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Topic: Stratum for 50BTC (Read 1774 times)

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July 22, 2013, 01:38:59 PM
#5
You might wanna add that on the website, i searched my ass of for the port.
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March 07, 2013, 08:10:02 AM
#4
Stratum support added!
If your miner have stratum support it will be automatically redirected, however you can connect manually, just change port to 3333.
mjc
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February 18, 2013, 03:19:09 PM
#3
OK I did notice recently that 50BTC does have variable difficulty.  1 up to 64 I believe.
legendary
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February 18, 2013, 06:52:38 AM
#2
For ASIC mining you are likely to need variable difficulty (or at least high enough diff for your  ASIC), and one of the following: Stratum, GBT, or getwork with rollntime.

Some pools support all 3 mining protocols and you can choose.

The current situation:
  • Stratum: uses the least bandwidth
  • GBT (getblocktemplate): uses more bandwidth but has the potential to catch pool ops doing something nasty - such detection is not implemented yet by any miners, though
  • getwork with rollntime: the old way of mining. Uses more bandwidth than Stratum with no gain. This protocol will likely die with time.

Note that getwork without rollntime is not an option, you'd be hammering the server with requests. Same thing with difficulty 1 mining.
mjc
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February 18, 2013, 12:56:39 AM
#1
Does nyone know if 50BTC will handle Stratum protocol.  It is Stratum that is required for the ASIC miners right.
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