Understanding SLICE (PPLNS+JD) Introduction DMND Pool is the first pool to use the Stratum v2 protocol developed over the past five years by a joint force of FOSS Developers in the Bitcoin Space, mainly the Stratum Reference Implementation (SRI) team. Stratum V2’s goal is to decentralize Bitcoin, specifically the mining and pooled
A Saga Of Underpaid Miners Miners are losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in pay each year. Here's why. As explained in a previous article, FPPS is not a free lunch. Miners who opt for FPPS payouts essentially pay for an expensive insurance policy that erodes their profitability—a cost that
FPPS Is Not A Free Lunch For Bitcoin Miners A comprehensive deep dive of all the masked and less obvious costs associated with Full Pay Per Share (FPPS) payouts, and how those affect miner's profitability and their ability to maximize returns in an increasingly competitive industry. Bitcoin mining is a tough business. When one considers deploying economic
Using Mining To Create More Fully Validating Bitcoin Users How Stratum V2 can help improve Bitcoin decentralization in the mining ecosystem, and overall. Bitcoin’s value proposition relies on its ability to resist any type of censorship. Without that feature, Bitcoin loses its power to challenge and resist any authority that wants to subjugate Bitcoin to the same rules
