- GoMining is mining the first Stratum V2 Bitcoin block with the DMND pool.
- Stratum V2 allows miners to choose block transactions directly.
- A new system transfers power from pools to miners in Bitcoin mining
GoMining has mined the first known Bitcoin block produced using the Stratum V2 protocol with the DMND Bitcoin mining pool.
The process describes the creation of blocks controlled by a miner in a live mining environment.
The block was created using the function declaration function of Stratum V2 through DMND pooling.
This approach allowed GoMining to create its own block template and advertise it instead of relying on the mining pool to determine transactions.
Selection of pool-controlled transactions has been the dominant paradigm in Bitcoin mining for years.
This milestone represents an early real-world implementation of the miner-driven Stratum V2 architecture and highlights the shift towards giving miners greater authority over how blocks are created while remaining part of pooled mining operations.
The construction of blocks controlled by miners in production was demonstrated
The block included transactions linked to GoBTC Pay from GoMining, an open-source Bitcoin instant payments protocol developed by the company.
By integrating GoBTC Pay transactions into the block template it created, GoMining demonstrated a practical use case for the job posting feature in Stratum V2 and demonstrated how miners can directly influence the contents of the blocks they help produce.
“This block demonstrates that miners can now participate in pooled mining while retaining control over block building,” said Mark Zalan, CEO of GoMining. “For many years, mining pools have largely determined the transactions included in Bitcoin blocks. By creating our own block template including GoBTC Pay transactions, we are demonstrating one of the practical capabilities that Stratum V2 enables.”
Successful block mining provides an example of how miners can have more autonomy while still benefiting from the shared resources and economics of mining pools.
Stratum V2 aims to expand miners’ engagement and flexibility
Stratum V2 is an open source mining protocol developed with contributions from multiple participants across the Bitcoin industry.
In addition to improvements in security and efficiency, the protocol enables miners to create their own block templates while still participating in pooled mining.
The latest development demonstrates that miner-controlled block building can work in a production environment, which may support wider adoption of Stratum V2 across the mining ecosystem.
The publication also demonstrates how the protocol could allow miners to integrate their applications and services directly into the block creation process.
“One miner mined the first Stratum V2 block to run their product from start to finish. GoMining announced the block and listed its GoBTC Pay payments without any pooling in the way. We created DMND for exactly this purpose.” said Alejandro de la Torre, CEO and Co-Founder of DMND.
This achievement comes as the Bitcoin mining industry continues to explore technologies that improve efficiency, security and decentralization.
By demonstrating that miners can create and advertise their own block templates while remaining part of the mining pool, GoMining and DMND provided an early example of how Stratum V2’s architecture can reshape block generation and transaction selection within the broader Bitcoin mining ecosystem.
