talk
· Floripa 2026
Stopping Hashrate Theft: How Stratum V2 Fixes exploitable Mining Protocol
Stratum V1, the protocol used by most Bitcoin miners today, was never designed with security in mind. This has led to real-world exploitation such as hashrate theft, share hijacking, and pool impersonation. In this talk, we will look at how these attacks work in practice and how Stratum V2’s encrypted, authenticated protocol design eliminates entire classes of mining infrastructure attacks.
