F2Pool Launches NAT Dual-Layer Rewards in Bitcoin Mining

F2Pool, a prominent mining pool, has introduced NAT dual-layer rewards within blocks. This innovation marks the beginning of the 'block companion token' era in Bitcoin mining. Miners can now earn both BTC and NAT while mining concurrently.

NAT is a Bitcoin-native asset that shares computing power, public blockchain, block, and address with BTC. It is generated every ten minutes per block, with approximately 386 million NAT produced per block. The current value of each block is around $100, and the total market capitalization is about $100 million.

Previously, only SpiderPool supported this mechanism, but F2Pool's integration expands NAT to mainstream computing power entry points. This could promote a new revenue model for miners: 'mine BTC + earn companion coins.'