MARA mines first Bitcoin block with Stratum V2

MARA mines a block with Stratum V2

MARA, the Bitcoin mining company, has mined its first Bitcoin block using Stratum V2, according to a report by CriptoNoticias published on 11 November 2026. The report did not state when the block was found, at what height, or what reward it carried.

Stratum V2 is a mining protocol. According to CriptoNoticias, its aim is to return to individual miners part of the decision-making power that pool operators currently hold. In a mining pool, many miners combine their computing power and share the rewards; the pool operator normally decides which transactions are assembled into the block the pool works on.

The report frames the protocol as a change in how that choice is distributed between miners and pool operators. It did not say how many MARA machines or what share of the company's hashrate ran on Stratum V2 for the block, nor whether MARA plans to extend its use.

MARA has not published a statement on the block that is reflected in the report. CriptoNoticias did not give the block's timestamp, so it is not clear how recent the event is relative to the publication date.

Updated 13 November 2026

MARA Pool debuted the protocol but did not specify whether it included the feature that gives miners autonomy and freedom, according to CriptoNoticias.