<p>GBT was a way to stop miner centralization, but no one used it, everyone continued to use Stratum. Why did it fail?</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-08-19T14:27:27.450Z
Closely related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/55015/does-stratum-cause-mining-to-be-more-centralized-than-getblocktemplate-would
Nate Eldredge
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-08-20T05:18:24.663Z
Why do you assume it failed? It is in nearly every - if not all - miner setups. Just not for communication with the hashing hardware
Pieter Wuille
<mining-pools><getblocktemplate>
Why did GBT fail?
MCCCS
# Why did GBT fail?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-19)

GBT was a way to stop miner centralization, but no one used it, everyone continued to use Stratum. Why did it fail?

**Tags:** mining-pools, getblocktemplate

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Closely related: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/55015/does-stratum-cause-mining-to-be-more-centralized-than-getblocktemplate-would  
> **username_2**: Why do you assume it failed? It is in nearly every - if not all - miner setups. Just not for communication with the hashing hardware  

---

## 0 answers

