Stratum V2 Job Negotiation: Miners Reclaim Block Templates
Stratum V2 lets miners build their own block templates, stripping pool operators of the power to quietly drop specific transactions. The mechanics, examined.
№ 002MiningStratum V2: Bitcoin Miners Reclaim Block Template Control
Stratum V2 separates transaction selection from hashrate contribution, giving individual miners editorial control over what their machines actually confirm.
№ 003MiningBitcoin Nonce Patterns and What They Reveal About ASICs
How a miner's nonce recycling behavior exposes its firmware strategy to anyone watching the blockchain. The mechanics, plainly explained.
№ 004MiningPPS vs PPLNS Mining Pool Payouts Explained
PPS pays a fixed rate per share; PPLNS ties earnings to the last N shares. Learn which model suits which miner and why the math matters.
№ 005MiningBitcoin Nonce Grinding and the ASIC Clock Speed Plateau
ASIC clock speeds have stalled while SHA-256's sequential dependencies keep the per-hash cost floor stubbornly fixed, what that means for mining economics.
№ 006MiningMiner Fee Sniping: The Risk That Grows With Each Halving
Bitcoin's block subsidy suppresses fee sniping today. As it declines toward zero across successive halvings, the incentive math shifts, and the stakes rise.
№ 007MiningBitcoin Block Template Construction Explained
How miners pick which transactions fill a block, why fee rate alone doesn't decide it, and what dependency graphs actually do to your wait time.
№ 008MiningBitcoin Difficulty Epochs: Miner Strategy at the Boundary
Every 2,016 blocks, Bitcoin recalculates mining difficulty. That boundary reshapes miner behavior in the final stretch, the mechanics, the math, and the limits.
№ 009MiningMining Revenue Smoothing and Miner Behavior
Revenue smoothing products transfer difficulty risk from miners to counterparty desks, reshaping hashrate dynamics and who stays online through tough epochs.
№ 010MiningBitcoin Nonce Exhaustion: How Miners Roll Timestamps
A single ASIC sweeps Bitcoin's 4-billion nonce space in 0.00003 seconds. The timestamp field and ExtraNonce are what keep the search running.
№ 011MiningMining Farm Cooling Costs: Engineering Per-Hash Efficiency
Cooling is a mining farm's second-largest expense. Operators who master thermal infrastructure cut cost per hash, this piece breaks down exactly how.
№ 012MiningHow to Mine Bitcoin in 2025: The Honest Version Nobody Tells You
Mining Bitcoin sounds like free money until you look at the electricity bill. Here's what it actually takes now, and why your laptop won't cut it.