By Proactive
Publication Date: 2026-03-24 11:39:00
Francesco Gardin, CEO of Quantum Blockchain Technologies PLC (AIM:QBT, FRA:BYA1), spoke with Proactive’s Stephen Gunnion about the latest advances in the company’s AI oracle technology and the transition from hardware to software implementation in Bitcoin mining.
Gardin explained that the company initially developed the Oracle AI as a hardware-based solution, but later moved to running it directly on the operating system of mining rigs. This shift allowed for greater flexibility but created technical challenges due to limited access to data at the ASIC level. Nevertheless, he noted that the software approach had already delivered “very good results”.
A key milestone is the successful deployment of the AI Oracle on a Bitmain Antminer S9, an older but accessible machine chosen because it is the last model with fully available source code. Gardin said: “We can show it on a commercial device, which of course is outdated, but we can show that it works,” emphasizing…
