# Open Source Related Articles

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Bitcoin Mining Takes New Turn With Tether’s Open-Source Software

Tether, the company behind the USDT stablecoin, has released MiningOS (MOS), a fully open-source Bitcoin mining operating system under the Apache 2.0 license. The modular, self-hosted platform allows miners to manage, monitor operations—from single rigs to large-scale sites—without relying on paid proprietary software. It includes device management, energy controls, and telemetry, and uses Holepunch peer-to-peer networking to reduce central server dependency and avoid vendor lock-in. Aimed particularly at small operators facing high costs and complexity, MOS offers a free, extensible toolkit to simplify and scale mining operations. Tether positions the release as part of its broader support for open Bitcoin infrastructure.

bitcoinist02/04 04:00

Bitcoin Mining Takes New Turn With Tether’s Open-Source Software

bitcoinist02/04 04:00

‘No Token Issuance’ Statement Fails to Curb Frenzy, ClawdBot Trapped in Crypto Kidnapping Dilemma

ClawdBot, an open-source AI assistant, gained massive traction with over 40,000 GitHub stars and a rapidly growing Discord community. Despite its technical success, it became the center of an unsolicited meme coin frenzy when a token named CLAWD was launched without authorization, reaching a market cap of $16 million. The founder, Peter Steinberger, explicitly stated he would never issue a token and condemned the harassment and scams targeting the project. His account was even hijacked by crypto scammers attempting to force a token launch. Steinberger, a retired entrepreneur whose previous company received a €100 million investment, has no financial incentive to engage in crypto speculation. The incident highlights a shift in meme coin culture from seeking legitimacy through technical projects to aggressively “adopting” viral trends through coercion and scams, potentially harming genuine open-source development.

比推01/27 13:12

‘No Token Issuance’ Statement Fails to Curb Frenzy, ClawdBot Trapped in Crypto Kidnapping Dilemma

比推01/27 13:12

Clawdbot Ascends to Legendary Status: The 24/7 AI Butler That Sold Out Mac Minis

Clawdbot, an open-source AI assistant project by Peter Steinberger, has taken Silicon Valley by storm, driving a surge in Mac mini sales as users seek hardware to run it. This "7x24h Jarvis" operates locally on devices like Mac mini, functioning as both an AI agent (using models like Claude and Gemini) and a gateway to communicate via apps like WhatsApp and iMessage. It offers unlimited memory, proactive task execution, and full system access—enabling it to run scripts, automate workflows, and even replace services like Zapier. Users report it managing businesses, handling emails, controlling smart home devices, and more, all while learning and evolving over time. With low setup costs (as little as $25/month using cloud servers) and growing accessibility, Clawdbot is redefining personal AI assistance by combining persistent memory, autonomy, and deep system integration.

marsbit01/26 03:22

Clawdbot Ascends to Legendary Status: The 24/7 AI Butler That Sold Out Mac Minis

marsbit01/26 03:22

Dialogue with OpenMind Founder: After Securing $20 Million Investment from Pantera, Sequoia, and Others, How Far Has the Robot 'Android' System Come?

Jan Liphardt, founder of OpenMind and a Stanford and UC Berkeley professor, discusses his vision to build a decentralized "Android-like" operating system for robots. After raising $20 million from investors like Pantera Capital and Sequoia China, OpenMind aims to solve fragmentation in the robotics industry, where over 150 hardware vendors operate in isolation with software focused only on mechanical control. OpenMind’s core includes the open-source robot operating system OM1 and the decentralized FABRIC protocol. OM1 enables individual robot intelligence, while FABRIC facilitates secure machine-to-machine and human-machine collaboration, identity verification, and micro-transactions. The system has attracted thousands of developers on GitHub and is being integrated with leading Chinese robotics firms like Unitree, Astribot, and Ubtech. A key milestone is the development of a robot application store, with the first app already launched. OpenMind’s enhanced robot dog can recognize owners, map environments, remember objects, answer questions, and monitor home safety. Liphardt emphasizes the role of blockchain in enabling global governance, immutable record-keeping, and machine-economy transactions. He sees near-term adoption in homes, schools, and workplaces by 2026, with challenges including hardware reliability, adaptive real-world performance, and safe AI behavior. OpenMind’s long-term goal is to develop "social models" for robots that are transparent, open-source, and privacy-centric, ensuring they remain beneficial and secure alongside humanity.

marsbit01/26 02:11

Dialogue with OpenMind Founder: After Securing $20 Million Investment from Pantera, Sequoia, and Others, How Far Has the Robot 'Android' System Come?

marsbit01/26 02:11

For the First Time in Three Years, the Sixth Bitcoin Core Maintainer Emerges

On January 8, Bitcoin Core appointed developer TheCharlatan as its sixth core maintainer, the first such addition since 2023. Core maintainers hold trusted keys and are responsible for merging code into Bitcoin Core repository and signing official releases, ensuring the software’s authenticity and security. There are now six trusted maintainers, including Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, and Ava Chow. The role of a core maintainer is compared to an "editor" in the development process—they review and approve code contributions but do not have unilateral power to change on-chain rules. Bitcoin upgrades still depend on broader community consensus. TheCharlatan, a computer science graduate from the University of Zurich, has been contributing to Bitcoin Core since 2018 and has over a decade of experience in crypto development. He is known for his work on improving Bitcoin Core’s verification logic and modularization. His appointment was supported by at least 20 Bitcoin Core developers. The article also highlights the historical context of Bitcoin Core maintainers, noting that Satoshi Nakamoto originally held sole maintainer authority, which was later decentralized. Core maintainers are highly trusted individuals within the community, with significant influence over the project’s development direction.

Odaily星球日报01/14 10:08

For the First Time in Three Years, the Sixth Bitcoin Core Maintainer Emerges

Odaily星球日报01/14 10:08

The Ghost of X.com, Musk's 25-Year Revenge

Elon Musk's 25-year quest to reclaim his original vision for X.com culminated in the acquisition and transformation of Twitter. In 1999, Musk invested his entire $22 million fortune from the sale of Zip2 into X.com, an ambitious online financial platform. The venture merged with Confinity (later PayPal), but Musk was ousted in a board coup while on his honeymoon. The X.com brand was discarded, leaving a "fishbone" of regret in Musk. His 2022 acquisition of Twitter was not primarily about free speech but about复仇 (revenge) for that early betrayal. He systematically rebranded it as X and began a gradual transformation from a microblogging site into an all-in-one "everything app." This involved introducing long-form content, enhanced video, creator monetization, and, most crucially, laying the groundwork for financial services. The key development is the "Smart Cashtags" feature, allowing users to embed asset tickers (e.g., $TSLA) in posts that link to real-time data and, ultimately, enable direct trading. This creates a seamless loop from seeing information to making a financial decision to executing a trade, all within X. To build trust for this financial future, Musk took the unprecedented step of open-sourcing the platform's algorithm. The article frames this as Musk finally realizing his 1999 vision, an idea validated by the success of Chinese super-apps like WeChat. The timing is now perfect, with mature mobile payments, crypto adoption, and shifting regulations. Musk's lifelong obsession with the letter "X" (SpaceX, Model X, xAI, his son's name) is presented as a unifying thread in his mission to control the flow of global capital and information, making X the central nervous system of the digital economy.

marsbit01/14 09:21

The Ghost of X.com, Musk's 25-Year Revenge

marsbit01/14 09:21

For the First Time in Three Years, the Sixth Bitcoin Core Maintainer Emerges

Summary: On January 8, Bitcoin Core appointed developer TheCharlatan (@sedited) as its sixth core maintainer, the first such addition since 2023. Core maintainers hold trusted keys, granting them exclusive authority to merge code into Bitcoin Core and sign official releases, ensuring software integrity. The role is highly selective, with only 13 individuals having held this position over the past decade. TheCharlatan, a South African developer with a computer science background from the University of Zurich, has contributed to Bitcoin Core for over eight years, focusing on verifiability and validation logic. His work includes modularizing Bitcoin Core’s validation system for safer reuse. He has also contributed to other crypto projects, including Monero and Farcaster. The core maintainer role is compared to an "editor" in open-source development—reviewing and merging code contributions but without unilateral power to enforce chain-level rule changes. Bitcoin upgrades require broader community consensus. The appointment reflects Bitcoin Core’s ongoing decentralization of development authority, historically held by single individuals like Satoshi Nakamoto and early successors.

marsbit01/14 04:03

For the First Time in Three Years, the Sixth Bitcoin Core Maintainer Emerges

marsbit01/14 04:03

U.S. Lawmakers Push to Clarify Crypto Developer Liability Under Federal Law

U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ron Wyden have reintroduced the bipartisan Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act to protect cryptocurrency developers from being wrongly classified as financial institutions or money transmitters. The bill clarifies that liability should be based on control of user funds, not merely writing or maintaining code. This addresses growing legal uncertainty and fear among developers, especially following recent Department of Justice cases involving privacy tools. Lawmakers argue that misapplying financial regulations to developers who don’t handle funds is unfair, stifles innovation, and could drive talent overseas. The legislation aims to safeguard open-source development and prevent overreach by ensuring only entities with actual control over assets face strict regulatory obligations.

TheNewsCrypto01/13 08:56

U.S. Lawmakers Push to Clarify Crypto Developer Liability Under Federal Law

TheNewsCrypto01/13 08:56

X Rolls Out Smart Cashtags to Cut Crypto Spam and Ticker Confusion

X is introducing a new feature called Smart Cashtags to reduce cryptocurrency ticker confusion and spam on its platform. The tool will allow users to link cashtags like $BTC to verified token identities or contract addresses, providing access to charts and information directly from posts. This aims to address issues where scam coins mimic legitimate cryptocurrencies and improve clarity in crypto discussions. The rollout, planned as early as next month, comes amid regulatory pressure in Europe, including a recent €120 million fine for Digital Services Act violations. Additionally, Elon Musk has promised to open-source X’s ranking algorithms to increase transparency. Crypto users have criticized the platform for bot dominance and engagement farming, which Smart Cashtags may partially mitigate by reducing ticker exploitation.

TheNewsCrypto01/12 13:46

X Rolls Out Smart Cashtags to Cut Crypto Spam and Ticker Confusion

TheNewsCrypto01/12 13:46

Jensen Huang Announces 8 New Products in 1.5 Hours, NVIDIA Fully Bets on AI Inference and Physical AI

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled eight major announcements during his CES 2026 keynote, focusing on advancing AI inference and physical AI technologies. The centerpiece was the NVIDIA Vera Rubin POD AI supercomputer, which integrates six custom chips—Vera CPU, Rubin GPU, NVLink 6 Switch, ConnectX-9 SuperNIC, BlueField-4 DPU, and Spectrum-X CPO—designed for协同 performance. The Rubin GPU offers 5x higher inference and 3.5x higher training performance than Blackwell, with support for HBM4 memory. The Vera Rubin NVL72 system delivers 3.6 EFLOPS in NVFP4 inference performance in a single rack, with enhanced memory bandwidth. NVIDIA also introduced the Spectrum-X Ethernet CPO for improved power efficiency, a推理上下文内存存储平台 to optimize KV cache storage and reduce recomputation, and the DGX SuperPOD based on Rubin architecture, cutting token costs for large MoE models to 1/10. On the software side, NVIDIA expanded its open-source offerings, including new models and datasets, and emphasized the rise of physical AI. The company open-sourced the Alpha-Mayo model for autonomous driving, enabling reasoning-based decision-making, and announced production-ready NVIDIA DRIVE platforms for Mercedes-Benz. Partnerships with Siemens and robotics firms like Boston Dynamics were highlighted, underscoring NVIDIA’s full-stack approach to AI infrastructure and real-world AI applications.

marsbit01/06 04:36

Jensen Huang Announces 8 New Products in 1.5 Hours, NVIDIA Fully Bets on AI Inference and Physical AI

marsbit01/06 04:36

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