Following a series of disputes over underpaid shares, three large mining pools began publishing verifiable payout records that let participants check their own accruals.
The scheme commits to a summary of accepted shares each round, so a miner can prove inclusion without the pool revealing every participant's contribution.
Independent researchers who reviewed the implementations said the commitments are sound but that pools still control which shares are accepted in the first place.
Smaller pools have been slower to adopt, citing engineering cost, though at least two say they will follow if customers ask.
Miners interviewed described the change as overdue, noting that pool accounting has historically been the least auditable part of their operations.
