# Luke Dashjr Leaves the OCEAN Mining Pool He Co-Founded, and Takes His Argument Elsewhere

OCEAN produced 2.45 percent of blocks in the trailing day after buying out its co-founder, while the new pool Dashjr is associated with has disclosed no operational footprint.

- Published: 2026-08-31T05:50:12.747Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-31/luke-dashjr-leaves-the-ocean-mining-pool-he-co-founded-and-t
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/veteran-bitcoin-developer-luke-dashjr-exits-ocean-pool-will-hash-power-follow-him-to-new-pool/), [Bitcointalk](https://bitcointalk.org/bitcoin-31.1.torrent)

Luke Dashjr, a long-standing Bitcoin Core contributor, has left OCEAN, the mining pool he helped found, after the pool bought out his stake. OCEAN was built on a specific technical claim: that miners, not pool operators, should construct th…

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