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# Stratum

Stratum is æternity's mining pool protocol, enabling coordinated mining operations by allowing miners to connect to pool servers that distribute work packages and manage reward distribution. The protocol is adapted from Bitcoin's Stratum protocol but modified to accommodate æternity's Bitcoin-NG consensus mechanism, which introduces distinct roles for keyblock mining and microblock creation.

The [Stratum documentation](/developer-documentation/aeternity/docs/stratum.md) provides detailed protocol specifications, including JSON-RPC message formats, mining methods (subscribe, authorize, notify, submit), error handling, and connection management. It covers important pool operator considerations regarding Bitcoin-NG integration and includes technical details for implementing both client and server sides of the protocol, making it essential reading for mining pool operators and mining software developers.

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