Announcing Our Fourth Grant: Plebhash and Stratum V2
Continuing our mission to support open-source innovation, Vinteum welcomes its fourth grantee, the pseudonymous developer @plebhash in recognition of his exceptional contributions to advancing the Stratum V2 protocol (SRI) and his efforts toward decentralizing Bitcoin mining. This grant acknowledges the vital role of community-driven projects in fostering Bitcoin’s resilience and empowering users with greater sovereignty.
2024 Highlights
Throughout 2024, Plebhash played a pivotal role in developing and promoting Stratum V2, including:
- Preparing the SRI for Production: Various efforts funded by Spiral to ensure the SRI stack was production-ready.
- Education and Outreach: Creating a YouTube series about Stratum V2 and conducting hands-on workshops at global events such as Workshops Casa21 (Brazil), BTC Prague (Czech Republic), Bitshala Summit (India), BTC++ (USA), and more.
- Development Residency: Participating in the BOB residency (funded by OpenSats), collaborating with other developers focused on decentralizing mining.
- Pleb Mining: Independent initiatives, including collaborations with Skot and Georges (Bitaxe) and workshops like Plebnet at Satsconf.
Plans for 2025
Under this new grant, Plebhash will focus his efforts on:
SRI Community Roadmap
Collaborating with other contributors to:
- Refine low-level APIs, ensuring they are thoroughly documented, tested, and production-ready.
- Refactor high-level APIs based on feedback from early adopters.
- Work closely with early Stratum V2 adopters to ensure the project meets real market needs.
- Review pull requests submitted by other SRI collaborators.
Maintenance of the SRI Community Signet
To address the limitations of current test networks, Plebhash will maintain a dedicated signet for the SRI community. This controlled network will allow:
- Testing in a controlled environment without external interference.
- Participation limited to trusted community members.
- A live block explorer available for monitoring.
pleblottery and Vinteum’s Bitcoin Developer Launchpad
As a lower-priority contribution, Plebhash plans to guide a highly qualified participant from Vinteum’s Bitcoin Developer Launchpad (BDL) program in developing an SRI-based project called pleblottery, a hashrate aggregator designed to offer a pleb-friendly and fully sovereign solo/lottery Bitcoin mining experience. Unlike traditional mining pools, pleblottery avoids pooled reward distribution entirely, ensuring that the coinbase payout goes to a single locking script. This mentorship will not interfere with Plebhash’s primary goal of making the SRI production-ready, but it offers the potential for valuable secondary contributions to the SRI codebase.
Commitment to the Community
Plebhash exemplifies the values we strive to promote at Vinteum: collaboration, innovation, and dedication to developing open-source solutions to strengthen the Bitcoin ecosystem. We are excited to support his work and look forward to the impact he will have on the community.
Stay tuned for updates on Plebhash’s progress with Stratum V2 and other projects! If you’re interested in learning more or contributing to Vinteum, feel free to reach out to us on info@vinteum.org. Follow us on X, Nostr, or Instagram.