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@Vinteum_org grantee working on @StratumV2 embedded linux, rust, nix, decentralized bitcoin mining PGP: 37DA 6F2F 5996 6316 ⛏️ plebs be hashin ⚡

1/2 Three months ago we announced the resurrection of FIBRE. Today, we take our next step. Localhost Research has established a Mining Unit: a group of contributors working full time on reducing centralization pressures in Bitcoin mining.




Dr. Edil Medeiros (@edil_medeiros), an associate professor at the University of Brasília, teaches a Bitcoin Protocol course, now in its second edition, with a third planned for 2026. The course combines low-level protocol mechanics with conceptual discussions, comparing Bitcoin to other cryptocurrencies. About 50 undergraduate students from engineering and computer science programs participate each year, covering topics from transaction semantics to cryptography, blocks, and proof-of-work. Students engage through weekly lectures over 32 weeks, four homework/programming assignments, and a final project. Dr. Medeiros emphasizes understanding why Bitcoin works, not just how it works, preparing students for real-world technical challenges. The course is available online in Portuguese and English, including lecture recordings and MIT DCI materials. Dr. Medeiros also serves as Head of Research at Vinteum, a nonprofit supporting open-source Bitcoin developers. He aims to build a Bitcoin protocol education pathway and establish a network monitoring lab to support global research initiatives. His teaching bridges practical development, research, and the open-source Bitcoin ecosystem. Dr. Medeiros has agreed to speak at the BEI Annual Conference in Washington, DC, on July 31st. Register for the conference here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…





Great to see @StratumV2 support landing in BitAxe beta firmware. If you want to help test it before it becomes available for everyone: 1. Download and update github.com/bitaxeorg/ESP-… 2. Point miner to BlitzPool or use SV2 UI.

🤓Stratum V2 firmware support has landed in NerdQ firmware, adding SV2 support to: NerdQaxe NerdQaxe+ NerdQaxe++ NerdOctAxe NerdAxeGamma Shout out to Wario_is_here, and Shufps for their work on making this possible.


SRI JDC can connect to any template provider that serves Sv2 TDP github.com/stratum-mining… has a working implementation (which used to be maintained by Sjors) that maintains feature-parity with Bitcoin Core v29 there's no one actively maintaining it, but I'm sure it can be used as inpiration for a Sv2-Knots port SRI JDS depends on IPC (therefore v30+) but there's primitives for RPC alternatives




















