, and the available nonce space. Zcash has made
changes that invalidate these assumptions.
Having a formal specification for a Zcash-compatible Stratum-style mining
protocol means that existing pool operators and miner authors can quickly and
easily migrate their frameworks to the Zcash network, with no ambiguity about
interoperability.
Rationale
=========