Architecture

External (p2p network):

• discovers and connects to other nodes

• send and receive messages to and from other nodes

Internal:

• exposes RPC to pool software and other tools

• optional REST Interface can be enabled

External (stratum protocol):

• exposed API for ASIC Miners to connect and start mining block headers

• send jobs to ASIC Miners

• receive valid shares or valid block headers

Internal (Bitcoind RPC):

• connect to Bitcoind RPC to submit transactions

• receive transaction response (eg. txid)

• provide event notifications for double spends and Merkle Proofs.