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Mining news and original analysis with dated primary sources.
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.
Why pool vardiff can strand a slowing Bitcoin miner
Bitcoin Optech summarizes a controller failure mode: if difficulty changes only when a share arrives, a slowed miner may wait too long for the next share.
Zcash coinholders back halvings and proposed 25-second blocks
What the NU7 poll means for miners: governance support, activation evidence and reward accounting are separate questions.
ViaBTC partners with Mempool on transaction acceleration
What transaction acceleration changes for users and what miners should measure.
GridPool releases StartOS and Umbrel beta packages for native Stratum V2
September 15 packages simplify deploying GridPool. These are early server-side betas, not universal ASIC firmware; native SV2 compatibility remains essential.