Foundry USA Pool, the largest Bitcoin mining pool in the world, has just refunded 8.18 BTC (approximately $777,000) in mistakenly paid transaction fees. The incident occurred on December 19 when a transaction in block 875475 had a fee 91,127 times higher than necessary.

- Foundry contacted the sender and refunded the fee after assessment. Foundry's payout system is unaffected, as it skips the three highest and lowest fees each day.

- This is the second recent incident, following Antpool's refund of $3 million in Bitcoin fees in November 2023.

- Foundry currently leads the market with a hash rate of 273.6 EH/s, accounting for 38% market share, compared to Antpool with 146.7 EH/s and 18% market share. 🚀

- Recently, Foundry has cut 60% of its workforce as part of a restructuring strategy.