Seven major Bitcoin mining pools have joined the Stratum V2 working group to jointly develop open pool communication standards

Odaily reported that seven major Bitcoin mining pools, including AntPool, Foundry, F2Pool, SpiderPool, DMND, MARA Foundation, and Block Inc, have joined the Stratum V2 working group to jointly develop an industry-wide open mining pool communication protocol standard.

Public data shows that Foundry currently controls approximately 30% of the global Bitcoin mining pool hashrate, while AntPool accounts for about 17.7%. Stratum V2 states that establishing an open standard not controlled by a single mining pool will help enhance miners' flexibility in autonomously selecting block templates and improve the increasingly concentrated state of the current Bitcoin mining industry.

Additionally, CoinWarz predicts that Bitcoin mining difficulty will increase again in mid-May, while CoinShares points out that under the current market and energy cost environment, approximately 20% of miners are already in an unprofitable state. (Cointelegraph)