The 256 Foundation community hub. Announcements, new project ideas, open-source Bitcoin mining discussion, and anything that doesn’t fit neatly into one of the dedicated project categories.
This is the catch-all space for the broader 256 Foundation community. If your topic isn’t specific to Ember One, Mujina, Libre Board, or Hydra Pool — or if it spans multiple projects at once — this is the right place for it.
Use this category for:
- Announcements — foundation news, grant cycle updates, new project launches, events, and releases across the ecosystem
- New project ideas — proposals, early concepts, or grant ideas that don’t yet have a dedicated home; if it gains traction, it may become one
- Cross-project discussion — topics that touch multiple parts of the open mining stack at once, like full system builds, interoperability, or ecosystem architecture
- Bitcoin mining — general open-source mining discussion, hardware sourcing, pool selection, network topics, and industry news relevant to the community
- Introductions — new here? Say hello, share your background, and tell us what drew you to open-source Bitcoin mining
- Everything else — if it’s relevant to the mission of dismantling the proprietary mining empire and building open freedom tech, it’s welcome here
The 256 Foundation’s mission is to build the fully open-source Bitcoin mining ecosystem — from hashboard to firmware to control board to mining pool. If you’re here, you’re part of that.