GoMining has launched the Gen1 SDK and API for GoBTC Pay, opening up its Bitcoin-native payment infrastructure to merchants, wallet providers and ecosystem partners.
The rollout marks a new phase for GoBTC Pay, a layer 1 Bitcoin payment protocol designed to support instant, non-custodial transactions. With the Gen1 release, GoBTC Pay goes beyond a closed demo and becomes an open infrastructure layer that third parties can use to build Bitcoin payment experiences into real products and services.
GoMining will initially hire up to ten vendors and ecosystem partners. These early participants will begin integrating GoBTC Pay into their platforms, giving the company an initial rollout group as it works toward broader adoption among merchants, wallets, and payment partners.
Open GoBTC Pay for developers and merchants
The Gen1 SDK and API are designed to GoBTC payment easier for businesses and wallet providers to integrate. The release includes merchant onboarding tools, payment management features, a web-based merchant dashboard, online payment integrations, public documentation for developers, and an open API for wallet providers and institutional partners.
For merchants, the goal is simple: accept Bitcoin payments in a way that’s closer to a familiar digital payment experience. For wallet providers and ecosystem partners, the API creates a path to connect their own products to GoBTC Pay’s Bitcoin payment infrastructure.
GoMining CEO Mark Zalan framed the launch around Bitcoin’s original purpose as a peer-to-peer payment network.
“Satoshi didn’t create Bitcoin to sit in wallets. It was designed to move value between people,” Zalan said. “With the launch of the GoBTC Pay SDK and API, we are giving merchants and wallet providers the infrastructure to bring that vision into the real world in a way that is seamless and intuitive for users.”
That idea is central to the positioning of GoBTC Pay. Rather than just treating Bitcoin as an asset to hold, GoMining is pushing for more everyday payment use cases built around user control and instant Bitcoin settlement.
A non-custodial Bitcoin payment model
One of the main selling points of GoBTC Pay is non-custodial. Users retain control of their BTC, while transactions are settled directly on Bitcoin.
That distinction is central to GoMining’s approach. The company is positioning GoBTC Pay as a way for merchants, wallets and platforms to support Bitcoin payments without requiring customers to convert their assets to fiat before making a purchase.
The product is also designed to provide what GoMining describes as a payment experience similar to a debit card. At the same time, the company says that GoBTC Pay has an expected average settlement window of approximately 12 hours. That means the payment flow is designed to feel fast and seamless for users and merchants, while final settlement still takes place directly on Bitcoin.
Powered by GoMining’s mining infrastructure
GoBTC Pay is powered by GoMining’s 15 EH/s private mempool, built on the Stratum V2 protocol. GoMining says this infrastructure helps prioritize GoBTC Pay transactions and supports settlements through miners in the GoMining pool.
The system also introduces an incentive model aimed at aligning merchants, wallet providers and miners. Merchants pay a 0.2% transaction fee, which is split evenly between participating wallet providers and miners in the GoMining pool that process payments.
This model gives wallet providers a financial incentive to integrate GoBTC Pay, while rewarding miners for helping process payment activities. For GoMining, the structure is part of a broader effort to encourage real Bitcoin transactions for everyday purchases.
Part of a broader Bitcoin ecosystem strategy
The SDK and API launch follows GoMining’s introduction of GoBTC Pay on Consensus Miami and signals a broader push in merchant and wallet adoption.
GoMining describes itself as an all-in-one Bitcoin ecosystem focused on mining, earning and using Bitcoin. The company says it serves 5 million users and is one of the top 10 Bitcoin miners worldwide by hashrate, with data centers in the US and internationally. The product suite includes tokenized hashrate, payment tools and monetization products.
The launch of GoBTC Pay Gen1 adds a new layer to that strategy. In addition to mining and hashrate products, GoMining is now expanding further into Bitcoin payments and merchant-facing infrastructure.
For Bitcoin adoption, the bigger question is whether tools like GoBTC Pay can make BTC easier to use in everyday trading, without compromising the self-governance principles that many Bitcoin users value. GoMining’s answer is to combine merchant tools, wallet integrations, mining infrastructure and a low transaction fee model into one payment network.
The first group of merchants and ecosystem partners will provide an early indication of how that model performs in real-world integrations.