EMCD, Vnish pair pool services with ASIC firmware

EMCD announced a partnership with Vnish to integrate its mining pool services with Vnish’s ASIC firmware. The companies expect the combined setup to increase hashrate by up to 24%, reduce energy use by up to 25% and deliver pool uptime near 99.9%.

The agreement links EMCD’s low-latency pool environment and uptime commitments with Vnish’s firmware features, including chip-level autotuning, dynamic load balancing and real-time performance monitoring. New customers that adopt both offerings are eligible for partner terms intended to lower operating costs for miners running the integrated software and pool configuration.

EMCD provided figures it says show stock firmware configurations can reduce mining performance by as much as 25%, while latency-related rejected shares can cut another 2% to 5% of monthly revenue. The partners said combining firmware optimization and pool management in one operational environment gives operators clearer visibility into machine behavior, connection quality and reject rates so they can tune devices without adding new hardware.

Vnish’s firmware supplies voltage and frequency control, thermal management and flexible performance profiles. The company reported efficiency gains of 8% to 20% versus stock firmware, potential energy reductions up to 25% and hashrate increases up to 24% through autotuning and load balancing. EMCD reported its pool provides near 99.9% uptime and low-latency connectivity; the partners noted that 1% annual downtime equals about 3.65 days of lost operating time.

Konstantin Zherebtsov, General Manager of EMCD’s mining pool, said, “Mining today is defined by operational efficiency rather than nominal hashrate.” Bradley Peak, Global Head of Sales at Vnish, commented, “Staying profitable now comes down to maximizing miner efficiency while also minimizing firmware and pool fees. Combined monitoring makes it easier to identify where tuning can improve returns without new hardware investment.”

The companies plan deeper product integration over time, with more automation, expanded monitoring and tiered pricing for different sizes of mining operations. EMCD began as an industrial Bitcoin mining operation in Europe in 2017 and now offers a mining pool plus a digital asset platform with wallet, peer-to-peer trading, yield and liquidity products and white-label APIs. A 2025 industry survey cited by the partners identified Vnish as the largest third-party ASIC firmware provider by market share among surveyed offerings.

The announcement targets operators seeking higher effective hashrate from existing fleets through software and connectivity changes rather than by expanding physical capacity.