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Electrum vs Stratum vs Stratum Mining

Electrum vs Stratum vs Stratum Mining

Technology Type Website Creator Description References First commit
Electrum Client
Server (in the early days)
Protcol (in the early days)
https://electrum.org Thomas Voegtlin (ThomasV) Started as a client/server combination using TCP/HTTP with Python's repr function as protocol format. Later adapted the Stratum protocol Repository:
https://gitorious.org/electrum (DEAD)
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum
2011-11-04T17:00:37Z (https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/6db1a31e58ee15c448448139e7d3a9e72b14268f)
Stratum Protocol N/A Marek Palatinus (slush) Started as a replacement protocol for the Electrum client, eventually ending the repr-based protocol. N/A N/A
Stratum Mining Protocol https://stratumprotocol.org (V2) Marek Palatinus (slush) The Stratum protocol, but then with mining commands. Documentation:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120921014023/http://mining.bitcoin.cz/stratum-mining/
N/A
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