Tether announced today that 15 leading Bitcoin mining companies, including mining firms, ASIC manufacturers, and mining pools, have committed to collaborating on the adoption of its open-source Mining Development Kit (MDK). The MDK aims to enable interoperability of mining infrastructure by providing a common infrastructure layer, thereby supporting next-generation AI-driven automation systems. Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, stated that this move will promote the scaled application of software in physical infrastructure operations, addressing the current challenge of inconsistent communication standards among mining devices. MDK version 0.11 was released on October 23-24, with a target of launching the 1.0 stable version by the end of 2026.