# Bitaxe: Open Source Hardware! with Skot 9000

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Podcast: [Bitcoin Liberty Live](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-liberty-live-7684112)
Published: 2026-08-15T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

You've heard of open source software. How about open source hardware? My guest today is Skot, the instigator of the Bitaxe project and who is on the board of the 256 Foundation, building out the open-source Bitcoin mining ecosystem. Like Bitcoin itself, Bitaxe is fully open source with an onboard controller that lets you mine Bitcoin directly over Wi-Fi and is easily configured through the AxeOS dashboard. I'm mining with three of them right now in fact, and there should be a Bitaxe on every desktop, and in every home. I met Skot in Prague and found him to be incredibly humble, and yet he has an Amazing story about the origin of Bitaxe and many continuous hardware projects and the open source community he's working with now. Bitaxe website: https://www.bitaxe.org Skot on X: https://x.com/skot9000 Open Source Miners United: https://osmu.wiki 256 Foundation on X: https://x.com/256FOUNDATION 256 Foundation website: https://www.256foundation.org 256 Foundation's Open Source Mining Firmware on GitHub: https://github.com/256foundation/mujina POD256 Podcast: https://www.pod256.org Watch POD256 mine a solo block live during their podcast! https://vimeo.com/1185734750 Skot on Nostr: npub1ql2zzp3g6yndgz05js7wdc4qkr88wkyne5nw2cc7csrtzqs0yeesgwrxya 256 Foundation on Nostr: npub1p0d256yljvn3pl82gpkmdyfqlxcmu6px63msrpmuauzha8yq4eeqprfpqe

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