Tether, the company behind the famous stablecoin USDT, has decided that it was not enough to dominate the stablecoin market and now it is diving headfirst into Bitcoin mining. The company has surprised friends and strangers alike with the launch of MiningOS (MOS), an open source operating system designed specifically to optimise the mining process of the queen cryptocurrency.
The move is smarter than it seems. By offering an open source solution, Tether seeks to reduce the industry’s dependence on proprietary operating systems and, in passing, gain influence in a key sector of the crypto ecosystem. It is a bold move that could change the rules of the game and shows that in the world of cryptocurrencies, there is never a moment to be bored.
