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The fee model is the message.

A retail card payment in 2026 costs the merchant somewhere between 1.5% and 3.5%. Interchange, scheme fees, processor margin, gateway, PCI — it stacks up.

On a $100 sale, the merchant keeps between $96.50 and $98.50, and the customer often eats the cost twice through surcharges and higher menu prices.

BitPay charges 1% on top of all that, and converts your customer’s BTC into fiat whether you asked for it or not.

GoBTC Pay is 0% for the user and 0.2% for the merchant. On a $100 sale, the merchant keeps $99.80.

But the more interesting number is where that 0.2% goes.

It doesn’t sit on a balance sheet in San Francisco. It is split in half and sent back into the network that produced the transaction:

→ 0.1% to the miners in GoMining’s pool, pro-rata to hashrate.
→ 0.1% to the wallet that initiated the payment.

We keep nothing on third-party flow. Every basis point routes back to the people running the rails.

Card networks extract value from every swipe. GoBTC Pay routes value back to the network. That isn’t a tagline. That’s the protocol.

Read the full blog article: https://gomining.com/blog/gobtc-pay-bitcoin-finally-as-money

🌋 GoMiners, the Simple Earn Keys Raffle results are in.

Across the raffle, 182,828 tickets were generated and 10 access keys were awarded.

Here’s how it played out 👇

🔥 Megatron won 2 keys out of 10. Bitcoin blocks 949058 and 949062 both selected Megatron’s tickets.

🍀 f9df250c won with only 26 tickets. A 0.1% chance, and still enough to land a key.

📊 ProducerZ had the most tickets. 14,142 tickets, or 7.7% of all tickets, but didn’t win a key.

Every result can be verified on-chain. Winners were determined using Bitcoin block hashes 949057–949066, with each winning ticket calculated from the block hash and total ticket count.

No human involvement, just Bitcoin.

The Magmars collection releases on May 18. Each Magmar avatar brings:

🔥 Blazing Multiplier: ×1.4 on your Simple Earn base rate when active 🔐 GoClub access: invite-only events, exclusive drops, perks, rewards, VIP support, and premium assistance for avatar holders.

https://app.gomining.com/raffle/f21fcd0a-322a-4f12-969d-396b51506471

👉 Bitcoin is great to hold. The harder part is what happens when you need liquidity...

Instant Funds was built for that moment.

It lets you access USDT or USDC using your BTC as collateral, while your Bitcoin stays locked inside GoMining until you repay.

That gives users a way to unlock funds without selling their position.

The idea is simple: keep your Bitcoin, get the liquidity you need, and manage both in one place.

Access Instant Funds: https:// app.gomining.com/finance/instan t-funds/create

Read the full blog article: https:// gomining.com/blog/instant-f unds-access-liquidity-without-letting-go-of-your-bitcoin

Bitcoin pays miners for proof of work. GoBTC Pay adds a second cheque.

Bitcoin pays miners for proof of work. That’s the deal — and it has worked since 2009.

GoBTC Pay adds a second cheque.

Every GoBTC Pay transaction carries a 0.2% merchant fee. Half of that — 0.1% of every transaction value — flows to the miners in GoMining’s ecosystem, pro-rata to hashrate. On top of the block reward. On top of the standard fee. Paid in BTC.

So when GoBTC Pay merchant volume comes online, every GoMining customer with a digital miner starts earning a share of payments revenue. Not “yield.” Not “rewards points.” A fee for doing what hashrate is supposed to do: confirm transactions.

This is the part that no other payment company can offer. Because no other payment company is also a top-ten miner.

Stack sats. Mine sats. Now: get paid in sats when other people spend sats.

Read the full blog article: https://gomining.com/blog/gobtc-pay-bitcoin-finally-as-money

More than 500 people joined us at #ConsensusMiami to play the interactive games at our booth, and the energy was huge throughout the 3 days.

We also had a major launch with
GoBTC Pay, which made the event especially important as we introduced how we’re moving Bitcoin payments from concept to real use.

Across the conference:

• 9 different games were played
• Nearly 1,000 Solar GoBoxes were opened
• Close to $13,000 in Bonus Miner upgrades were won
• One participant won an Epic X GoMining Jacob & Co

It was also great to receive strong feedback about the team, the booth experience, and the overall energy around the activations. We had a blast and we’re so happy that all our new and existing customers did too!

Thanks to everyone who joined us, played, and helped make Miami such a strong moment for GoMining.

A full blog recap is coming soon with real event photos and more detail.

⚡️ We launched the GoMining MCP Server and AI Skills to make the platform easier to understand and easier to use.

The goal is to help people get answers faster, make better decisions, and interact with GoMining in a simpler way.

Instead of searching across the app or trying to piece things together, users can ask one question and get a more complete response.

That is a small change in workflow, but a big change in how the platform feels.

Learn more about MCP Server and AI Skills: https://gomining.com/blog/gomining-mcp-server-and-ai-skills

⚡Instant Funds is now live ⚡

GoMiners, if you’ve ever had to sell BTC just to get liquidity, this changes that.

Usually, getting liquidity means selling and stepping out of your position.

Instant Funds gives you another option.

You can now access USDT or USDC using your Bitcoin — without selling it. Your Bitcoin stays locked while funds become available in your GoMining wallet, so you don’t have to sell your Bitcoin just to use it.

For now, each GoMiner can have one active Instant Funds position at a time.

🔎 Learn how it works → https://t.co/23v2uhG1Lj 👉 Try it in the app: https://app.gomining.com/finance/instant-funds

"We've solved a problem that's been around for 18 years."

Mark Zalan on the panel at Consensus Miami, reminded everyone why we're all here.

Paying in Bitcoin, instantly, at zero cost. Like cash.

That's what GoBTC Pay is.

This actually happened 👀

The Jacob & Co Epic X GoMining watch found its owner at Consensus Miami today and the moment they opened the box was unreal.

Wait until you see it. Congrats to the winner 🎉

Sharing a few moments from our GoMining GoClub event in Miami — a night we’ll remember for a long time.

We brought together an incredible group of builders, partners, and ecosystem leaders for an evening that felt full of purpose. From the first conversations on board, the energy was right: open, thoughtful, and genuinely fun.

It was one of those nights where people could step away from the usual pace, take in the Miami views, and connect in a more natural way.

Events like this matter because they create space for real conversations. Ideas move faster when people are in the same room, and that was exactly the feeling throughout the night.

We’re grateful to everyone who joined us, shared their time, and made the event what it was.

A few highlights from the evening below.

This clip gets into a model that keeps the keys with the holder, avoids bridges and conversions, and still opens the door to liquidity and BTC-native yield.

The part that matters most is how it stays entirely in Bitcoin while trying to solve a problem the industry has struggled with for years.

Worth a listen if you want to understand where Bitcoin utility may be heading next, ft Babylon Labs

Our CEO, Mark Zalan, is taking the stage at Consensus Miami to discuss where Bitcoin payments are headed next.

He’ll join the global payments pivot panel on MBCC Convergence Stage and appear on @CoinDesk TV to talk about GoMining’s latest launch, including GoBTC Pay.

📍Consensus Miami

• MBCC: Convergence Stage, May 7, 12:50 PM EDT.
• CoinDesk TV, May 7, 12:05 PM–12:30 PM EDT.

Our CEO Mark Zalan delivered his keynote at #ConsensusMiami today.

"Bitcoin finally usable as cash." Native Layer 1, no extra complexity, no custody compromise.

Merchant toolkit launches mid-June.

GoMiners, Day 2 at Consensus Miami is wrapped 🌴

Today we took the keynote stage to share GoBTC Pay

Eighteen years after the whitepaper, Bitcoin payments work the way they were meant to - peer-to-peer, on-chain, free for users.

We’re back tomorrow with more

Our CBDO Jeremy Dreier just got off the Coin Desk Live stage at Consensus Miami — here's what went down. 🎙️

Our new partnership with Babylon Labs and GoBTC Pay both launched yesterday, and there's more to shout about today.

Our CEO Mark Zalan hits the Frontier Stage at 11.50 ET to talk live in more detail about GoBTC Pay. Our booth is buzzing, sats are being earned, and an Epic X GoMining Jacob & Co watch is up for grabs.

Who's here? Come and get involved!

GoMiners, your AI can speak GoMining now 🤖

GoMining MCP Server and GoMining AI Skills are here.

Together, they help your AI understand your GoMining setup in a more personal way, from miners and rewards to balances, earning positions, card activity, and market prices.

The MCP Server connects your AI to your GoMining account for account-based answers.

AI Skills give your AI the GoMining knowledge it needs to understand the ecosystem behind those answers.

Want the full breakdown? 👇

🔎 Read more: https://gomining.com/blog/gomining-mcp-server-and-ai-skills

🌞 Sunny Miami Raffle is live

GoMiners, Miami week comes with a special raffle.

From May 5 to May 12, every $5 spent on miner purchases or upgrades gives you 1 ticket. Even a small upgrade can put you in.

170 Solar GoBoxes are up for grabs, each packed with Bonus Miner upgrades ranging from $5 to $500.

To join, open the raffle in the app, tap Take part, then buy or upgrade a miner. More tickets = more chances.

Who’s joining the Sunny Miami raffle? 👀

Your Solar ticket path starts here 👇

https://gomining.com/blog/miami-raffle

Day 1 #ConsensusMiami 🔥

Our booth was absolutely slammed — people lining up to hear how we're making Bitcoin accessible to everyone, building a real decentralized future.

Non-stop chats, huge energy, and our team made so many new friends.

Can't wait for Day 2 tomorrow! Who's coming?

🔗 GoMining × Babylon

GoMiners, a new path is being explored for BTC holders who want more than just holding.

Right now, if you’re looking for yield, you usually face a tradeoff: rely on a centralized setup or move your BTC into a wrapped version.

The direction GoMining × Babylon are exploring looks different.

It starts with BTC, connects it to mining, and keeps everything tied to native Bitcoin — no wrapping, no bridges, no giving up custody.

Curious how this flow comes together? 👇

🔎 Learn more: https://gomining.com/blog/gomining-and-babylon

₿ GoBTC Pay is live: Bitcoin, finally, as money.

GoMiners, today we ship GoBTC Pay — an open Bitcoin payment protocol that does what the whitepaper described, with no compromises:

🔹 Instant confirmation at the point of sale. 🔹 On-chain. Base-layer Bitcoin. The block is the receipt. 🔹 Non-custodial. 2-of-3 multisig — one key on your device, one with GoMining, one with an independent regulated custodian. 🔹 Free for users. 0% spender fee. 🔹 Bitcoin-only. No stablecoins. No wrapped assets. No forced fiat conversion.

Why GoMining can deliver this: we mine the blocks. 15 EH/s of capacity and a dedicated pool prioritising GoBTC Pay transactions, targeting 12-hour on-chain settlement by end of 2026. Owning the settlement layer is what makes the rest possible.

⛏ And miners in the pool get paid for it.

Every merchant transaction carries a 0.2% fee. Half of that — 0.1% — is distributed pro-rata to miners in the GoMining pool. Hashrate gets paid for confirming transactions, on every payment, network-wide. The other 0.1% goes to the wallet that initiated the payment. GoMining keeps nothing from third-party flow.

What ships today: ✅ Non-custodial GoBTC Pay wallet for 5M GoMining users with GoBTC Pay protocol

Coming this quarter: 🔜 POS terminals, merchant dashboard, open SDK, Shopify & Woo plugins

Where would you spend BTC first — coffee, travel, online, events? 👀

🔎 Full post: https://gomining.com/blog/gobtc-pay-bitcoin-finally-as-money