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Announcements, perspectives, and updates from the 256 Foundation team.
Additional Funding Reactivates Libre Board's 2026 Term: Revision Three Gets Validated
After a funding pause, the Foundation reactivates Libre Board's 2026 term for four months, financing the final validation so that anyone can build the open reference design with confidence.
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It's Time to Commoditize Bitcoin Mining
We hosted our first in-person fundraiser at Presidio Bitcoin in San Francisco, walking key industry players through the closed status quo of Bitcoin mining and the open stack we're building to replace it.
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HRF Renews Support for the 256 Foundation
The Human Rights Foundation has awarded the 256 Foundation a new grant through its latest Bitcoin Development Fund round, continuing its support for the open-source Bitcoin mining stack.
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The RY3T Nova: The First Product Built on Mujina
A Swiss energy company is building a solar miner that follows a PV curve in seconds, on Mujina, the open-source firmware we fund but do not own.
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256 Foundation Wins $100,000 from the MARA Foundation
At Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, the Bitcoin community voted, and chose us. Here's what happened, what we brought to the conference, and what comes next.
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Ember One: our first grant builds the miner from the chip up
The 256 Foundation's first grant funds an open-source Bitcoin mining hashboard, built from the chip up and published for anyone to build.
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