ViaBTC’s Ambassador Program pays approved ambassadors 20% of eligible platform-fee revenue generated by referred miners, double the 10% rate of the standard referral tier. Standard referrals last 12 months, while ambassador referrals continue while ambassador status remains valid. New referred users can receive a 30-day coupon offering 50% off mining-pool fees. Rewards are credited daily, with ViaBTC listing 08:30 UTC+8 as the processing time. Applicants currently need at least five valid referred users from the previous month, plus invited-hashrate requirements. Ambassadors must maintain at least 10 valid referred users per month to keep the upgraded status under current published rules.
The 20% rate is not taken from a referred miner’s full mining income. ViaBTC calculates ambassador rewards from eligible service-fee revenue produced after the referred account connects hashrate and generates mining profit. A registration that never mines produces no referral payment.
That distinction changes how referral numbers should be read. Ten registered users with no connected equipment may produce $0 in referral payments, while a smaller group running active ASIC miners can generate recurring fees for as long as their mining activity continues and the ambassador remains qualified.
ViaBTC uses two referral levels. The standard tier pays 10% for 12 months from the referred user’s registration date, while the ambassador tier pays 20% during the period in which ambassador status remains valid. The higher tier therefore doubles the published percentage and removes the standard 12-month limit while qualification is maintained.
| Program detail | General referral | Ambassador referral |
|---|---|---|
| Referral rate | 10% | 20% |
| Referral period | 12 months | While ambassador status remains valid |
| Minimum valid referrals to apply | Not required | 5 in the previous month |
| Ongoing referral requirement | Not stated | 10 valid users per month |
| Review time | Not applicable | Up to 7 business days |
The program also carries existing referral relationships into the ambassador tier after approval. ViaBTC states that qualifying general referrals are upgraded rather than requiring the referred miners to open new accounts, so a network built before approval can move from the 10% structure to the 20% structure under the applicable rules.
A referral is counted at the main-account level. Sub-accounts can inherit the referral relationship, but multiple sub-accounts under one main account do not become separate valid referred users for ambassador qualification.
That account structure matters when measuring the five-user application threshold and the monthly requirement of 10 valid referred users. A mining company operating one main ViaBTC account with several worker or sub-account arrangements still counts as one valid referred user for the ambassador assessment.
ViaBTC also excludes merged-mining coin revenue from referral-reward calculations under its published referral rules. The ambassador therefore receives 20% of eligible platform-fee revenue covered by the referral program, not 20% of every coin or auxiliary asset produced by the referred miner.
The payment schedule is unusually frequent for a referral program. ViaBTC states that referral rewards are allocated daily at about 08:30 UTC+8, although actual account crediting can be delayed. That gives an ambassador as many as 365 settlement events in a normal year rather than waiting for a monthly or quarterly affiliate cycle.
There is no published upper limit on the number of referrals. ViaBTC’s rules state that referral links and codes can be reused, so an ambassador with 20, 200, or more referred accounts is not stopped by a fixed referral-count ceiling. Payment still depends on qualifying mining activity rather than registration volume alone.
A simple numerical example shows how the fee-based calculation works. If referred miners generate $4,000 in eligible ViaBTC service fees during a period, a 20% ambassador rate would correspond to $800 in referral rewards; the same $4,000 under the 10% standard tier would correspond to $400.
The example does not estimate future earnings because service-fee totals depend on the miners’ connected hashrate, mining duration, supported coin, payment method and actual mining results. It only shows the difference between the published 10% and 20% referral percentages.
Mining scale can be checked separately from referral earnings. ViaBTC publishes pool statistics such as network hashrate, pool hashrate, mining difficulty, block information and estimated daily earnings, allowing miners to review current operating data through ViaBTC Pool Hashrate rather than relying on promotional claims.
For BTC, ViaBTC’s statistics page recently displayed a pool hashrate of about 98.79 EH/s against a Bitcoin network hashrate of about 938.03 EH/s, with Bitcoin difficulty near 125.81 T. Figures on a live mining page can change from one day to another, so they should be treated as current operating measurements rather than fixed program specifications.
The ambassador application also uses invited hashrate, not only headcount. ViaBTC’s September 5, 2026 program guide listed current published thresholds of at least 300 TH/s for BTC, 5 GH/s for LTC, or 10 TH/s for KAS, alongside at least five valid referred users in the previous month.
Those figures should be checked before applying because ViaBTC states that application standards can change. Meeting a published minimum does not guarantee approval either; applications are reviewed, and ViaBTC says applicants normally receive the result by email within seven business days.
The maintenance rule is stricter than the entry rule. After approval, an ambassador is expected to maintain at least 10 valid referred users in the current month, compared with the five valid referrals required before an application can be submitted.
If that monthly requirement is missed for three consecutive months, ViaBTC states that ambassador status can automatically become invalid. Existing referred accounts then move back to the general referral structure, where the standard 10% rate and ordinary referral-period rules apply. A former ambassador may apply again after meeting the required conditions.
The referred miner also receives a measurable benefit. ViaBTC states that an eligible new user who registers through the referral arrangement receives a 30-day coupon with 50% off mining-pool fees, covering supported coins under the coupon rules. The incentive has a fixed time window rather than continuing for the full 12-month standard referral period.
For a miner paying $300 in otherwise eligible pool fees during that 30-day coupon period, a 50% discount would represent $150 before considering any exclusions or coupon conditions. The amount rises or falls with the miner’s actual fee base, so large hashrate accounts can receive a larger dollar reduction than small accounts.
ViaBTC supports several major proof-of-work coins and different payment methods. Its August 14, 2026 mining-pool information lists BTC with PPS+ and PPLNS, LTC with PPS+ and PPLNS, BCH with PPS+ and PPLNS, while additional supported networks include ZEC, DASH and KAS.
That range matters for ambassadors whose audience does not mine only BTC. A referral relationship can involve supported mining activity across several networks, but the actual referral payment still follows ViaBTC’s eligible fee rules, and merged-mining coin income remains excluded from referral calculations.
A miner must also register through the ambassador’s referral link or code for the relationship to be established correctly. An existing ViaBTC account generally cannot be attached afterward as a newly referred account, so distribution of the link must happen before the new user completes registration.
ViaBTC’s published rules also state that malicious registrations or activity caught by its risk controls can invalidate the referral relationship and disqualify associated rewards. Business-agent users are covered by separate arrangements and are not treated under the ordinary referral-reward rules.
For operators comparing the two tiers, the numerical difference is therefore broader than 10% versus 20%. The standard program combines a 10% rate with a 12-month period; the ambassador program combines a 20% rate with continued eligibility, daily allocation, no stated referral-count limit, a five-user entry requirement and a 10-user monthly maintenance test.
Before publishing a referral offer or estimating future payments, the figures worth checking again are the current 20% rate, the five-user application threshold, the 10-user monthly requirement, the three-month loss-of-status rule and the invited-hashrate thresholds published for 2026, because ViaBTC reserves the right to adjust referral and ambassador conditions.