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ViaBTC is a crypto mining pool provider founded in May 2016. Since its founder Haipo Yang independently completed the coding of ViaBTC Pool, ViaBTC has, with its cutting-edge technologies and first-rate products, evolved from a mining pool into an all-encompassing blockchain ecosystem. It provides professional blockchain products and services to more than 4 million users around the world.
ViaBTC to Attend Crypto Summit 2026 as Strategic Partner
Odaily reports: ViaBTC has announced that it will attend the 9th Crypto Summit 2026 as a strategic partner. The event will be held from October 28 to 29 at MTS Live Hall in Moscow. The conference will bring together miners, investment institutions, exchanges, technology service providers, and policymakers to discuss topics including mining infrastructure, the digital asset market, and regulation. ViaBTC is currently one of the world's top four Bitcoin mining pools and also the Zcash (ZEC) mining pool with the largest hash rate.During the conference, ViaBTC Business Director Anton will participate in a roundtable discussion focused on changes in the mining landscape. Drawing on ViaBTC's experience accompanying miners through multiple market cycles, he will explore how mining companies can respond to market pressure, improve profitability, and identify new growth opportunities. Business Manager Alina will deliver a speech sharing practical advice on using mining pool services to help miners manage daily mining operations more efficiently.In addition, the ViaBTC team will meet face-to-face with miners and industry partners at Booth S-02 to share ten years of mining service experience and discuss collaboration opportunities. Through these exchanges, ViaBTC hopes to gain a deeper understanding of miners' practical needs and continue improving the stability of its mining services and the flexibility of yield management.
The four major Bitcoin mining pools control over 70% of the hashrate
According to Odaily, as of June 23, 2026, Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool collectively control over 70% of the Bitcoin network's hashrate, with shares of approximately 31%, 18%, 13%, and 10% respectively. Foundry Digital is a US-based mining pool backed by Digital Currency Group, primarily serving large institutions and publicly listed mining companies. In the first half of 2026, D-Central reported a Nakamoto coefficient of 3, meaning that just three mining pools would be enough to produce more than half of the blocks. ViaBTC faced stricter regulatory scrutiny in 2026, prompting some miners to shift to alternative pools like EMCD.
Bitcoin's Proposed Soft Fork BIP-54 Completes Specification, F2pool Will Not Support Early Activation
Odaily News: The specification for Bitcoin's proposed soft fork BIP-54 (Consensus Cleanup) was completed in May 2026, aiming to fix four consensus rule boundary issues without adding new Bitcoin features. On August 10, Wang Chun, co-founder of digital asset mining pool F2pool, stated that he does not support BIP-54. He said that if the proposal obtains the required majority through the standard BIP-9 process, F2pool will upgrade its mining nodes, but will not issue a signal of support ahead of time. BIP-54 has been tested in Bitcoin Inquisition, a Signet-based testing environment. Mining pools MARA and ViaBTC have voluntarily produced compatible coinbase transactions; the official activation parameters have not yet been determined, and the mainnet vote has not been completed. Previously, BIP-110, which attempted to restrict certain non-financial data in Bitcoin transactions, failed to gain sufficient miner support and stalled around block height 961,635; BIP-54 does not involve restricting general script functionality. (Bitcoin.com News)
Foundry USA mined 6 consecutive blocks, Bitcoin block 941,881 chain reorganization completed
Odaily News, March 24 – Antpool mined Bitcoin block 941,881 at UTC time 15:49:35. Foundry USA mined another version of the same height 12 seconds later, briefly creating two competing chains on the Bitcoin blockchain. Subsequently, ViaBTC extended block 941,882 on top of the Antpool version, while Foundry USA also continued to extend its own branch. Foundry USA then mined blocks 941,883 to 941,886 consecutively, giving its branch a cumulative workload lead. Nodes subsequently reorganized to the Foundry USA version, causing the blocks mined by Antpool and ViaBTC to become orphaned. The affected miners lost the corresponding block rewards and fees, and transactions not confirmed on the winning chain re-entered the mempool to be confirmed in subsequent blocks.
Bitcoin BIP-110 Forced Signaling Window Opens in Less Than Two Weeks, Current Support Rate ~2.64%
Odaily Odaily News: The Bitcoin BIP-110 forced signaling window will open at block height 961632, expected around August 9, 2026. As of 8:40 AM (EDT) on July 27, the chain height is 959842, approximately 1790 blocks away from this activation block. The current BIP-110 signaling support rate is around 2.64%. BIP-110, officially named "Reduced Data Temporary Softfork," proposes to limit the size of certain data fields within Bitcoin transactions, targeting Ordinals-like inscriptions, large OP_RETURN payloads, and similar high-data-volume use cases. If activated, the restrictions will take effect at block 965664 and automatically expire after 52,416 blocks (approximately one year). Current signaling support primarily comes from Ocean, independent miners, and small-scale operators. Major mining pools such as Foundry, Antpool, ViaBTC, and F2pool have not yet switched to supporting the proposal. Foundry has requested clients to vote based on their average hashrate; only when “support” votes exceed 51% of the participating weighted hashrate will the pool switch all its blocks to signaling support. If the current signaling level persists until block 961632, nodes enforcing BIP-110 will reject blocks that have not signaled version bit 4 and will instead follow the minority of blocks that do signal. Unupgraded nodes will continue to accept both signaling and non-signaling blocks, and will follow the chain with the most cumulative proof of work.
The four major Bitcoin mining pools control over 70% of the hashrate
According to Odaily, as of June 23, 2026, Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool collectively control over 70% of the Bitcoin network's hashrate, with shares of approximately 31%, 18%, 13%, and 10% respectively. Foundry Digital is a US-based mining pool backed by Digital Currency Group, primarily serving large institutions and publicly listed mining companies. In the first half of 2026, D-Central reported a Nakamoto coefficient of 3, meaning that just three mining pools would be enough to produce more than half of the blocks. ViaBTC faced stricter regulatory scrutiny in 2026, prompting some miners to shift to alternative pools like EMCD.
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ViaBTC to Attend Crypto Summit 2026 as Strategic Partner
Odaily reports: ViaBTC has announced that it will attend the 9th Crypto Summit 2026 as a strategic partner. The event will be held from October 28 to 29 at MTS Live Hall in Moscow. The conference will bring together miners, investment institutions, exchanges, technology service providers, and policymakers to discuss topics including mining infrastructure, the digital asset market, and regulation. ViaBTC is currently one of the world's top four Bitcoin mining pools and also the Zcash (ZEC) mining pool with the largest hash rate.During the conference, ViaBTC Business Director Anton will participate in a roundtable discussion focused on changes in the mining landscape. Drawing on ViaBTC's experience accompanying miners through multiple market cycles, he will explore how mining companies can respond to market pressure, improve profitability, and identify new growth opportunities. Business Manager Alina will deliver a speech sharing practical advice on using mining pool services to help miners manage daily mining operations more efficiently.In addition, the ViaBTC team will meet face-to-face with miners and industry partners at Booth S-02 to share ten years of mining service experience and discuss collaboration opportunities. Through these exchanges, ViaBTC hopes to gain a deeper understanding of miners' practical needs and continue improving the stability of its mining services and the flexibility of yield management.
Jiang Zhuoer: Sold 100% of BTC position at $77,226
ViaBTC founder Jiang Zhuo'er tweeted that he has sold his entire 100% BTC position at $77,226.
Jiang Zhuo'er: Closed BTC shorts, restored full Ethereum spot position.
Jiang Zhuo'er of ViaBTC Pool stated that he previously opened a short position on BTC at $82,050 and has now closed it at $79,480 to take profit. He has since fully restored his spot Ethereum position, awaiting further upside. His trading rationale includes: current market sentiment is positive, with Ethereum rallying to $2,536 early this morning, nearing the previous high of $2,547; Ethereum acts as the engine of this bull cycle rather than a follower, and its leading gains may indicate that Bitcoin will follow. Additionally, spot ETFs continued to see inflows from September 3 to 4, with a record $730 million influx recorded on September 3. Until ETF flows reverse to sustained outflows, only short-term short positions are viable.
Bitcoin Hashprice Rises 20.41% in Four Days, Miner Revenue Climbs to $38.29/PH/s
Odaily News: Bitcoin's Hashprice has increased by 20.41% over the past four days, rising from a daily rate of $31.80/PH/s on August 18 to $38.29/PH/s on August 22. Hashprice is used to measure mining revenue corresponding to a specific amount of hashrate, and this increase has boosted miner income.As of August 22, a total of 133 large, medium, and small mining pools, along with individual mining operations, contributed hashrate to the Bitcoin network. Mining pool Foundry USA led with 214.73 EH/s, followed by Antpool with 156.17 EH/s and F2pool with 110.62 EH/s, while ViaBTC recorded 91.02 EH/s.The Bitcoin network's total hashrate has risen to approximately 922 EH/s, approaching 1 ZH/s. In August, miners have so far earned $682.69 million from block subsidies and transaction fees, of which transaction fee revenue accounted for $5.14 million, lower than July's $875 million.On August 22, the average block interval on the Bitcoin network was 10 minutes and 5 seconds, with current data indicating an expected difficulty adjustment of approximately -1% for the day. Based on an electricity cost of $0.10 per kilowatt-hour, the Bitmain Antminer S23 Hydro 3U is projected to yield an estimated daily profit of $17.86. (Bitcoin.com News)
Bitcoin's Proposed Soft Fork BIP-54 Completes Specification, F2pool Will Not Support Early Activation
Odaily News: The specification for Bitcoin's proposed soft fork BIP-54 (Consensus Cleanup) was completed in May 2026, aiming to fix four consensus rule boundary issues without adding new Bitcoin features. On August 10, Wang Chun, co-founder of digital asset mining pool F2pool, stated that he does not support BIP-54. He said that if the proposal obtains the required majority through the standard BIP-9 process, F2pool will upgrade its mining nodes, but will not issue a signal of support ahead of time. BIP-54 has been tested in Bitcoin Inquisition, a Signet-based testing environment. Mining pools MARA and ViaBTC have voluntarily produced compatible coinbase transactions; the official activation parameters have not yet been determined, and the mainnet vote has not been completed. Previously, BIP-110, which attempted to restrict certain non-financial data in Bitcoin transactions, failed to gain sufficient miner support and stalled around block height 961,635; BIP-54 does not involve restricting general script functionality. (Bitcoin.com News)
Jiang Zhuoer: Liquidity conditions have not yet shown signals of a bull market start; Bitcoin may rebound to $68,000-$70,000 before facing a final drop.
Jiang Zhuoer, founder of ViaBTC Pool, stated that the current total market cap of stablecoins continues to decline, market liquidity has not yet shown signs of a bull market starting, Bitcoin may rebound to the $68,000 to $70,000 range in the short term, followed by a potential further decline.