The company paired a Bitcoin mining breakthrough with a marketplace overhaul, introducing miner-controlled block creation alongside a new automated sales system for Digital Miners.
GoMining is broadening its mining ecosystem with two major developments: what it says is the first known Bitcoin block mined using Stratum V2's Job Declaration functionality, and the launch of a new automated marketplace feature designed to improve trading for Digital Miners.
The mining milestone was achieved through the DMND bitcoin mining pool, where GoMining generated its own block template instead of relying on the pool to choose which transactions were included. The block also carried transactions generated by GoBTC Pay, the company's open-source Bitcoin payments protocol.
The demonstration showcases one of Stratum V2's most anticipated features: giving individual miners control over block construction while allowing them to continue mining through pools.
"This block demonstrates that miners can now participate in pooled mining while retaining control over block construction," said GoMining CEO Mark Zalan. "We're showing that miners no longer have to rely entirely on pool operators to decide what goes into a block."
Supporters of Stratum V2 have argued that broader adoption could reduce centralization within Bitcoin mining by shifting decision-making away from pool operators. While the protocol has been in development for years, live production examples have been limited.
DMND co-founder Alejandro De La Torre said the successful block validates the protocol's design, allowing miners to "declare the template" without interference from the pool.
Alongside the mining announcement, GoMining introduced Step Down Auction, a new marketplace feature that replaces traditional bidding with an automated descending-price model. Sellers choose both a starting price and a minimum price, while the listing gradually becomes cheaper until a buyer completes the purchase.
The update also expands public access to marketplace listings, lets users list Mine Boxes before minting them, and adds ROI indicators, pricing history, and new search filters, including a "Hot Deals" category highlighting assets with the highest projected returns.
The dual announcements highlight GoMining's efforts to build both the infrastructure behind Bitcoin mining and the marketplace surrounding tokenized mining products. While one initiative focuses on protocol-level innovation, the other aims to improve liquidity and user experience for participants in its digital mining ecosystem.
Whether Stratum V2 becomes widely adopted remains uncertain, but the successful mining of a production block using miner-declared templates offers one of the clearest real-world demonstrations of the protocol's capabilities to date.
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