6月6日，据国外著名比特币论坛bitcointalk消息透漏，世界三大比特币矿机芯片供应商之一的烤猫（Asicminer）正式开启了其刀片矿机的开源计划。
与昨日比特币矿机芯片制造业另一巨头Avalon LTC项目公开征集合伙人筹集研发资金的计划相比，烤猫的此次开源计划显然更加注重人才需求，烤猫在计划中表露出了其对技术型人才（工程师）的渴望。烤猫将对参与的工程师提供芯片样片和比特币奖励，部分具有突出贡献的工程师很有可能成为烤猫团队的核心成员。另外，该计划还透漏出了另外一则重要信息：烤猫的下一代芯片BE300，可能会与前代芯片BE200的引脚分配及封装方式相兼容。
以下是该计划英文原文及中文翻译：
英文：
https://github.com/blockerupter
We start this project to improve the design of Bitcoin mining devices powered by ASICMiner chips. It also aims to tackle the technical challenges of Bitcoin mining in general. We hope that with the help of the community we can keep the project active and successful.
The initial submissions consist of our own reference designs for BE200 chips. They contain hardware, firmware and software. Contributions in forms of patches, forks and brand new designs, are all welcome.
We would like to see the project evolve and attract more and more able engineers. Thus we are in preparation of rewarding contributors and would like to be the sponsor of the future core developer team in the long term.
Notes
1) We would like to let the project run by contributors. Please mail to [email protected] to discuss details of pull requests. And if you would like to help us by being our project manager who could maintain both this thread and github repos, please also apply by mailing to [email protected] so that we could give you payments covering your time and opportunity cost.
2) Our support for contributors besides direct reward are twofold. First, we offer sample chips to the contributors. Second, we are able to manufacture sample boards and system according to the contributors' designs. The average time of making PCB is three working days, while SMT takes only one working day.
3) We offer Bitcoin rewards to contributors who submit significant improvements or new designs. And when the de-facto core developer team emerges, we make it official in the form of continuing salary.
4) The next gen chips, BE300, are likely to be compatible with BE200 with respect to pinouts and package. Therefore all efforts on BE200 based designs are always useful in the long term.
中文翻译：
项目地址：
https://github.com/blockerupter
为了改进基于AM芯片的矿机设计，我们发布此开源项目。同时也是为了解决比特币采矿业所共有的技术难题。我们希望通过社区的帮助，使得本项目保持活力并取得成功。
我们提供了BE200的参考设计。其中包括硬件、韧件和软件。欢迎任何形式的开发，无论是补丁、分叉或全新设计。
我们希望能够看到项目不断发展，并且吸引更多有能力的工程师。因此我们准备给参与人员奖励，并且成为将来核心开发团队的长期赞助人。
备注
1. 项目主导权将交给工程师。请发邮件到 [email protected] 以讨论PULL请求的细节问题。如果你想成为管理本帖及github Repo的项目经理，请发邮件到[email protected]进行申请，这样我们就可以付酬，来补偿你的时间及机会成本 。
2. 我们对参与的工程师有两种奖励。首先，会提供芯片样品。其次，我们会根据大家的设计生产出样板芯片组及系统。生产PCB的平均需要三个工作日，但SMT只需要一天。
3. 我们会对做出突出贡献的人员以比特币形式发放奖励。当实际上的核心开发团队成型时，我们会正式任命，并会连续发放工资。
4. 下一代芯片，BE300，可能会与BE200在引脚分配及封装方式上是兼容的。因此长期来看，围绕BE200做出的优化设计都是有用的。 | 
发表于 2017-10-21 22:07:24
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