MiniBit 1366 and MiniBit 1397 Single-Chip Bitcoin ASIC Home Miners Powered by Bitaxe
If you’re into Bitcoin, mining and DIY tasks you’ve in all probability seen the Bitaxe open supply {hardware} Bitcoin ASIC miner venture that’s based mostly round a single Bitmain BM1397 ASIC chip able to a hashrate of as much as 400 GH/s with simply 15 Watts of energy utilization and the more moderen Bitaxe Extremely variant that makes use of a single Bitmain BM1366 ASIC chip for higher effectivity at 550 GH/s with the identical 15 Watts of energy utilization (or the BittaxeHex design for a 6x BM1366 chips). If you’re not the DIY individual that need to solder and construct the open-source design of the Bitaxe your self there are prebuilt variations able to be plugged in and used already obtainable as nicely. The blokes at D-Central have gone even additional and their MiniBit designs that make issues not solely simpler for the common crypto consumer or miner, but in addition add type with their customized 3D printer S9-like mini instances…
The MiniBit 1397 Powered by Bitaxe is the only BM1397 Bitcoin ASIC model that’s able to the identical efficiency of as much as 400 GH/s that the common Bitaxe gives however with extra type priced at $148 USD. It consists of the totally assembled Bitaxe v2.2, a 15 Watt 5V 4A energy provide unit, and the Mini-S9 3D-printed shell… able to be configured and begin mining BTC. The marginally extra highly effective and costlier MiniBit 1366 Powered by Bitaxe Extremely comes with a single BM1366 Bitcoin ASIC chip that provides as much as 550 GH/s mining hashrate on the similar energy utilization stage and with the identical PSU and Mini-S9 shell just like the MiniBit 1397. The value of the MiniBit 1366 is presently $170.20 USD. You may as well get the common Bitaxe pre-assembled for $99.90 or the DIY model for $70.30 USD from the D-Central on-line retailer. Do word that they’re based mostly in Canada and delivery goes to be carried out from there!
Now, keep in mind that these Bitcoin miners usually are not meant for use in mining farms, they’re meant for use by dwelling miners that need to have an reasonably priced and never that highly effective, however very environment friendly ASIC miner to mess around with and experiment. That’s the reason there isn’t any discuss profitability or return of funding with these as that’s not their authentic objective. The Bitaxe is good for solo mining as a low energy/low hashrate design, although you need to use it on a pool in the event you want to as nicely. It’s just about standalone machine because it makes use of WiFi for web connectivity, so it wants only a cable for the facility provide unit. It’s low-power and isn’t noisy, although you would possibly need to experiment with the cooling followers to make it much more silent (trace: Noctua). So, the Bitaxe is extra of a enjoyable Bitcoin mining “toy” to mess around with and experiment (bear in mind additionally it is an opensource design)… simply go forward and get one.
