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<\/p>\nJuly 2025 has been an intense month for the mining community. We\u2019ve seen the end of an era with Horizen\u2019s departure, major infrastructure upgrades from Flux, and another round of reward reductions. Below is a detailed overview of what happened this month at 2Miners.<\/p>\n
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On July 22, 2025<\/strong>, mining of Horizen (ZEN)<\/strong> officially ended on 2Miners. This followed the project\u2019s announcement of a major transition to the Base network (an Ethereum Layer 2 solution)<\/strong>. As part of this strategic shift, the Horizen blockchain ceased operations at block 1,807,300<\/strong>, on July 23 at 6:00 UTC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Our ZEN mining pool was shut down on July 22 at 12:00 UTC<\/strong> to allow for all final payouts to be processed before the hard fork.<\/p>\n Final payouts were sent to all miners successfully.<\/strong><\/p>\n We are saddened by this abrupt change \u2014 the decision to migrate came as a surprise to us and the community. You can read more about Horizen’s upgrade on their official announcement page<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you’re looking for an alternative Equihash coin to mine, we strongly recommend Zcash (ZEC)<\/strong>. BTC payouts are available!<\/p>\n The Flux development team has released Flux Daemon v8.0.0<\/strong>, a major upgrade that brings important structural changes ahead of the upcoming v9 fork<\/strong> planned for Q4 2025.<\/p>\n Key changes include:<\/strong><\/p>\n This release lays the groundwork for major architectural changes expected in Flux v9. All node operators are strongly encouraged to upgrade as soon as possible.<\/p>\n In accordance with the official Ergo Tokenomics<\/strong> and Emission Schedule<\/strong>, the block reward has been reduced.<\/p>\n Another planned reduction in the Kaspa emission schedule<\/strong> has occurred as part of the Kaspa Crescendo Hard Fork process.<\/p>\n Karlsen block rewards have been reduced in line with the Karlsencoin Emission Schedule<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As always, check 2CryptoCalc<\/a> to see up-to-date profitability and plan your strategy accordingly.<\/p>\n That wraps up the key events of July 2025. Follow us on X (Twitter)<\/a> and join our Telegram community<\/a> for instant updates and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 2025 has been an intense month for the mining community. We\u2019ve seen the end of an era with Horizen\u2019s departure, major infrastructure upgrades from Flux, and another round of reward reductions. Below is a detailed overview of what happened this month at 2Miners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
Flux v8.0.0 \u2013 Major Node Upgrade<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nBlock Reward Reduction<\/h2>\n
ERGO (ERG)<\/h3>\n
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KASPA (KAS)<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nKarlsen (KLS)<\/h3>\n
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