The NerdMiner v2 is a cool gadget that let you try to reach a bitcoin block with a small piece of hardware. It has the iconical form factor of a Bitmain S9 and consumes only 1W, costing you only 2$ a year to have it powered.
The main goal of this project is to let you learn more about bitcoin minery and to have a beautiful piece of hardware in your desktop.
The NerdMiner v2 implements the Stratum protocol to mine on solo pool. Pool can be changed but originally works with web.public-cool.io. The miner is multicore and multithreads, each thread mine a different block template. After receiving a new job from poolthe miner starts doubleHashing different nonces in order to solve the block puzzle. Each miner connected to the pool recives a separate job to avoid mining the same job template.
Mining with the NerdMiner is considered a really difficult thing, It is considered a very unlikely task, because its mining power is so small that the chances of finding the block before another miner are extremely low. This product on its current state must be considered more a gadget than a miner.
This project is currently in development and more features will be added
The NerdMiner v2 screens
The Nerdminer v2 has several screens that shows you different Bitcoin mining relevant data.
Additional information
| Weight | 0,3 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 4 × 4 × 6 cm |
| Size |
NerdMiner size is 50 x 50 x 80 including fan |
| Power supply |
5Vdc 0,5A – Plug from standard usb charger |
| Power consumption |
1W |