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@ -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).
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