EkanemBTC

https://ekanembtc.com

miner-validator

EkanemBTC (ekanembtc.com) — miner / “validator”

EkanemBTC refers to a Bitcoin mining-pool identity (i.e., a pool/solo-pool brand used to label mined blocks via the coinbase/pool tag), rather than a distinct on-chain “validator” entity in the Proof-of-Stake sense. In Bitcoin, miners also perform block validation as part of block construction and consensus. (bitcointalk.org)

What it is

• A South Africa–based Bitcoin mining pool branded as “EkanemBTC,” promoted on Bitcointalk as “South Africa’s Premiere Bitcoin Pool.” (bitcointalk.org)
• The Bitcointalk announcement states it was started by an operator based in South Africa, and provides a contact email identified as raphael.obishi@gmail.com. (bitcointalk.org)
• The announcement also states a 0.5% pool fee. (bitcointalk.org)

Historical mining activity (as publicly indexed)

• In the Bitcointalk post dated December 31, 2016, the operator reports the pool’s first block as block 445752, found on 2016-12-30 04:42:24, with 12.50 BTC subsidy and 0.2167723 BTC fees (as stated in the post). (bitcointalk.org)
• Newhedge’s “EkanemBTC” mining-pool pages show Blocks Mined Cumulative: 1 and Cumulative Coinbase (BTC): 13.61 BTC (subsidy + fees, per its display). (newhedge.io)

Where the “EkanemBTC” label appears

• Third-party mining/pool datasets and APIs enumerate ekanembtc as a pool identifier (e.g., as a selectable pool key in Bitcoin mining data endpoints). (bitcoinminingcost.com)

Website: https://ekanembtc.com (site was not retrievable in my fetch at the time of lookup due to a gateway error). ([]())