the Layer Workgroup v2 Announces this today ANTPOOL, Block Inc, F2Pool, Foundry, Spiderpool, MARA Foundation, DMND Join the working group to move forward with adoption Layer v2 protocol.
The working group was founded in 2022 by Braiins and Spiral to develop and maintain the Stratum v2 protocol as an open, vendor-neutral specification that can be used by the Bitcoin mining ecosystem. The protocol is an upgrade of the original Stratum mining protocol, providing massive gains in efficiency, privacy, security, and functionality that can be used to improve overall mining decentralization.
The joining of the new members, all of whom are key players in the mining ecosystem, represents a major leap forward for the working group’s progress in ensuring proper performance and compatibility across real-world mining operations at scale. It also shows a growing consensus in the mining ecosystem that Stratum v2 is the direction to follow in the future.
“We are proud to support the broader adoption of Stratum V2. Aligning around an open and interoperable standard enables the industry to collaborate more effectively and drive improvements in efficiency, security and decentralization, said Andy Zhu, CEO of ANTPOOL.
Stratum v2 supports mechanisms for more efficient management of large fleets of miners, is end-to-end encrypted, and allows individual miners to produce their own block templates with supporting pools (among other features).
“Decentralization is at the core of our mission,” said Kenwei Wang, CTO at Spiderpool. “Stratum V2 supports this by enabling templates created by miners, while also improving efficiency, especially for miners in bandwidth-limited environments.”
About Layer Workgroup V2
The Stratum V2 Working Group is an open collaboration initiative dedicated to promoting the development, adoption, and interoperability of the Stratum V2 mining protocol. It maintains common specifications and provides a coordination layer between developers and industry stakeholders.
