From 47eb8924c9ea355d22b6edd2a1c9c4a9fe0278d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: str4d Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:04:18 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Reference P2Pool --- drafts/str4d-stratum/draft1.rst | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drafts/str4d-stratum/draft1.rst b/drafts/str4d-stratum/draft1.rst index c9bf1b05..8a0d6e2a 100644 --- a/drafts/str4d-stratum/draft1.rst +++ b/drafts/str4d-stratum/draft1.rst @@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ Motivation Many existing cryptocurrency miners and pools use the original Stratum protocol [Slushpool-Stratum]_ [Bitcointalk-Stratum]_ 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. +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 @@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ interoperability. (visited on 2016-09-24) .. [Bitcointalk-Stratum] -ck, ed. *Stratum protocol documentation*. Bitcoin Forum. URL: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=557866.0 (visited on 2016-09-24) +.. [P2Pool] Bitcoin Wiki. *P2Pool*. URL: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/P2Pool + (visited on 2016-09-24). Specification