{"id":75198,"date":"2023-03-08T12:27:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T10:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=75198"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:16:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:16:59","slug":"jack-dorsey-announces-mining-development-kit-for-bitcoin-mining-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/jack-dorsey-announces-mining-development-kit-for-bitcoin-mining-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Dorsey announces &#8216;Mining Development Kit&#8217; for Bitcoin mining developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Dorsey&#8217;s Block is developing a &#8216;Mining Development Kit&#8217; (MDK).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Square is considering building a Bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon and open source for individuals and businesses worldwide. If we do this, we\u2019d follow our hardware wallet model: build in the open in collaboration with the community. First some thoughts and questions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack (@jack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1449110239442345995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the former Twitter chief proposed creating a universal and eco-friendly open-source system for cryptocurrency mining.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, MDK will include several tools for configuration: a hashing board, a controller, firmware, ancillary software, and documentation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to provide developers with a toolkit that will help unleash creativity and bring innovations to mining hardware,\u201d Block said in Block&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.build\/the-mining-development-kit-unlocking-innovation-in-bitcoin-mining\/\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dorsey did not specify when the project would launch. Developers were advised to &#8216;watch for updates&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Block <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tesla-block-and-blockstream-to-mine-bitcoin-on-solar-energy\">joined<\/a> with Tesla and Blockstream to build a Bitcoin mining data center. The project is valued at $12 million.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March Block <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jack-dorseys-block-launches-lightning-network-division-at-tbd\">announced the launch<\/a> of a division to develop the Lightning Network ecosystem. The project received the concise name \u2014 \u0441=.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Dorsey\u2019s Block is developing a &#8216;Mining Development Kit&#8217; (MDK).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,1330],"class_list":["post-75198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-jack-dorsey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75200,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75198\/revisions\/75200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}