| --- |
| license: odc-by |
| pretty_name: "Bitcoin mining pool Stratum job observations" |
| tags: |
| - bitcoin |
| - mining |
| - mining-pools |
| - stratum |
| - p2p |
| - network |
| - block-propagation |
| - blockchain |
| - time-series |
| task_categories: |
| - time-series-forecasting |
| size_categories: |
| - 100K<n<1M |
| configs: |
| - config_name: bitcoin_mining_pool_jobs |
| data_files: |
| - split: train |
| path: bitcoin_mining_pool_jobs/**/*.parquet |
| default: true |
| - config_name: collection_runs |
| data_files: |
| - split: train |
| path: collection_runs/**/*.parquet |
| --- |
| |
| # Bitcoin mining pool templates |
|
|
| Timestamped Stratum job messages collected directly from Bitcoin mining pool endpoints. The data records changes in the work each endpoint sends to miners, including the previous block hash, coinbase data and clean-jobs flag. |
|
|
| ## Contents |
|
|
| | Table | Record | |
| |---|---| |
| | `bitcoin_mining_pool_jobs` | A job received from a pool endpoint, with its observation time, nTime, coinbase, merkle branch count and clean-jobs flag | |
|
|
| ## Using the data |
|
|
| Use `pool` to identify the endpoint and `operator` to group endpoints belonging to the same operator. Compare `observed_ts` across endpoints to study when new jobs arrived. The pool's `nTime` field uses its own clock and update policy, so it should not be used as an arrival timestamp. |
|
|
| The initial configuration covers eleven endpoints across ten operators. Endpoint availability varies between collection windows. Regional endpoints operated by the same pool may distribute different jobs. |
|
|
| ## Limitations |
|
|
| - Observations come from one collection location and include connection latency. |
| - Merkle branches are stored as a count and first entry. The dataset does not contain the full transaction list for each proposed block. |
| - The clean-jobs flag instructs miners to discard earlier jobs. Check the previous block hash when identifying a change of chain tip. |
| - Endpoint coverage is a sample of mining pool activity. It does not measure each operator's full mining capacity or global response time. |
|
|
| ## Files and access |
|
|
| Data is stored as Parquet files under `table_name/YYYY/MM/`, with partitions for collection windows. Each measurement table has a fixed 7-day sample beginning at its configured collection start date. The sample windows in this repository span 2026-08-28 to 2026-09-03. Availability within each window depends on successful collection. The public sample dates remain fixed as additional history accumulates privately. Contact DataForge through the discussions tab to enquire about additional history. |
|
|
| ### Load a table |
|
|
| Install `datasets` and `pandas` to run this example. The `train` split contains all observations in the selected table; it is not a predefined modelling split. |
|
|
| ```python |
| from datasets import load_dataset |
| |
| data = load_dataset("dataforge-labs/bitcoin-mining-pool-templates", |
| "bitcoin_mining_pool_jobs", split="train") |
| df = data.to_pandas() |
| ``` |
|
|
| ## Coverage |
|
|
| `collection_runs` records collection windows, poll counts and failures. It is published in full and may cover dates beyond the fixed data sample. Collection gaps are not interpolated. Use this table together with measurement timestamps and error fields to assess coverage. |
|
|
| ## License and contact |
|
|
| The public sample is published under ODC-BY. Attribute it to "DataForge (dataforge-labs)". For questions about the data or access to additional history, open a discussion in this repository. |
|
|
| <details> |
| <summary>Earlier file paths</summary> |
|
|
| Each table is stored under a directory with the same descriptive name. The file contents and date partitions are unchanged. Scripts using an earlier directory name should use the corresponding table name below, or pin downloads to revision `before-folder-rename-20260915` to access the original layout. Internal collector IDs are retained in the private archive and may appear in raw coverage records. |
|
|
| | Current table and directory | Earlier directory | |
| |---|---| |
| | `bitcoin_mining_pool_jobs` | `e20_stratum_jobs_direct/` | |
| | `collection_runs` | `e0_run_manifest/` | |
|
|
| </details> |
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|
