EMCD, Vnish integrate pool and firmware to boost uptime

EMCD announced a partnership with Vnish to combine its mining pool services with Vnish’s third-party ASIC firmware into a single setup. The companies said the arrangement aims to raise miner uptime, reduce rejected shares and increase returns. New clients that adopt both services will receive special partner terms intended to lower operating costs.

EMCD described its pool environment as offering up to 99.9% uptime and low-latency connectivity. Vnish’s firmware delivers chip-level autotuning, dynamic load balancing and real-time performance monitoring. Operators can monitor machine behavior, connection quality and reject rates inside the same environment used for pool activity.

EMCD provided figures showing stock firmware can reduce potential mining performance by as much as 25%. The partners estimated latency-related rejected shares can account for roughly 2% to 5% of monthly revenue. They also noted that 1% downtime in a year equals about 3.65 days of lost operating time.

Vnish reported its firmware can cut energy consumption by up to 25%, improve efficiency between 8% and 20% versus stock firmware, and increase hashrate by as much as 24%.

The companies plan deeper product integration, expanded automation, stronger fleet monitoring and flexible pricing for different miner segments. They said the combined offering will give operators control over the performance path from ASIC chip settings through pool connectivity, allowing quicker identification of where tuning or network changes could recover lost output without buying new hardware.

Konstantin Zherebtsov, general manager of Mining Pool EMCD, stated: “Mining today is defined by operational efficiency rather than nominal hashrate. Our partnership with Vnish is focused on providing miners with a proven, integrated solution that improves performance, reduces losses, and potentially might increase overall profitability.” Bradley Peak, global head of sales at Vnish, added: “With Bitcoin’s price and nBits where they are today, many miners are simply shutting off. Staying profitable now comes down to maximizing miner efficiency while also minimizing firmware and pool fees. This partnership enables both.”

EMCD launched in 2017 as an industrial Bitcoin mining operation in Europe and has expanded into a global mining pool and digital asset platform offering wallet, P2P, yield, liquidity and white-label tools. Vnish develops third-party ASIC firmware that adjusts voltage and frequency, manages thermals and provides flexible performance profiles and fleet monitoring. A 2025 industry survey showed Vnish held 26.4% of the surveyed third-party firmware market.