GoMining unveils GoBTC Pay Gen1 SDK and API to enable Bitcoin payments for merchants and wallets

GoMining has unveiled the GoBTC Pay Gen1 SDK and API, an infrastructure offering intended to help merchants, wallets and ecosystem partners incorporate Bitcoin transactions into everyday commerce. The company said it will onboard up to 10 merchants and ecosystem partners at launch to begin integrating GoBTC Pay into their products and services.

What GoBTC Pay Gen1 includes

GoMining said participants will receive merchant onboarding tools, payment management features, online payment integrations, developer documentation, an open API and a web-based dashboard designed to streamline Bitcoin payment acceptance.

Mark Zalan, CEO of GoMining, said the rollout is aimed at enabling Bitcoin to be used in real-world transactions. “Satoshi didn’t create Bitcoin to sit idle in wallets. It was designed to move value between people,” he said. Zalan added: “With the launch of the GoBTC Pay SDK and API, we’re giving merchants and wallet providers the infrastructure to bring that vision into real-world commerce in a way that is seamless and intuitive for users.”

Settlement approach and infrastructure

GoMining said GoBTC Pay is designed to settle directly on Bitcoin while allowing users to maintain ownership of their assets throughout the transaction process, rather than relying on custodial intermediaries or fiat conversion.

The platform leverages GoMining’s private 15EH/s mempool infrastructure and Stratum V2 technology to prioritize transactions. The company said it is targeting an average settlement period of approximately 12 hours.

Incentive model

GoMining introduced an incentive model in which merchants pay a 0.2% transaction fee. The fee is split equally between participating wallet providers and miners processing settlements, according to the company.

Company background

Founded in 2021, GoMining is a Bitcoin mining platform that enables users to earn BTC through NFT-linked hashrate rather than owning mining hardware, with operations managed across global data centers.

The company is backed by Bitscale Capital, powered by Bitmain infrastructure, and secured institutionally through BitGo custody. It also has advisory backing from Tal Cohen and Victor Orlovski. Cohen, described as a former CEO of Kraken US and an ex-McKinsey and Google executive, joined GoMining’s Advisory Board last June.