256 Foundation
A Free Open Source Bitcoin Mining, Energy, & Education Initiative.
The 256 Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity, all donations are tax deductable.
A Free Open Source Bitcoin Mining, Energy, & Education Initiative.
The 256 Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity, all donations are tax deductable.
Build the open-source Bitcoin mining ecosystem.
256 Foundation raises money to fund developers who are building open-source Bitcoin mining hardware and software solutions. This is how we dismantle the proprietary mining empire that has centralized Bitcoin mining around closed-source hardware and software. All Bitcoin miners, large and small, have been negatively affected by one large antagonistic hardware company who has blocked innovation, denied collaboration, and taken majority control over the hardware and software that keeps Bitcoin running. An open protocol should be accessible to anyone at all layers and the open-source Bitcoin mining stack we are building achieves this.
We provide the educational resources, tools, and support to demystify Bitcoin and freedom tech, empowering individuals to engage with and benefit from this revolutionary system. We believe in free and open development and we pledge that every project from this foundation will always be made available through free and open-source contributions, specifically by these definitions as it relates to software or by these definitions as it relates to hardware and other special purpose applications.
This foundation was formed in February 2024 by @bitkite and @econoalchemist.
If you believe Bitcoin mining should be free and open then join us in our mission and become a Tier I, II, or III supporter today. Or use The 256 Foundation PayNym!
Our stance on donations is simple: money from all, influence from none.
We think anyone should be able to make contributions to support our mission regardless of who they are or what their views are. All donations go to support the mission of dismantling the proprietary mining empire to liberate Bitcoin and freedom tech for all; guided by the developers and educators putting in the work and no one else.
