OCEAN's next chapter Bitcoin mining and block template construction have become concentrated in a small number of pools. When a handful of operators can decide which transactions make it into blocks, Bitcoin's censorship resistance increasingly depends on their goodwill rather than the design of the network. That is a security problem. We exist to fix it. What we're building. We built DATUM to put block template construction back in miners' hands. It is open source on the client side and will be open source on the pool side early next year. We will continue our effort integrating Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, for trustless payouts and for encouraging compatibility with the best available standards, features, tools. We will work with miners, partners, other pools, and protocol developers (like SV2) to make decentralization a priority for the next era of Bitcoin mining. Building your own template, permissionlessly, provides sovereignty to miners. Freedom to choose which transactions to include empowers all miners to act as a gateway for the free market to Bitcoin's blockspace. And doing it all locally on your own node cuts down bandwidth requirements enormously, while the TIDES payment system provides more direct exposure to the upside. More independent miners, making more independent decisions, using less bandwidth, and earning more Bitcoin (3.6% more on OCEAN in 2025, to be precise). Where we stand. Our pool remains on SHA-256. We are not adopting any proof-of-work change. To our miners. Nothing changes for you. Service and support continue uninterrupted. Nacho Pauls remains your first point of contact. The next chapter starts now. Let’s build! 🌊

OCEAN and Luke Dashjr announce today that, by mutual agreement, Luke Dashjr has separated from OCEAN, resigning as Chairman, Chief Technology Officer, and director. Link to the joint statement press release here: prnewswire.com/news-releases…

🚀 DATUM Hits 100 Blocks 🌊 Miners all over the world are letting the industry know that decentralization matters. In less than a year, OCEAN’s DATUM Mining Protocol has spread like wildfire. 📈 Over 65% of OCEAN’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. We’re humbled by your support and trust. To all of our future miners: what are you waiting for? DATUM is ready when you are. 💪

As our hashrate grows, so does our team. OCEAN is proud to announce the addition of our new Head of Project Engineering, Virtualization and Artificial Intelligence, Chris Sabella @Com32. Chris is an industry-leader in virtualizations, systems architecture and engineering. His decades of experience and deep desire to help us continue the revolution happening in Bitcoin mining makes us excited to have him on the team. Welcome, Chris!