Stratum Protocol for Bitcoin Mining addresses how miners receive jobs and submit shares by concentrating on three concrete elements: pool connection, job distribution and share validation.
Pool statistics describe submitted work and payment rules; blockchain statistics describe accepted blocks and network consensus. Confusing these layers leads to incorrect conclusions about shares and rewards.
Pool Connection
Define pool connection before comparing it with job distribution. Identify the unit or rule behind pool connection, capture a dated value where one exists, and state whether the value is measured, calculated or supplied by another party. That distinction determines how confidently pool connection can support the article’s conclusion.
- Evidence: a dated record for pool connection.
- Cross-check: compare it with job distribution.
- Review trigger: repeat the check after a material change affecting pool connection.
Job Distribution
The role of job distribution is best understood through a controlled comparison. Hold unrelated inputs constant, change one relevant condition and observe the response. Then check whether share validation moved in the expected direction. A mismatch is a prompt to inspect the model, not to hide the data.
- Evidence: a dated record for job distribution.
- Cross-check: compare it with share validation.
- Review trigger: repeat the check after a material change affecting job distribution.
Share Validation
Normalize share validation before using it in a table or calculation. Convert units, align the time period and retain the original value. If pool connection comes from a different source, document that source separately so readers can reproduce both sides of the comparison.
- Evidence: a dated record for share validation.
- Cross-check: compare it with pool connection.
- Review trigger: repeat the check after a material change affecting share validation.
How miners receive jobs and submit shares: evaluation sequence
- Write the exact decision involving pool connection.
- Collect job distribution using the same observation period.
- Test how the conclusion changes when share validation moves.
- Save the source values, conversions and date of review.
Reference for Pools and Network
Verify the underlying context with Bitcoin Developer Guide: pooled mining. For values that change over time, use a current source and record its retrieval date.
