SLP301 Bitcoin Mining Pools Decentralised? A Discussion with Pavel Moravec of SlushPool & Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool

<p>How should Bitcoin mining be structured? Pavel Moravec of SlushPool (Braiins) and Ryan Ellis of Laurentia Pool join me to chat. We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>Why pools exist</li> <li>How to structure mining pools</li> <li>Trade offs around decentralisation of pools</li> <li>Coinbase payouts vs other ways</li> <li>Lightning payouts</li> <li>Scalability for mining pools</li> <li>Stratum v2</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Pavel Moravec: <a href="https://twitter.com/mor_pav">@mor_pav</a></li> <li>Braiins Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/braiins_systems">@braiins_systems</a></li> <li>Braiins site: <a href="https://braiins.com/">Braiins.com | Bitcoin Mining Company</a></li> <li>Laurentia Pool Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/laurentiapool">@laurentiapool</a></li> <li>Site: <a href="http://laurentiapool.org/">LaurentiaPool.org</a></li> <li>Laurentia pool post: <a href="https://laurentiapool.org/pooled-decnetrilization/">Laurentia Pool: Pooled “Decentralization”</a></li> <li>Braiins twitter thread on decentralisation: <a href="https://twitter.com/braiins_systems/status/1423291322128011264">https://twitter.com/braiins_systems/status/1423291322128011264</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://lend.hodlhodl.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Hodl Hodl Lend</a></li> <li><a href="http://compassmining.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Compass Mining</a></li> <li><a href="https://unchained-capital.com/concierge" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Unchained Capital</a>&nbsp;(code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="https://cyphersafe.io/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CypherSafe</a>&nbsp;(code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="http://coinkite.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CoinKite.com</a>&nbsp;(code LIVERA)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Stephan Livera links:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>N<a href="https://stephanlivera.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">otes and website</a></li> <li