Because of the recent buzz around a possible 51% attack to the Bitcoin blockchain, we think it is time that people start switching over to the P2Pool protocol. P2Pool is a decentralized mining pool, which makes it almost impossible for a 51% to happen, as mining is done through peer-to-peer network nodes. We will try to explain it as simple ... Read More »
Mining
How to Build a Litecoin (Scrypt) Mining Rig
Mining Scrypt cryptocoins like Litecoins, can be very profitable, especially in the long run. We have made a tutorial that will give you a very decent Scrypt mining rig, that will produce around 1,2 Mh/s (1200 Kh/s). The total cost to create such a rig is around $1250. For this rig, we have used the following components, which are available ... Read More »
How to Setup a Raspberry Pi Bitcoin miner
The Raspberry Pi is a perfect device to host your ASICMiner USB Block Erupters on and to transform it into a power efficient Raspberry Pi Bitcoin miner. This post will teach you in easy steps how you can transform your Raspberry Pi into a Bitcoin miner in no-time! You can also host Butterflylabs BTC Miners on the device. Tools needed: ... Read More »
ASICMiner Block Erupter USB Setup Tutorial
If you are looking for a Bitcoin miner, then the ASICMiner USB Block Erupter must have crossed your path at some point, as these low cost USB miners are extremely popular and a must have for every Bitcoin mining fan. A question I get asked a lot is: How do I go about installing and setting up a USB Bitcoin ... Read More »