Stratum V2
Stratum Connection Encryption Guide for Home Miners
This Stratum connection encryption guide explains encrypted Stratum V2, authority-key checks, shared ports, and what protection does not cover on home rigs.
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NexusPool
NexusPool 0.10.26.5: The Best Solo Bitcoin Pool We Have Ever Made
NexusPool 0.10.26.5, the best Solo Bitcoin Pool we have ever made: five places from rig to block, all changed since 0.9.26. 0% fee on the Bitcoin pool.
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Stratum translator
Stratum Translator Versus Native Connections
Stratum translator versus native connections explains what your miner sends, where encryption ends, and how to choose the right setup before mining.
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Stratum V2
How Silent Payments Could Reach Mining Payouts
Bitcoin developers are designing a way to pay silent payment addresses inside a mining coinbase over Stratum V2. Here's the plain four-step mechanism.
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Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin Mining Pool Concentration: What It Means for You
Two mining pools now build nearly half of all Bitcoin blocks. Here is what that concentration changes for miners and solo miners, and what it never changes.
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Payout Preflight
Stratum V2's Coinbase Bug Fixes: Do You Need To Act?
Stratum V2's reference implementation just patched coinbase bugs that could invalidate a found block. Run the checklist to see if your setup is affected.
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Job Declaration
Can ASICs Negotiate Jobs? What Miners Control
Can ASICs negotiate jobs? Learn what your miner, firmware, and pool control in Stratum V1 and V2, and how to verify where block-template authority sits.
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Stratum V2
Can Bitaxe Use Stratum V2? What Decides It
Can Bitaxe use Stratum V2? Check whether AxeOS, your pool endpoint, and your settings support native encrypted mining before changing protocols on purpose.
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Home Miner
Reduce Stale Shares at Home: A Miner’s Guide
Learn how to reduce stale shares at home by measuring latency, fixing local network bottlenecks, and checking whether your miner submits current work.
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Glass Ledger
Bitcoin's Hashrate Slowdown and What It Means for You
Public miners are redirecting power to AI as Bitcoin hashrate growth flattens. Here is what that actually changes, and does not change, for home solo miners.
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Home Miner
What a Home Miner Latency Tool Review Proves
A home miner latency tool review for Bitcoin hobbyists: learn what ping, share timing, jitter, and endpoint tests prove before you point a rig at a pool server.
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Self Custody Mining
Self Custody Mining Review: Verify the Pool
A self custody mining review of payout paths, share accounting, Stratum security, and the checks that show whether a pool ever holds your Bitcoin at all.
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Glass Ledger
Stratum V2 in 2026: Check Your Own Mining Setup
Stratum V2 support quietly moved forward across firmware and pools this summer. Here is a step-by-step way to check where your own setup actually stands.
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Authority-key
How to Pin Stratum Authority Keys for Miners
Learn why pin stratum authority keys matter, what they verify, and how miners check a pool identity before they send hash rate to it.
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Stratum V2
How to Vet a New Mining Pool's Launch Offer, Step by Step
DMND just opened launch-partner slots on its VC-backed Stratum V2 pool. Here is a step-by-step way to check any new pool's terms before joining.
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Stratum V2
Stratum Adoption Trends Miners Can Verify
Stratum adoption trends show why miners are moving toward encrypted, accountable connections while Stratum V1 remains useful for existing hardware today.
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Glass Ledger
The Bitcoin Transaction No Full Node Would Forward
A quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction went straight to a mining pool in August 2026, skipping the public mempool. Here is what that reveals about pool trust.
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Mining Protocol
Mining Protocol Security Starts at the Wire
Mining protocol security protects hashrate, job templates, and payout addresses from interception and changes. Learn what to verify before connecting.
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Stratum V2
CKPool Turned On Stratum V2 for Solo Miners. Here's How to Check Your Own Connection
CKPool activated encrypted Stratum V2 on its solo servers in August 2026. A step-by-step walkthrough for checking and switching your miner's connection.
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Bitcoin block
Bitcoin Block Templates: Who Builds Your Work?
Bitcoin block templates determine the transactions your miner works on. Learn who builds them, what changes when they do, and how to verify the job directly.
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Bitaxe
The New Bitaxe Naja Duo Changes the Math on a Home Solo Rig
A dual-ASIC Bitaxe launched August 24 at 4.4 TH/s stock, over three times the original board's hashrate. Here is what actually changed for solo miners.
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Stratum V2
NexusPool Ships Native Stratum V2 Job Declaration
NexusPool runs Stratum V2 Job Declaration in production: miners choose their transaction set, tested end to end against a real client.
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Stratum V2
AxeOS v2.15.0 Brings Stratum V2 Hardening to Bitaxe Miners
AxeOS v2.15.0 shipped Stratum V2 hardening for Bitaxe miners on August 21, 2026. Here is what changed and how to check your own solo mining setup.
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Home Miner
Home Miner Network Hardening That Holds Up
Practical home miner network hardening for protecting your hash rate, payout address, and home LAN from exposed rigs, bad DNS, weak routers, and blind trust.
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Stratum V2
Litecoin MWEB Patch: A Walkthrough for Solo Miners
Litecoin shipped an emergency MWEB hardening release on August 2, 2026. Here is a step-by-step way to check what it means for your solo mining setup.
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