TL;DR
- Tether will release the source code for its MOS operating system before the end of 2025, allowing small and mid-sized miners to operate without private software.
- MOS will manage operations ranging from small setups to large-scale facilities on a serverless peer-to-peer network, with support for custom plugins.
- Paolo Ardoino revealed that Tether has already invested over $2 billion in mining and energy, and plans to lead the Bitcoin mining sector this year.
Tether announced it will open-source its Bitcoin mining operating system, known as MOS, before the end of 2025.
The company aims to give small and mid-sized investors the ability to manage their mining operations without relying on private software or third-party solutions. This move will give more businesses access to professional-grade tools previously limited to major mining groups.
What Does MOS Do?
The software is designed to manage mining infrastructure at different scales, from basic setups using Raspberry Pi devices to facilities controlling hundreds of thousands of machines. MOS integrates all the components needed to run a mining farm within a serverless peer-to-peer network, enabling seamless communication between all connected devices.
Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s CEO, stated that releasing this system will eliminate certain technical and economic barriers, partially reducing the advantage currently held by publicly traded mining companies. The goal is to allow more independent operators to compete on equal terms, which in turn will help decentralize the Bitcoin network and strengthen its security.
Tether Will Democratize Bitcoin Mining
The operating system will also allow users to develop custom plugins to tailor MOS to the specific features of their hardware. Additionally, the Tether team plans to integrate artificial intelligence tools to enhance performance analysis and optimize production based on the data generated by the system.
The company is currently preparing documentation, user manuals, and code repositories, which will be released alongside the open-source platform in the fourth quarter of 2025. Ardoino explained that this project is part of a broader plan in which Tether will allocate around $2 billion to mining and energy production initiatives.
During his appearance at the 2025 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Ardoino confirmed that Tether has already surpassed those figures and is on track to become the largest Bitcoin miner worldwide, overtaking the biggest publicly listed companies in the industry
