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Stratum Ping

Stratum Ping is a Go command-line utility that measures how long a mining pool takes to connect and authenticate over the Stratum protocol. It reports repeated response times and summary statistics, and supports IPv4, IPv6, optional TLS, and Stratum 1 or Stratum 2 modes. The repository lists an MIT license.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when generic network ping does not answer the practical question of how quickly mining software can connect and authenticate with a pool over Stratum.

Who it is for

  • Miners comparing the Stratum responsiveness of pool endpoints.
  • Pool operators measuring connection and authentication response times.
  • Developers assessing mining-pool connectivity using Stratum rather than generic network ping.

Documented uses

  • Measure response time for a pool's Stratum connection and authentication exchange.
  • Compare timing readings across pool endpoints or connection configurations.
  • Collect repeated readings with a configurable reply count.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

  • The target must be a pool hostname and port configured for the selected Stratum mode and connection settings.
  • The CLI defaults to Stratum 2 and five replies; flags select Stratum 1, IPv6, TLS, reply count, login and password.
  • The reported timing concerns connection and authentication through Stratum, not overall mining results.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Measure a pool endpoint over Stratum

Collect repeated response-time readings from a mining-pool host and port.

Before you start

  • The stratum-ping command-line utility
  • A mining-pool hostname and port that accept Stratum connections

Steps

  1. Run stratum-ping with the pool hostname and port as the target.

  2. Use -c followed by a count to set how many replies to collect; the documented default is five.

  3. Review the per-reply timings and the minimum, average and maximum summary.

Expected outcome

A set of Stratum response-time readings and summary statistics for the specified endpoint.

Guide limitations

  • The tool measures Stratum connection and authentication response time; it is not a generic network ping.
  • Results are specific to the endpoint and connection settings used.
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Source-based practical guide

Compare address family and TLS configurations

Collect readings for documented IPv4, IPv6 and TLS connection variants.

Before you start

  • The stratum-ping command-line utility
  • A pool endpoint and the relevant Stratum port

Steps

  1. Run against the pool host and port without flags for an IPv4 connection without TLS.

  2. Run again with -6 to request IPv6, where the endpoint supports it.

  3. Run with -tls and the applicable TLS port to measure a TLS connection.

  4. Compare the timing summaries while noting the address family and TLS configuration for each run.

Expected outcome

Separate Stratum response-time readings for the tested connection variants.

Guide limitations

  • The README's examples use different ports for TLS and non-TLS connections, so comparisons should account for endpoint configuration.
  • The documented examples do not show IPv6 with TLS.
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Sources & review

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14 October 2026
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