Pools & payouts
Mining news and original analysis with dated primary sources.
Bitcoin block 970904 carries a Braiins Solo tag and 3.12898650 BTC reward
Block 970904, timestamped October 11 at 09:58:22 UTC, contains a Braiins Solo coinbase tag and 3.12898650 BTC in outputs. We verified the block and transaction directly; the miner’s device and hashrate are unknown, and two paid outputs do not prove two miners.
NiceHash launches Virtual Machine Mining packages for rented Bitcoin hashpower
The new VMM interface lets customers buy fixed or flexible mining capacity and direct it to a pool without owning ASIC hardware. The service changes access and billing, not the probability or operating costs behind proof-of-work.
NiceHash reports one EasyMining user found two Bitcoin blocks in a day
The company says rented hashpower found blocks 967,911 and 967,915 only four blocks apart, producing more than 6 BTC in combined rewards. The event does not make solo-style mining predictable or guaranteed.
Bitcoin Core merges RPC client timeout and empty-response fixes
The master branch now distinguishes Content-Length: 0 from a missing header and resets rpcclienttimeout for each socket wait; the change is merged source code, not a released binary.
Bitcoin Core advances the 32.x branch to release candidate 3
The rc3 version bump and regenerated documentation were merged on October 1 after 29 commits since rc2; operators should wait for signed official binaries and treat the candidate as test software.
Bitcoin Core merges protection against forged lines in node logs
The logger now escapes embedded newlines from untrusted input, preventing rejected RPC methods or wallet-related strings from resembling genuine node messages; the patch is merged to master, not yet a final release.
Bitcoin Core adds a mining debug category for block-template logs
A merged change moves the recurring CreateNewBlock weight line behind -debug=mining; it is on master and was backported to the 32.x branch, not yet a final release.
KuCoin pauses Monero deposits and withdrawals for wallet maintenance
KuCoin scheduled a temporary XMR deposit-and-withdrawal closure from 01:00 UTC on September 24 and says service will resume after maintenance, without publishing a completion time.
ViaBTC ends CoinEx auto-withdrawals: what miners should check
ViaBTC says its Withdrawal to CoinEx feature ends on September 22, 2026. Pool mining continues; affected users should set a new payout address and verify the route.
DxPool sets September 24 shutdown for its Monero mining pool
DxPool's official September 10 notice says XMR pool mining stops September 24 UTC. Users are told to switch pools and withdraw balances; the withdrawal cutoff remains unannounced.
Stratum V2 releases harden shares, jobs and translator sessions
The coordinated stratum v1.12.0 and sv2-apps v0.8.0 releases harden share validation, bounded job storage and Sv1-to-Sv2 translation. Breaking crate changes require a staged, coordinated upgrade.
Bitcoin Core adds bestblockhash to getmininginfo to avoid template races
Merged change lets mining software obtain the tip hash and next-target data from one consistent RPC snapshot.