Bethesda-based Bitcoin mining service provider announces groundbreaking customer protections and decentralized mining partnership.
Sazmining, a prominent Bitcoin Mining-as-a-Service (BMaaS) provider, announced two major industry developments on September 10, 2025, that could reshape customer expectations in the mining sector: a full integration with the OCEAN decentralized mining pool and the industry’s first Annual Rig Performance Guarantee.
The dual announcement positions Sazmining at the forefront of efforts to increase transparency and customer protection in Bitcoin mining operations. The OCEAN integration, backed by prominent figures Jack Dorsey and Luke Dashjr, represents a significant shift toward decentralized mining infrastructure.
Revolutionary Customer Protection
The Annual Rig Performance Guarantee marks an unprecedented move in the mining industry, where equipment performance has traditionally been subject to market volatility and operational uncertainties. While specific terms of the guarantee were not disclosed, the initiative addresses long-standing customer concerns about mining profitability and equipment reliability.
“The core ethos of Bitcoin has always been about giving people control over their own value,” said Kent Halliburton, CEO and Co-Founder of Sazmining. “By integrating with OCEAN, we’re ensuring our clients mine in the most decentralized and transparent way possible, with rewards flowing straight to their wallets.”
Decentralization Push
The OCEAN integration eliminates custodial risks by paying block rewards directly to miners’ wallets, providing unprecedented transparency into transaction selection and mining operations. Unlike traditional mining pools, OCEAN gives miners full visibility into the transactions their hashrate secures.
Sazmining is also building its own block templates with DATUM and propagating blocks found using Knots, further decentralizing the mining process and strengthening Bitcoin’s network resilience.
This development comes as the Bitcoin mining industry continues consolidating, with larger players like Marathon Digital Holdings diversifying into AI computing to offset reduced block rewards following the April 2024 halving event. The broader regulatory environment has also shown signs of softening, with the Federal Reserve ending its “Novel Activities Supervision Program” for banks’ crypto dealings on September 9, shifting oversight back to standard channels.
The announcement reflects broader institutional validation of Bitcoin mining, as corporate holdings now exceed 6% of Bitcoin’s total supply, with inflows totaling $12.5 billion in 2025 alone.
