Ocean.xyz
Ocean.xyz is a Bitcoin mining pool that emphasizes transparency, non-custodial payouts, and miner sovereignty through the DATUM protocol.
Key Features
- DATUM native — miners can submit custom block templates from their own node
- TIDES payout — Transparent, Income-Dividend, Even-Share schema
- Non-custodial — payouts go directly to miner-provided addresses or Lightning offers
- Solo / Pooled hybrid — mine solo with pool failover, or pooled with template control
Payout Schema: TIDES
- Transparent: full accounting of block rewards and fees
- Predictable: stable share calculation
- Contrasts with opaque FPPS models used by large pools
Lightning Payouts (Bolt 12)
- Run C-Lightning (Core-Lightning) on StartOS (or equivalent)
- Enable Bolt 12 to generate a static offer
- Import offer into Ocean.xyz dashboard
- Automated Lightning payouts when threshold reached
Related Entities
- DATUM — protocol layer Ocean.xyz uses for template negotiation
- Stratum V2 — broader standard that enables similar miner-side template control
- C-Lightning (Core-Lightning) — Lightning node implementation supporting Bolt 12
- public-pool.io — alternative pure-solo pool
References
- Meetup #30: Decentralized Mining Workshop ^[raw/decentralized-mining-workshop-meetup-30.md]
- Bitaxe deck (April 2025) ^[raw/decentralized-home-mining-bitaxe-2025-04.md]