256 Foundation

Building the open-source Bitcoin mining ecosystem.

501(c)3 public charity.

[Chicago Bitcoin Collective @ChiBTCollective]

Two nights of Bitcoin and food at Fork and Coin 🍽️⚡

Night 1, Thu Nov 19, 6 PM: B.O.B. Social with Ryan Kuester (@ryankuester) of Mujina on open source Bitcoin miner firmware. RSVP: https://t.co/jGxKig5kgm

Night 2, Fri Nov 20, 7 PM: Seated Supper Club, Beatz Kissa ft. Chef Drake. A multi-course dinner with beer, wine, sake and a house cocktail. Tickets: https://t.co/vO06FSD55c

3938 N Central Ave, Chicago. Come for one night or both.

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

Bitcoin mining will be open source or Bitcoin remains permissioned.

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

The Bitcoin white paper assumed commodity hardware:

"Proof-of-work is essentially one-CPU-one-vote."

ASICs were a natural free-market evolution. What no one anticipated was 2 vendors controlling nearly all access to the new "CPUs."

As long as mining hardware and software stay permissioned, so does Bitcoin.

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

@Whatsminer_MBT @tylerkstevens Thank you. We are attempting to get in touch with your engineering team and senior leadership.

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

Learn more:
https://t.co/yYQzT7NTcd

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

256 Foundation is honored to be listed on the @unchained Bitcoin DAF.

Bitcoiners can now support open-source mining through a Bitcoin-native donor-advised fund while receiving tax benefits.

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

The 2026 Mujina grant term has been extended through the end of December.

Flashable FW images for S19 series machines and an installer application are coming soon.

https://t.co/6VdFxjeAd4

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

256F is excited to announce additional funding has reactivated Libre Board’s 2026 grant term for validation of hardware revision 3.

https://t.co/Tb1mwtk0oC

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

And thank you to the hackathon team that helped put this together in the matter of a couple hours.

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

A history of the open-source Bitcoin mining industry, since @skot9000 first released the Bitaxe repository.

FOSS mining will win.

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

Special thanks to the Finite and HRF teams for helping us build an open-source mining organizational brain of data that powers this visualization!

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

The 256 Team is at @imagineif_bna talking the open-source mining industry.

Make sure to say hello!

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

@rudolf_sascha @KenobiGeneral5 @kellermining https://t.co/b6htPcyKe1

[Tyler Stevens @tylerkstevens]

This year's summit will heavily focus on workshops for building on open-source bitcoin mining tools (firmware customization, hashboard modifications, control board connections, mining pool set ups).

@256FOUNDATION

[burn the bridge @econoalchemist]

POD256 #127 - Self-Hosted AI and Open Mining: Tools for a More Sovereign Future

https://t.co/UA2fMPW2Qw

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

Run your own Hydrapool instance or contribute to the project.

https://t.co/ya19WMQxrc

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

New updates to our Hashdash UI for the 256 Foundation's Hydrapool instance, courtesy of @D_plus__plus

Point some miners at https://t.co/U3KqPKwnpu, use your npub or website and an awesome worker-name to join for a shot on the leaderboard!

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

Bitcoin started as an open-source project.

But miners split from nodes, advanced to ASICs and closed the door. Today it is inherently permissioned.

A commoditized mining stack is necessary to return Bitcoin's decentralization and permissionlessness.

https://t.co/sjV1LbhLB0

[256 Foundation @256FOUNDATION]

An open-source Bitcoin mining stack is inevitable.

We welcome contributors and donors to support redefining the status-quo to keep Bitcoin decentralized and permission-less.

[Tyler Stevens @tylerkstevens]

Bitcoin mining must be open-source or Bitcoin remains PERMISSIONED.

Check out my deep dive on our work at the @256FOUNDATION to understand why we're commoditizing the building blocks of the mining stack and how we're best positioned to pull it off.