Bitcoin Miner Marathon to Start 'Slipstream' to Make Complex BTC Transactions Faster.
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Bitcoin Miner Marathon to Start 'Slipstream' to Make Complex BTC Transactions Faster
Marathon will be the first publicly traded miner to offer such a service by utilizing its own mining pool.
By Aoyon Ashraf
Feb 22, 2024 at 7:47 p.m. GMT
Updated Feb 22, 2024 at 7:49 p.m. GMT

Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital starts 'Slipstream' to make complex BTC transactions faster (CoinDesk)

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Slipstream will help expedite the processing of "non-standard" Bitcoin transactions.
Marathon will be the first publicly traded miner to offer such a service by utilizing its own mining pool.
Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital (MARA) to roll out Slipstream - a new offering that will help expedite the processing of complex transactions.
Slipstream will make the confirmation of large or "non-standard" bitcoin transactions easier, cutting out the delay and complication users often face during such process, the company said in a press release. If a complex transaction meets Marathon's minimum fee threshold and conforms to the network's consensus rules, the miner will add the transaction to the members pool or mempool for mining, the miner said. Mempools are essentially waiting rooms for Bitcoin transactions.
