[bitcoin-dev] stratum protocol extension - mining.configure, formal version rolling and other extensions

2018-05-17 Thread Jan Čapek via bitcoin-dev
Hello, we (at braiins systems/slushpool) would like to kindly re-open the topic of stratum protocol extension that has been in fact implemented by quite a few pools already (including us). This extension currently allows configuring the stratum session for version rolling and enables a generic mec

Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP proposal: Reserved nversion bits in blockheader - stratum mining.configure

2018-03-08 Thread Jan Čapek via bitcoin-dev
Hello, Our reasoning for coming up with a new method for miner configuration was stated here: https://github.com/slushpool/stratumprotocol/issues/1 It is primarily the determinism of expecting the response. That is the reason why we chose a new method mining.configure instead of an existing minin

Re: [bitcoin-dev] BIP Proposal: Inhibiting a covert optimization on the Bitcoin POW function

2017-04-07 Thread Jan Čapek via bitcoin-dev
Hi, 1 comment below On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 17:52:17 -0300 Sergio Demian Lerner via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > BIP: TBD > Layer: Consensus > Title: Inhibiting a covert optimization on the Bitcoin POW function > Author: Sergio Demian Lerner > Status: Draft > Type: Standards Track > Created