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110. April Fools, Real Progress: Open Firmware, Open Pools, and the Path to Decentralized Mining
By POD256
Aired Apr 1, 2026 · 1h 1m · Last boosted Apr 7, 2026
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In this lively April 1 episode of POD256, we cut through the April Fools noise to share real updates from the open-source Bitcoin mining front. We preview the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas, celebrate renewed grants for the 256 Foundation’s four core projects (Mujina firmware, Libre Board, Ember One hashboard, and Hydra Pool), and discuss our all-Bitcoin treasury experiment paying developer grants in sats based on cost basis. We dive deep on unlocking Bitmain control boards, porting Mujina to Amlogic-based Antminers, model guardrails, and running AI-assisted development workflows. We also highlight the power and resilience of open source—from LLM clie...
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It's so crazy how fast the open source mining developments are moving. This is a situation worth monitoring. Pod256 is my favorite mining podcast.

























