What is a Stratum URL for Bitcoin mining?

01Copy the Bitcoin endpoint from the pool

Find the pool’s official Bitcoin setup instructions. Use the endpoint it lists for the connection type your miner or router supports. A pool can publish different addresses for different coins and connection types. This example uses F2Pool’s general Bitcoin endpoint. Replace the sample account and worker names with your own.

• Pool URL: stratum+tcp://btc.f2pool.com:1314
• Username: exampleaccount.rig1
• Password: x (an example value for this F2Pool mining field)

02Map the address to your setup fields

Copy the full address into a single Pool URL field. If your interface splits the address into fields, select the connection type, enter the hostname in Host, and put only the port number in Port.

• Connection type: stratum+tcp (Stratum V1 over TCP)
• Host: btc.f2pool.com
• Port: 1314

03Enter the worker separately

For this F2Pool account example, enter the account name and worker label separated by a dot. That is the identity you check in the pool dashboard. F2Pool has a separate payout settings page for the Bitcoin wallet address. Some other pools use a Bitcoin address as the username. Check the worker and password rules for your chosen pool.

• Understand pool payouts and thresholds

04Use the hosted route and verify the worker

In Open Mine, go to Pools and choose Add pool account. Select a listed pool or enter a custom pool. For a custom pool, enter the full Stratum V1 address starting with stratum+tcp:// and the pool account identifier before the worker suffix. Open Mine appends the worker name. The custom form requires Pool password / arguments. Use the value specified by your pool, or x if the pool permits an arbitrary value. Assign the miner and check its Stratum login on the miner page. Look for that worker and accepted shares or hashrate on the pool dashboard.

• If the worker stays offline, recheck the hostname, port, connection type and login spelling before changing other settings.

• Check a worker that reports stale shares