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Tether announced April 14th As part of Africa’s strategy, to begin the deployment of current and future Bitcoin (BTC) mining hashrates in marine mining.
This decision illustrates the shift in the company’s operational mining infrastructure to software that allows miners to build block templates independently without relying on centralized intermediaries.
Deployment utilizes Ocean’s distributed alternative templates for the Universal Mining (Datum) Gateway protocol. Datum aims to support low latency high-throughput mining activities across regions with limited internet capacity.
Tether said the protocol design meets internal performance and independence requirements, particularly where network connectivity can result in operational limitations.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the company’s broader Bitcoin mining strategy led the decision, including supporting the infrastructure that contributes to the durability of the base layer.
He added:
“We believe that supporting the decentralization of Bitcoin mining is essential to the long-term integrity of our network.”
Ocean is a decentralized mining pool launched by Luke Dashul, the core developer of Bitcoin.
Mining deployment is based on Tether’s African strategy
Tether’s Ocean mining is based on an ongoing initiative in Africa that invests in infrastructure and user education.
The company recently partnered with Nigerian crypto platform Quidax in a campaign to promote digital asset literacy across multiple countries on the continent.
Through operational mining activities and grassroots educational efforts, Tether aims to expand access to local Bitcoin-related tools that have historically not been left to financial infrastructure.
The company’s statement confirmed that marine deployment in Africa includes on-site deployment of block template software to allow local and autonomous participation in Bitcoin mining.
Integrating datums across global mining operations
According to the announcement, Datum Gateway integration extends to Tether’s international mining footprint, including newly established operations in underserved rural areas across Africa.
The software’s ability to aggregate rig connections under constrained bandwidth conditions is intended to maintain block competitiveness regardless of location.
Giv Zanganeh, vice president of mining at Tether, said the marine adoption followed “a few months of deep technical assessment.” He added that Datum Protocol’s modular architecture provides the operational flexibility needed for a company’s distributed mining strategy.
Datum allows miners to bypass the default block building process managed by a central pool by controlling transaction selection. As a result, miners can create their own block templates using nodes without the need for a third-party server.
Ocean’s leadership welcomed Tether’s participation. Pool Chairman and CTO Dashjr said the deployment “reinforces the importance of censorship resistant mining protocols.”
Ocean president Mark Artymko added that Tether’s participation confirms the pool’s commitment to network neutrality and open access to Bitcoin infrastructure.
This approach reflects a recent focus on combining physical infrastructure deployment with direct community outreach to integrate industrial operations with local economic engagement strategies.
