KuCoin AMA With GoMining (GOMINING) — GameFi Meets Real Mining: Inside the GoMining and Miner Wars Experience
KuCoin AMA With GoMining (GOMINING) — GameFi Meets Real Mining: Inside the GoMining and Miner Wars Experience
Dear KuCoin Users,
Time: June 18, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:42 AM
KuCoin recently hosted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session in the KuCoin Exchange Group, featuring Mark Zalan, CEO of GoMining.
Official Website: https://gomining.com/
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Q&A from KuCoin to GoMining
Q: Tell us about the GoMining project. Where did it start and where is it today?
Mark: We are building a dynamic ecosystem that empowers our community to earn Bitcoin and participate directly in the Bitcoin economy. Our journey began with the democratization of Bitcoin mining, offering users the ability to purchase mining power from our advanced datacenters. This approach made Bitcoin mining accessible to everyone, not just large-scale operators.
Today, our ecosystem is focused around two core products:
Digital Miners:
Seamlessly buy, upgrade, and manage mining power, earning daily Bitcoin rewards. Our marketplace also allows users to trade miners, enhancing flexibility and liquidity.
Miner Wars:
Join the first competitive game where teams battle for Bitcoin rewards, inspired by real-world mining pools. Players can strategize, form clans, and use GoMining tokens to boost their chances of winning valuable game blocks.
We have about 3.6 million users registered within our ecosystem now. More than 8 million Th has been sold in the form of digital miner NFTs. We've been growing double digits month over month for the past 2 years. And have an extensive product roadmap that we look forward to discussing with you today.
Q: What are key products GoMining offers to its community?
Mark: We have two core product lines that are both designed to make Bitcoin mining accessible to people:
Digital Miners:
Purchase mining power from our state-of-the-art datacenters, starting from as little as 1 TH and scaling up to thousands of TH. Bitcoin mining rewards are delivered daily, there are option to upgrade your mining power and efficiency at any time, and access our exclusive marketplace to buy or resell miners seamlessly.
Miner Wars:
Experience the first-ever game where players compete in teams for Bitcoin rewards. Inspired by real-world Bitcoin mining pools, Miner Wars lets clans battle for game blocks that yield both Bitcoin and GoMining token rewards.
Players can boost their chances of winning blocks by purchasing special spells using GoMining tokens, adding a layer of strategy and excitement to the competition. This is a gamified experience of what bitcoin mining in the real world looks and feels like.
Q: What is the role of GOMINING tokens in the ecosystem? What utility does it give to GoMiners?
Mark: Our utility token is designed to enhance and power your experience across the entire ecosystem, offering a range of valuable benefits:
Exclusive Discounts:
Up to 20% discount on digital miner maintenance and electricity costs when you pay with our token, maximizing your mining profitability.
Miner Wars Gameplay:
Use the token to purchase powerful spells in Miner Wars, giving you a strategic edge and increasing your chances to win rewards.
Governance Participation:
Holders of the token gain governance rights, allowing you to actively participate in protocol management and help shape the future of the ecosystem.
Marketplace Access:
Seamlessly buy and sell digital miners on our marketplace using the token, ensuring smooth and efficient transactions.
Q: Tell us about GoMIning tokenomics, what is unique about it?
Mark: We love this question! Our token operates on a deflationary model designed to steadily reduce supply and increase scarcity. Every week, all tokens used for digital miner maintenance and electricity are burned, permanently removing them from circulation. Fewer new tokens are minted in return, with the exact amount determined by our tokenomics epoch and community voting as part of the governance process. We maintain full transparency by regularly communicating token distribution details, and our community actively participates in decisions on how newly minted tokens are allocated. Every Tuesday, newly minted GOMINING tokens are distributed in fixed proportions across the ecosystem:
- 65% to hashpower service providers
- 20% to veGOMINING vote holders as rewards
- 10% as GOMINING rewards for the community
- 5% to the GoMining team
As we were designing the ecosystem we wanted to make sure that long term holding of the token made sense in and of itself, and so the deflationary model is designed to capture long term value in addition to the benefits it provides when used with other services.
Q: What is ahead for GoMining? What new products do you plan to launch in the next few months?
Mark: We’re focused on expanding our Bitcoin-powered ecosystem with a number of products rolling out shortly:
BTCfi-Focused Launchpad: A platform for launching new Bitcoin-based financial products.
Debit Cards: Enabling users to spend their Bitcoin rewards directly.
Marketplace Expansion: Soon, users will be able to book hotels, flights, and more using either Bitcoin rewards or GoMining tokens.
The overall focus is to continue building value and utility within the ecosystem. Here is a useful video that talks about how the ecosystem is structured and what's in store.
Q: What is GoMining's ultimate mission?
Mark: We want to drive Bitcoin adoption. We see a number of ways we can contribute to that goal by making access to Bitcoin mining economics available to everyone. But working to make transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain possible for everyday purchases. By building utility into the ecosystem. Both BTC and Gomining.
Q: Why do you think the KuCoin community should invest in the GoMining token?
Mark: GoMining is one of the most efficient Bitcoin-centric ecosystems available. We provide multiple ways for users to earn Bitcoin, through mining and GameFi and soon launch a variety of tools to engage with the Bitcoin ecosystem including debit cards, a products and services marketplace, and lending that will use digital miners as collateral. Our token is the gateway to all these opportunities, and with the rapid growth of our community, demand for our products is rising while token supply is continually decreasing due to our deflationary model. These two forces, expanding utility and reducing supply, are powerful drivers for token appreciation.
Free-Ask from the KuCoin Community to GoMining
Q: For new users unfamiliar with mining, how does GoMining ensure a smooth experience from purchase to BTC rewards?
Mark: We've spent the past 4+ years working on an answer to this question.
GoMining is designed specifically to remove the technical and financial barriers that have traditionally made Bitcoin mining inaccessible to most people. New users can begin mining almost instantly by purchasing a digital miner NFT directly through the GoMining app or website, with entry points as low as $25.99.
Each digital miner represents a real share of mining power in GoMining’s global data centers, eliminating the need for users to buy or maintain any physical hardware. The platform’s interface is intuitive and user-friendly, guiding users step-by-step from purchase to daily rewards. Once a miner is purchased, it automatically starts generating Bitcoin rewards, which accumulate daily and can be withdrawn at any time to an external BTC wallet with zero fees.
Users can monitor their mining activity, upgrade their miners for greater efficiency, and even sell their NFTs on the GoMining marketplace or third-party platforms. The process is seamless, with no technical setup required, and GoMining provides immediate customer support and educational resources to help newcomers understand mining and maximize their returns.
Q: What are the key milestones on your roadmap — both things you have already achieved and things that we can look forward to? Any partnerships and short/long term technical milestones that you want to talk about or bring some attention to?
Mark: Lots of things to talk about here, but a few highlights are:
- Rolled out NFT-backed digital miners with customizable power (1–5,000 TH/s).
- Expanded to 8.3+ million TH/s hashrate and 350 MW global data center capacity.
- Integrated with 10+ exchanges and introduced the Miner Wars game.
- Partnered with Bitmain for advanced ASIC hardware and joined the Bitcoin Mining Council for sustainability initiatives.
Upcoming:
We are focused on reaching 10M registered users and 500k+ unique miner holders
We should get there by launching new products to our ecosystem such as GoMining Academy to on-board web2.0 audience to web3.0 and Bitcoin in particular, debit card that will provide mining THs as a cashback reward for usage, creating a market place where users can buy flights, hotels, etc, a set of financial products including lending collateralized by digital miners, etc.
Q: Can you provide a detailed overview of the 'Miner Wars' game? What unique features does it offer, and how does it integrate with the mining aspect of GoMining?
Mark: A detailed overview in this format is probably a bit difficult to do. Here is a summary that we use.
Miner Wars is a strategy-based game built on top of GoMining’s real Bitcoin mining infrastructure. Players participate by owning digital miner NFTs, which represent actual mining power in GoMining’s data centers. The game is organized into multiple leagues—named Starter, Dune, Horizon, Eclipse, and Odyssey—each offering higher multipliers and more substantial rewards as players progress.
Players join clans and compete in rounds that are synchronized with the creation of new Bitcoin blocks, typically every 10–20 minutes. Points are earned based on the mining power players contribute, and various boosts or upgrades can be applied to improve performance. Clans and individual players compete for top positions, with the best performers earning real Bitcoin and GOMINING token rewards.
The game features a dynamic promotion and relegation system, where clans move between leagues based on their weekly performance. Miner Wars also provides welcome packs for newcomers and advanced leagues for more experienced players, ensuring both accessibility and depth. Because the game’s rewards are directly tied to actual mining output, players’ in-game actions have real-world financial impact.
Miner Wars is unique in its integration of gaming mechanics with real mining economics, allowing users to strategize, collaborate, and compete for tangible cryptocurrency rewards. The game continues to evolve, regularly introducing new features and competitive elements to keep the experience fresh and engaging.
If you have specific questions, I am happy to answer those.
Q: With tokenized hashrate as GoMining’s core model, how do you plan to mitigate centralization risks and ensure transparent auditability of the actual mining power behind each NFT or token? Could a future DAO model help democratize decision-making around resource allocation or hardware upgrades?
Mark: That's a great question! Our main priority is making a simple and accessible product available to our users. That is an overarching goal that drives all of our development and architecture decisions. There are many technologies that become available that are not yet ready for a large audience that is not looking to become a technical expert in bleeding edge development, but rather want a simple user experience.
GoMining’s core innovation is the tokenization of Bitcoin mining hashrate through NFTs, which represent verifiable shares of real-world mining power. To mitigate centralization risks, GoMining is developing mechanisms for transparent on-chain validation, allowing users to independently verify the actual mining capacity backing their NFTs.
This approach ensures that each digital miner is tied to genuine, auditable mining infrastructure, reducing the risk of opaque or fraudulent claims. We are constantly exploring the implementation of decentralized governance models, including a potential DAO framework.
We manage centralization risks by geographically diversifying our infrastructure, investing in its redundancy, resilience, etc, however, some inherent centralization, and risks inherent in it is likely to be a feature of any solution that is seeking to abstract a highly technical process in order to create a simplified user experience for a wide audience
With regards to DAO, as we discussed, we have a very robust governance process today that is in many way modeled on the best practices we see in the DAO world. Whether that ends up transitioning to something specifically called a DAO in the future, is a possibility, but at the moment we don't see a clear strategic imperative to take that step. We have a very vibrant user community that participates in real-world decision making as part of our ecosystem on a weekly basis and making changes to the process, DAO or otherwise, has to provide tangible additional benefits in order to make sense.
Its a broad topic that is a bit difficult to give full justice to in this forum, but I hope the answer above provides an insight into our thinking on this.
Q: What exclusive benefits or upcoming campaigns will KuCoin users get by being part of the GoMining ecosystem?
Mark: We have exclusive campaigns for KuCoin users such as the 72,000 GOMINING token prize pool and special events with the GoMining team.
There will be others as well as we are hoping to continue building out the partnership between KuCoin and GoMining
Q: Are there plans to introduce PvP or collaborative gameplay in the Miner Wars ecosystem?
Mark: Well its already very collaborative as its built around clan formation, coordination, etc. PVP not sure how that would apply as its design is inspired by the real world process of mining Bitcoin however, we are looking to develop it as a stand alone product, so that may be a possibility going forward as it develops on its own.
There are 40k players there now providing many development ideas and a ton of feedback, so there is a large development effort going, and an extensive road map that is focused on continuous development in terms of mechanics and capabilities.
Q: Imagine GoMining launched a ‘Mine-to-Earn’ game where players actively manage mining rigs virtually with real BTC rewards — is this concept something the team has considered, and what challenges might arise merging gaming with industrial-scale mining?
Mark: That was the idea behind Miner Wars! Our ultimate goal, as we talked about above, is to drive Bitcoin adoption by simplifying core pieces of the Bitcoin ecosystem for normal people. Making a gamified version of the very complex world of bitcoin mining appears somewhat counter to that goal, at first glance.
We want to make participation in Bitcoin mining simpler.
Q: What’s one bold goal your team is aiming for in the next 18 months, and what key innovation will help you get there?
Mark: One of the next big milestones is hitting 10 million terahash within our network. We are at 8.3 roughly now, so its within reach, but we still need to focus on discipline to get there.
Another milestone we are focused on is expanding our ecosystem to include financial services enabled by Bitcoin mining, such as fee-free transaction processing on bitcoin, collateralized lending using digital assets, etc.
Q: Amid rising ESG demands, how is GoMining leveraging renewable‑energy partnerships, carbon offsets, and low‑power ASIC tech to scale its hashrate responsibly—and will GOMINING token holders benefit directly from these green‑mining efforts?
Mark: That's another question that's difficult to cover fully in this forum. We are focused on taking advantage of renewables wherever possible, and roughly 35% of our power is from renewable sources now, mostly hydro. We have a strong economic incentive to be as energy efficient as possible, as electricity costs are a core component of our base cost. We have a continuous program of hardware upgrades as new more efficient models come out, that constantly swaps out older equipment for new technologies.
GoMining token holders benefit from the energy efficiency of our infrastructure directly as they are able to take advantage of more energy efficient equipment within our ecosystem.
Q: Can you tell us more about the background and experience of the people behind the GoMining token? What makes them uniquely qualified to develop and manage the GoMining token?
Mark: Our background is in technology, blockchain, fintech, construction and maintenance of data centers, etc. Ultimately, you need a large and diverse group of people to build and maintain an ecosystem such as ours. I am very happy and proud that we have been able to assemble such a group across multiple countries and multiple continents.
Q: What specific discounts or benefits do GOMINING token holders receive when paying for digital miner maintenance?
Mark: There is an up to 20% discount when paying for electricity and maintenance with GoMining tokens.
Q: Do you allow suggestions and feedback from the community? Are we allowed in decision making? Do you put community into consideration?
Mark: Yes, as we discussed above, our community is directly involved in project governance, voting on features, rewards distribution, etc.
Q: How does GoMining ensure uptime and transparency of the real hardware backing the NFTs?
Mark: We have a dedicated team of very smart people working on this 24x7 since 2017 when we got started in this business.
Q: Is your platform suitable for Crypto Beginners? Or does it only limited for professional users?
Mark: It is specifically designed for people that are just starting out. There is a free trial period as well, so please feel free to give it a try.
Q: I want to know if your $GOMINING token is still available on any exchange? How can I buy your $GOMINING tokens?
Mark: We have listed now on KuCoin.
Q: Is your project a community only for English speaking countries or for users not of other languages?
Mark: No, absolutely not, we have many languages in our community and our support team is able to converse in multiple languages as well. Please take a look at gomining.com for all of our support options both in terms of languages and platforms.
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