Bitcoin mining pool DMND has mined the first public Bitcoin block created using the Stratum V2 protocol, a key principle that shifts control of the block from pools to miners. The resource – number 955,318 – was mined through the DMND pool of GoMining, which became the first miner to use the Stratum V2’s Job Declaration section to decide what to do and create its block template, according to the document. Bitcoin Magazine.
Under the main model in Bitcoin mining today, miners donate their computing power to a pool, and the pool decides what goes into each block. The miner has no say in that decision.
Stratum V2, open source protocol made with large corporate support, they change the system. It allows miners to continue to participate in collective mining – which reduces the difference in income – while giving back the right to create their own block template. Job Notification is the exact mechanism that makes this possible: the miner sends his desired template to the pool, the pool verifies it, and the mining version progresses.
GoMining used the method to combine the output from GoBTC Payopen source, non-reserved Bitcoin instant payment process that the company announced at Consensus Miami in May 2026. The result is the first known case of a miner using Stratum V2 in a living environment to use its product through the block that helped create it.
Alejandro De La Torre, CEO and co-founder of DMND said: “GoMining announced a template and integrated their GoBTC Pay without a pool. We created DMND because of this.”
GoMining’s CEO Mark Zalan established its strategic importance. “Over the years, mining pools have determined what is included in Bitcoin blocks,” he said. “By being the first to announce our block template and integrate GoBTC Pay transactions, we are showcasing the capabilities that Stratum V2 makes possible.”
Bitcoin workers get control
The effect lasts for more than one block. The selection of mining pool transactions has long been a concern of Bitcoin, resistance to resistance and distribution of power on the network segment.
If the implementation of Stratum V2 grows, miners – not pools – will be the decision-makers of what goes into the blockchain. The DMND deployment demonstrates that the protocol can work in residential environments, removing one barrier to wider adoption.
GoMining, which employs five million users and ranks among the top ten Bitcoin miners by hashrate, uses data centers in the US and around the world.
The company offers hashrate products along with its payment and earning tools. DMND describes itself as a pool designed for the Stratum V2 era, with a Job Declaration in place.
