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@@ -721,9 +721,7 @@ A: Stratum is a protocol designed for pooled mining in such a way as to
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minimise the amount of network communications, yet scale to hardware of any
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minimise the amount of network communications, yet scale to hardware of any
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speed. With versions of cgminer 2.8.0+, if a pool has stratum support, cgminer
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speed. With versions of cgminer 2.8.0+, if a pool has stratum support, cgminer
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will automatically detect it and switch to the support as advertised if it can.
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will automatically detect it and switch to the support as advertised if it can.
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-Stratum uses direct TCP connections to the pool and thus it will NOT currently
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-work through a http proxy but will work via a socks proxy if you need to use
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-one. If you input the stratum port directly into your configuration, or use the
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+If you input the stratum port directly into your configuration, or use the
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special prefix "stratum+tcp://" instead of "http://", cgminer will ONLY try to
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special prefix "stratum+tcp://" instead of "http://", cgminer will ONLY try to
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use stratum protocol mining. The advantages of stratum to the miner are no
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use stratum protocol mining. The advantages of stratum to the miner are no
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delays in getting more work for the miner, less rejects across block changes,
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delays in getting more work for the miner, less rejects across block changes,
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