Ocean pool is discredited by BIP110, and there is no way out of it for them.
I respect Ocean for two things:
- Direct coinbase payouts, popularizing the idea and first impactful implementation.
- Miner-controlled templates, first impactful pool supporting it (albeit not in standard way but with their own working-but-hacky solution).
On the other hand, I despise them for their support for BIP110.
They are distancing themselves from Luke Dashjr and Mechanic, but you can't change the past, the stigma remains, sorry, guys.
https://ocean.xyz
optout
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2026-08-18 09:40:11 UTC
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