Stratum V2 decentralizes pool’s power to miners, makes the network much more censorship resistant. It does so by allowing miners to create block templates instead of centralized block template creation by pool admin.

Ok but in English, how does this actually help with decentralization? EILI5, like I'm your young child who wants to know how this works

Past and future of bitcoin mining protocols: Stratum V2 overview | Braiins

In this blogpost, we will delve in the history and evolution of the mining connection protocols to understand how Stratum V2 is shaping the future ...

Helped a lot