Bitcoin (BTC) mining pools with 75% of hashrate back open standard for block construction
Summary
Seven major Bitcoin mining pools, including Foundry, AntPool, and F2Pool, have joined the Stratum V2 working group to support a new open-source protocol. Stratum V2 allows individual miners to construct their own block templates, shifting transaction selection authority away from pool operators. By securing the support of entities representing 75% of global hashrate, this initiative marks a significant step toward decentralizing Bitcoin's block production process.
(Source:CoinDesk)