Tether has announced plans to open-source its proprietary Bitcoin Mining Operating System (MOS). The move, revealed by Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino in a recent social media post, aims to reduce the dominance of large mining corporations and provide smaller operations with the tools needed to compete daily.
Ardoino emphasised that MOS eliminates the need for third-party mining software which has historically given institutional players an advantage.
According to him:
A horde of new Bitcoin mining companies will be able to enter the game and compete to keep the network safe. MOS will create an even playing field, reducing the gap between publicly listed companies and smaller players
The mining OS is built on peer-to-peer IoT architecture, making it highly scalable, capable of running on anything from a single Raspberry Pi to industrial-scale mining farms managing hundreds of thousands of devices. It comes with prebuilt support for popular mining hardware while allowing developers to create custom plugins, encouraging community-driven innovation.
This announcement follows tether’s recent $1 billion USDT issuance on the Tron blockchain, highlighting the company’s expanding influence beyond Stablecoins. by open-sourcing MOS, Tether could disrupt the mining industry, fostering greater decentralisation and security across the Bitcoin network. Analyst suggests that the move may attract new wave of miners, further disrupting hash power and reinforcing Bitcoin’s foundational principles.
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