{"id":72132,"date":"2026-05-06T12:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/gomining-launches-gobtc-at-consensus-miami-targeting-bitcoins-long-awaited-payments-layer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:27:12","slug":"gomining-launches-gobtc-at-consensus-miami-targeting-bitcoins-long-awaited-payments-layer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/gomining-launches-gobtc-at-consensus-miami-targeting-bitcoins-long-awaited-payments-layer\/","title":{"rendered":"Gomining Launches GoBTC at Consensus Miami, Targeting Bitcoin&#8217;s Long-Awaited Payments Layer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> Gomining launched GoBTC at Consensus Miami in May 2026, targeting 12-hour <span>BTC<\/span> settlement at a 0.2% fee.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> The 0.2% merchant fee undercuts card processors charging 1.5\u20133.5%, with fees split between wallets and miners.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> Any wallet provider can integrate GoBTC; Gomining is dedicating a mining pool to confirm its transactions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What GoBTC Is<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">At checkout, GoBTC gives merchants instant authorization, meaning transactions register in real time. Onchain settlement on the <span>Bitcoin<\/span> network finalizes within 12 hours, using <span>Bitcoin<\/span>\u2019s base layer directly rather than routing through a <span>sidechain<\/span>, payment channel, or intermediary custodian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The protocol is non-custodial and free for users, and merchants pay a flat 0.2% fee, split evenly between wallet providers and <span>bitcoin<\/span> miners. For context, traditional card processors charge between 1.5% and 3.5% per transaction. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_812041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-812041\" style=\"width:738px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-812041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">GoBTC is open infrastructure meaning that any wallet provider can integrate the protocol, and Gomining is dedicating a specific mining pool to confirming GoBTC transactions, giving the payment layer dedicated block space without competing with standard <span>bitcoin<\/span> traffic. The company is targeting full 12-hour onchain settlement across the system by the end of 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Why Now?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> <span>Bitcoin<\/span>\u2019s whitepaper, published 17 years ago, described the network as a \u201cpeer-to-peer electronic cash system.\u201d By most measures, that vision has remained elusive in daily commerce because in the U.S., only around 2,300 businesses accept <span>bitcoin<\/span> directly, despite 22% of American adults owning it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The <span>Lightning Network<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitcoin<\/a>\u2019s primary payment layer, introduced in 2018 to solve this, took seven years to reach $1 billion in monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-trading-volume\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">volume<\/a>. And, while Lightning has since made genuine progress, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CoinMarketCap\/status\/2024879272792338904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">processing $1.17 billion in volume<\/a> in November 2025 and over 12 million monthly transactions as of 2026, its routing complexity and limited merchant adoption have kept widespread use at bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">GoBTC takes a different architectural bet wherein it settles directly onchain using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitcoin<\/a>\u2019s block confirmation mechanism, with Gomining\u2019s mining infrastructure absorbing the settlement latency. Whether the model scales past early integrations will depend on wallet provider uptake and how merchants respond to authorization-before-settlement timing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">For Gomining, the launch marks an expansion beyond its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/bitcoin-mining-gamified-inside-miner-wars-and-the-gomining-ecosystem-with-cpo-dan-otryvanoff\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">mining-as-a-service roots<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> into the payments infrastructure layer, a bet that the company best positioned to confirm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitcoin<\/a> transactions is also the one best placed to settle them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/gomining-gobtc-bitcoin-payment-protocol-consensus-miami-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways: Gomining launched GoBTC at Consensus Miami in May 2026, targeting 12-hour BTC settlement at a 0.2% fee. The 0.2% merchant fee undercuts card processors charging 1.5\u20133.5%, with fees split between wallets and miners. 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