Quantum Blockchain Technologies Plc (AIM:QBT) (AIM: QBT) has found a workaround that it says will speed up live testing of its Method C AI Oracle on a loaned ASIC mining rig and deliver preliminary results by the end of April 2026, the company said.
Rather than porting and optimising the AI Oracle for the rig’s control board — a process the company describes as time consuming — QBT connected the AI Oracle directly to the ASIC manufacturer’s Mining Development Kit (MDK). The team modified the manufacturer’s CGminer-like operating system to intercept incoming mining jobs from the pool, pass them to the AI Oracle and execute only the best hashes, which should make Bitcoin mining more efficient.
QBT has already validated the modified CGminer-like OS on an Intel x86 family server in its Milan University laboratory and with its Oregon development team. Data collection from the mining rig has started at the Milan lab; once a “minimal critical mass of data” is reached the company will train neural networks and generate an AI model specific to the third party’s hashboard.
Deployment of the AI Oracle directly onto the mining rig remains a parallel objective and QBT will continue that integration work alongside the accelerated MDK pathway.
“Connecting the AI Oracle directly to the hashboard of the MDK enables QBT’s development team to start live-testing immediately once the new AI Oracle is generated from the data collected from the mining rig. Moreover, we also believe that this solution will speed up our internal testing on the Antminer S9 and the Bitaxe Gamma mining rigs, which are both additional targets for the Company’s future customer demonstrations.
“I am, therefore, extremely pleased that this development shortcut will potentially allow QBT to provide its preliminary results earlier than expected.” Francesco Gardin, CEO and Executive Chairman, said.
