MDK by Tether

Open infrastructure for monitoring and controlling Bitcoin mining

MDK is modular and hardware-abstracted: Workers normalize devices, the Kernel (ORK) discovers Workers and aggregates telemetry, the Gateway (App Node) owns application APIs and auth, and the UI Devkit builds operator dashboards.

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Current docs
v0.5.0
Status
Work in progress · pre-1.0
Source
GitHub

What MDK lets you do

Monitor infrastructure

Aggregate telemetry across sites and devices.

Control devices

Route commands to miners and containers through the Kernel (ORK).

Collect telemetry

Normalize vendor data via Worker contracts.

Build applications

Ship dashboards and integrations with the UI Devkit.

Platform layers

Four layers, each with a canonical explanation in the docs.

Workers

Vendor/source translators with machine-readable contracts.

Kernel (ORK)

Discovery, telemetry aggregation, and command routing.

Gateway (App Node)

Application APIs, auth/RBAC, plugins, and aggregation.

UI Devkit

Headless state, framework adapter, and dashboard components.

Catalogue proof

Three different discovery questions, three purpose-built experiences.

UI Components

What can I build an operator interface with?

Hardware

What devices can I integrate with?

Pools & APIs

Which external pools can I connect to?

Choose how to build

Control a mock miner

Read telemetry and set power mode through the Kernel (ORK).

Add a supported Worker

Run a vendor Worker or author a new one.

Build a dashboard

Compose an operator UI with the UI Devkit.

Extend the Gateway

Add application routes and business logic.

Agents

Two materially different journeys — kept separate on purpose.

Developer Skill

Build MDK software with a coding assistant, with human review.

Runtime agent

Observe or act on a running system through the Kernel (ORK) / Gateway (App Node).

Experimental · gated by the runtime-agent safety MVP

Open source & community

Repositories

Find the canonical source.

Contributing

How to propose changes.

Governance

How the project is run.