Who Can Apply for the ViaBTC Ambassador Program?

ViaBTC users can apply for the Ambassador Program after building a measurable referral record rather than simply opening an account. Current published conditions include at least 5 valid referred users in the previous month, an account with no suspicious activity, a completed application, and invited hashrate meeting ViaBTC’s stated level: BTC ≥300 TH/s, LTC ≥5 GH/s, or KAS ≥10 TH/s. A valid referee must be a main-account user with connected hashrate. Approval is reviewed individually and is not guaranteed by meeting the minimum numbers. Approved Ambassadors receive a 20% referral rate while their Ambassador status remains valid.

The program is built around mining activity, so follower count, social reach, or the size of an online community is not listed as an application requirement. ViaBTC’s published rules focus on referred users and connected computing power. Someone with 5 active mining contacts can therefore satisfy an important application condition even if that person does not run a large public channel. By comparison, an account with hundreds of registrations but no connected hashrate would not satisfy the same test.

That distinction starts with ViaBTC’s definition of a valid referral. A person must register through the referrer’s link or code, connect hashrate, and generate mining profit before the activity can produce referral rewards. General referrals currently receive 10% of the platform fee attributed to eligible referred mining activity, with a 12-month validity period. Ambassador referrals receive 20% while the Ambassador qualification remains active.

Registration alone does not create a payable mining referral. The referred miner must connect computing power and produce mining income; otherwise, the platform does not have eligible service-fee income from which a referral payment can be calculated.

Account structure also matters when counting the minimum of 5 referred users. ViaBTC counts the main account rather than every sub-account as a separate person. If one miner operates 8 sub-accounts under a single main account, the application assessment still treats that structure as one referred user. The sub-accounts can inherit the main account’s referral relationship, but they do not turn one person into 8 qualifying invitees.

Once the user count is understood, the next issue is computing power. ViaBTC’s current public application page gives 3 reference thresholds: at least 300 TH/s of invited BTC hashrate, 5 GH/s for LTC, or 10 TH/s for KAS. ViaBTC also states that these levels can be adjusted according to current conditions, so an applicant should check the live program page rather than treating the figures as permanent limits.

The BTC figure can be placed in context by looking at the mining network rather than reading 300 TH/s as an isolated number. ViaBTC’s statistics page recently showed Bitcoin network computing power around 938 EH/s and ViaBTC pool computing power around 98.79 EH/s, while Bitcoin’s block subsidy remains 3.125 BTC after the 2024 halving. Pool and network numbers change continuously, so ViaBTC Pool Hashrate is more useful for checking current operating scale than an old screenshot or cached figure.

The 300 TH/s application reference is also close to a real mining-scale example published by ViaBTC. In one mining-cost illustration, ViaBTC modeled a 300 TH/s machine drawing 4,000 W against an assumed Bitcoin network hashrate of 800 EH/s. Using a $0.05/kWh electricity price and a 2% pool fee in that example produced an estimated daily net amount of about $9.33 under the assumptions used at the time. The calculation was illustrative rather than an Ambassador income promise.

Mining method matters because connected hashrate has to operate inside a supported pool setup. ViaBTC’s August 2026 mining-pool documentation lists BTC, BCH, LTC, ZEC, DASH, and KAS configurations, with PPS+ and PPLNS available for several supported assets. BTC connections use SHA256d infrastructure, LTC uses Scrypt, and KAS uses kHeavyHash, so invited computing power cannot be compared across coins by looking only at the numeric size of TH/s or GH/s.

For applicants, the practical screening process can therefore be reduced to several measurable checks rather than personal reputation:

• The ViaBTC account must be valid and free from malicious or suspicious behavior.

• The previous month must contain at least 5 valid referred main-account users with connected hashrate.

• Invited computing power must satisfy the current published condition for an accepted mining asset.

• The application form must contain enough information for ViaBTC to verify eligibility.

• Passing the published minimums allows an application; it does not automatically produce approval.

The last point matters because ViaBTC says applications are assessed comprehensively, including referral count and hashrate performance. Two applicants may both have 5 referred users, while one brings 300 TH/s of BTC power and the other brings substantially more. The public rules do not publish a score that guarantees approval, so applicants should treat the listed figures as eligibility conditions rather than a fixed acceptance equation.

ViaBTC states that Ambassador applications are reviewed after the required information is submitted, and the result is normally sent by email within 7 business days.

Approval changes the referral arrangement rather than creating an unrelated account. Existing general referral relationships are upgraded to the Ambassador referral mechanism, and existing referral links and codes can continue to be used. ViaBTC states that the Ambassador rate is 20%, compared with the general level of 10%, so the published percentage is doubled once the Ambassador arrangement applies.

The percentage needs careful reading because 20% does not refer to 20% of a miner’s total block proceeds. ViaBTC describes Ambassador payments as 20% of the platform’s fee income generated from eligible referred mining activity. If a referred miner produces no mining profit, no corresponding referral payment is generated. This keeps the referral payment tied to actual pool use rather than account creation alone.

Settlement also follows a defined schedule. ViaBTC says Ambassador referral payments are settled once per day and are normally distributed at about 08:30 UTC+8, although actual account crediting may sometimes be delayed. The program page states that there is no published maximum referral-payment limit; the amount depends on eligible referred activity, computing power, platform-fee income, and continued compliance with the program rules.

That continuing requirement separates the initial application from long-term participation. After approval, an Ambassador must maintain at least 10 valid referred users in the current month. Main accounts and their sub-accounts still count as one user for this assessment. The maintenance level is therefore twice the 5-user figure used as the current minimum before applying.

ViaBTC allows some room for a temporary decline rather than removing the status after a single weak month. The published rule says that failing to meet the 10-user monthly requirement for 3 consecutive months causes Ambassador qualification to become invalid automatically. Existing Ambassador referral accounts are then moved back to the general referral arrangement, and a former Ambassador can apply again after meeting the applicable requirements.

The rules also explain situations in which referral payments are not generated. A user who did not register as a new referred account does not qualify; a new user who never connects hashrate does not qualify for a payment; and a user whose computing power or connection period is too small to generate mining profit may produce no referral payment. ViaBTC also excludes abusive activity identified by its control systems, including cases where the referrer and referred account are identified as the same individual.

Those conditions make the program more suitable for people who already work with active miners than for users trying to build a referral base from unrelated web traffic. A hosting operator serving 12 mining clients, for example, starts from a very different position from a general crypto publisher with 50,000 readers but no miners connecting equipment. ViaBTC’s published assessment looks at active main-account referrals and mining power, not a minimum number of followers, page views, posts, or subscribers.

A smaller mining community can therefore be sufficient when its members actually mine. Five separate operators connecting eligible hashrate can satisfy the published user-count condition, while 100 registrations without mining activity cannot create the same referral record. After approval, the monthly target rises to 10 valid users, so applicants who barely reach 5 once should also consider whether they can maintain a larger active base over the following months.

There is also no requirement in the published application criteria that an Ambassador must be a mining company, equipment manufacturer, media organization, or professional influencer. Individual miners, community operators, hosting professionals, mining educators, and other users can apply when their account history satisfies the published conditions. ViaBTC describes Ambassadors as independent promotional partners and states that they cannot make commitments on ViaBTC’s behalf without prior written authorization.

For a user starting without referrals, the general program provides the first measurable stage. The current general referral rate is 10% for up to 12 months, while Ambassador status increases the published rate to 20% and keeps the Ambassador referral validity in place while the qualification remains effective. Building 5 valid main-account referrals, meeting the applicable hashrate level, passing review, and later maintaining 10 valid users each month is the practical path described by ViaBTC’s current rules.