Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, has secured commitments 15 Bitcoin mining companies, chip makers and mining pools to support its open-source Mining Development Kit (MDK), the company announced on October 24. The group spans hardware manufacturers, mining operators and mining pools, and Tether says the goal is to let mining equipment from different makers operate through one shared software layer, rather than requiring each site to maintain separate integrations.

One Bitcoin Mining dev platform to mine them all ⛏️

— Paolo Ardoino 🤖 (@paoloardoino) October 24, 2026

Who Is Backing the Project

The participants bring together hardware makers, mining operators and mining pools from across the industry. The list includes Bitmain, Bitdeer, Canaan, MicroBT, Foundry Digital, F2Pool, Luxor Technology and OCEAN, alongside ACME Swisstech, Elektron Energy, EMCD, Heatbit, Proto, SpiderPool and Stratum V2. The hardware makers on the list build the machines that run Bitcoin’s mining process, while the pools coordinate computing power from many separate operators and split the resulting rewards.

Each company has agreed to build and maintain an integration, known as a “Worker,” that links its own equipment or services to MDK. Tether did not say whether all 15 have completed their connections or put the kit to use in their operations. No deployment numbers, performance comparisons or cost savings were disclosed for the participating firms.

How MDK Works

Large mining sites can run thousands of machines from different manufacturers, while cooling systems and mining pools often rely on their own separate software. MDK is built to solve that problem with software components called Workers. Each Worker translates data from a company’s equipment into a format that applications built on MDK can read.

An operator could then rely on the same monitoring tools across machines from different makers. Companies do not need to replace their hardware or give up control of their systems, and each participant chooses which functions it wants to make available through the shared interface. Without that translation layer, an operator’s monitoring or automation tools would need a separate build for each vendor’s hardware.

AI Tools and Tether’s Wider Plans

Tether expects the shared layer to support AI tools that monitor equipment, detect faults and adjust operations. According to the company, its QVAC mining agent already runs directly on MDK, though the announcement did not include independent results on power use, mining output or maintenance costs for any of the participating firms.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said software will increasingly run physical infrastructure instead of only reporting on it. “That does not work at scale if every machine speaks a different language,” he said. On X, Ardoino described the project as “One Bitcoin Mining dev platform to mine them all.”

Background and Roadmap

The kit is one piece of a broader push by Tether beyond stablecoin issuance. Tether first released MDK in April as an open-source framework. It includes a JavaScript development kit and a React library for building custom dashboards and equipment controls. The software runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and can be used on setups ranging from home miners to large industrial sites.

In February, Tether released its Mining OS as open-source software. That system manages mining hardware, energy use and operating data, while MDK gives developers the tools to build additional applications on top of the company’s mining stack.

Tether also took part in a funding round for chipmaker Tenstorrent — a designer of AI-focused processors — which raised $1.5 billion at a $6.2 billion valuation. The company did not disclose how much it invested.

MDK was scheduled to reach version 0.11 at the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano, held on October 23 and 24. Tether says the kit’s first stable 1.0 release remains targeted for before the end of 2026. Developers can already test integrations and build applications, and the company says MDK remains open to additional manufacturers, pools, operators and developers.