BTCHEL2025 starts today and @OCEAN is here! Stop by for talks from @Bitcoin Mechanic, @npub1lh27...a9nk and a DATUM workshop with @Lรฉo. And don't forget to catch Lilly at the booth. See you in Finland! ๐ŸŒŠ image
Weโ€™re excited to announce ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—  ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿฌ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ is now available! ๐Ÿš€ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—  ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป-๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. Itโ€™s a crucial step toward solving mining centralization. Miners using DATUM have already found ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ+ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€. This release adds one of the most requested features: ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ณ-๐—ผ๐—ณ-๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€, making it easy to support revenue sharing, donations, and other multi-beneficiary setups. Weโ€™re listening. Weโ€™re building. And weโ€™re working hard to decentralize Bitcoin mining. ๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—  ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿฌ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ in the links below! image Whatโ€™s new in v0.4.0beta: โ€“ Auto PoW splitting across multiple addresses ๐Ÿงพ โ€“ High-availability proxy support ๐ŸŒ โ€“ More platforms (including a Dockerfile & FreeBSD support) ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿš โ€“ Bugfixes & general cleanup ๐Ÿ”ง Download v0.4.0 here: Just want bug fixes? โ€“ v0.2.5beta: โ€“ v0.3.2beta: ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜ƒ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿฌ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ: Auto PoW Splitting allows mining operations with DATUM and multi-wallet setups (revenue sharing, treasury, operations, etc.) to seamlessly receive reward payouts direct from the blockchain to multiple wallet addresses. Set-it-and-forget-it payment splits straight from the Blockchain. High-availability proxy support makes DATUM even better at helping miners scale efficiently, maintain maximum uptime and improve monitoring/security. Docker and FreeBSD means DATUM is even faster to setup and configure, on whatever platforms you choose. Decentralizing the network just got easier. DATUM isnโ€™t just a protocol, itโ€™s running in production, finding blocks, reducing bandwidth requirements for remote mining operations, and decentralizing Bitcoin mining. Questions about DATUM or OCEAN? Donโ€™t hesitate to reach out. ๐Ÿ’ช๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ„
๐ŸŒŠ OCEAN is in Las Vegas this week at a Bitcoin conference! Come say hello to the team at the OCEAN booth in the Expo Hall. And don't miss @Bitcoin Mechanic on the Mining Stage this Thursday! image
image Join us again at bitcoin++ in an hour as @npub1lh27...a9nk and Jason Hughes walk us through a history lesson you wonโ€™t want to miss. Link ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐ŸŒŠ HAPPENING NOW ๐Ÿ„ The OCEAN team is also at @btcplusplus this week! Join the Main Stage Livestream shortly (1:30pm CT) for Jason Hughes's talk on DATUM and at 3pm CT for @npub1lh27...a9nk's workshop on making a new node policy And don't miss the Main Stage panel at 4:15pm CT featuring @Bitcoin Mechanic and @npub1lh27...a9nk on the value of filters. Links ๐Ÿ‘‡ in the ๐Ÿงต
๐ŸŒŠ OCEAN is at the Texas Energy & Mining Summit (TEMS) this week hosted by Bitcoin Park ๐ŸŒŠ Catch the talks or come say hello to @npub1lh27...a9nk, @Bitcoin Mechanic, Mark Artymko and Lilly. image
๐Ÿš€ DATUM Hits 100 Blocks ๐ŸŒŠ Miners all over the world are letting the industry know that decentralization matters. In less than a year, OCEANโ€™s DATUM Mining Protocol has spread like wildfire. ๐Ÿ“ˆ Over 65% of OCEANโ€™s miners are using DATUM, and that number is growing every day. This means block template construction is making its way back into the hands of the miners, which is not only the most profitable for miners on OCEAN but also one of the best things for Bitcoin. Decentralization is happening. Bitcoin is becoming censorship resistant again. The future is starting to look bright again. To all of our miners who helped make this possible: Thank you. Weโ€™re humbled by your support and trust. To all of our future miners: what are you waiting for? DATUM is ready when you are. ๐Ÿ’ช image