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Bitcoin mining you can run from a shelf
Mining Bitcoin from home is cheap to run, quiet, and a proper education in how the network actually works. You're not going to get rich, and that's not why we do it. Here's the gear and the setup, starting with the units on my own shelf.
The miners worth knowing
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TinyChipHub Zyber 8S
The open-firmware eight-chip solo miner my fleet is built on
- TH/s
- 6.4
- Watts
- 140
- J/TH
- 21.9
Canaan Avalon Nano 3S
The sealed-box ASIC that mines and heats the room while it does it
- TH/s
- 6
- Watts
- 140
- J/TH
- 23.3
Canaan Avalon Nano 3
The original sealed-box home ASIC, now living in the shadow of its own sequel
- TH/s
- 4
- Watts
- 140
- J/TH
- 35
Bitaxe Hex
Six BM1366 chips on one open board, for when a single-chip Bitaxe isn't enough
- TH/s
- 3
- Watts
- 75
- J/TH
- 25
TinyChipHub Zyber 8G
The 10 TH/s step up from the Zyber 8S I run - more hashrate, a heavier heatsink, a steeper price
- TH/s
- 10
- Watts
- 180
- J/TH
- 18
Bitaxe Gamma 601
The open-source lottery ticket that started it all
- TH/s
- 1.2
- Watts
- 18
- J/TH
- 15
Bitaxe Gamma Turbo
Two BM1370 chips on one open board, so roughly double a Gamma for a solo lottery shot
- TH/s
- 2.4
- Watts
- 38
- J/TH
- 16
Bitaxe Touch
The open-source lottery miner with a Bitcoin dashboard bolted to the front
- TH/s
- 2.15
- Watts
- 43
- J/TH
- 17
NerdQaxe++
Four Bitaxe chips in one box, same open firmware, four times the shot
- TH/s
- 4.8
- Watts
- 76
- J/TH
- 15.8
TinyChipHub Zyber Blanc
The first single-chip BM1373 solo miner, trading raw hashrate for genuine 3nm efficiency
- TH/s
- 2.4
- Watts
- 22
- J/TH
- 9
Bitaxe Ultra
The older single-chip Bitaxe the Gamma quietly replaced
- TH/s
- 0.5
- Watts
- 12
- J/TH
- 25
Lucky Miner LV07
A cheap 1 TH/s lottery board that undercuts the name-brand Bitaxes
- TH/s
- 1
- Watts
- 25
- J/TH
- 25
FutureBit Apollo II
A quiet desktop miner with a full Bitcoin node built in
- TH/s
- 6
- Watts
- 175
- J/TH
- 29
Bitaxe Supra
The older BM1368 Bitaxe that still hashes for pennies a day
- TH/s
- 0.7
- Watts
- 12
- J/TH
- 17
Goldshell KA Box
A sealed home box that mines Kaspa, not Bitcoin
- TH/s
- 1.18
- Watts
- 400
- J/TH
- 339
NerdMiner V2
An ESP32 with a screen that mines Bitcoin in name only
- TH/s
- 0.000077
- Watts
- 1
- J/TH
- 12987
Canaan Avalon Q
A living-room ASIC that doubles as a heater
- TH/s
- 90
- Watts
- 1674
- J/TH
- 18.6
Canaan Avalon Mini 3
The baseboard heater that hashes at 37.5 TH/s - the one I run all winter
- TH/s
- 37.5
- Watts
- 800
- J/TH
- 21.3
Bitmain Antminer S19j Pro
The cheap secondhand workhorse everyone cuts their teeth on
- TH/s
- 104
- Watts
- 3068
- J/TH
- 29.5
Bitmain Antminer S21
Farm-grade efficiency in a box that's loud and proud of it
- TH/s
- 200
- Watts
- 3500
- J/TH
- 17.5
Bitmain Antminer S21 Pro
The efficiency king of the air-cooled S21 line, and just as loud as the rest
- TH/s
- 234
- Watts
- 3510
- J/TH
- 15
MicroBT Whatsminer M60S
The S21's biggest rival, and just as unapologetically industrial
- TH/s
- 186
- Watts
- 3441
- J/TH
- 18.5