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Observed arrival · 2026-09-14

datstr: Pools Should Pool Rewards, Not Blocks

datstr.com Observed source
Editorial interest 78/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A decentralized mining-share protocol for Bitcoin and a BLAKE2b fork, using signed shares and direct coinbase payouts instead of custodial pool rewards.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-14 issue.

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The protocol places block construction at a gateway beside the miner’s own node, keeping templates, transaction lists, and merkle branches on that side of the system. Shares package the header, coinbase, and merkle branches with a worker signature, while a coordinator’s signed acknowledgement acts as a receipt. The page lists Bitcoin mainnet, Bitcoin testnet4, and BLAKE2b-based chains, and says Stratum v1 miners can connect unchanged. It is labeled Draft 0.0.1 and currently points toward a first pooled block, delegation, and browser mining.

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