Quote from: emccurry86 on October 21, 2018, 05:25:08 PM

Quote from: scryptr on October 09, 2018, 03:26:47 PM

Quote from: emccurry86 on October 08, 2018, 05:12:36 PM

I still can't log-in.

Thanks for telling me about the end-of-life announcement for the bitcoin computer.
It's amazing they can still sell them on ebay and amazon even though they are obsolete.
It's very sad.

Thanks,
Edward

HOW IS IT POWERED? --

Is the single supplied power brick the only connection to power needed? Both the Rpi and the ASIC unit have power ports. I don't want to fry my unit when I turn it on. I can't find basic setup instructions on the web. Reviews and programming, yes, but all about 2 years old.

You should be able to find the End-of-Life announcement with a Google search. I did not save the link. A user posted his email on Reddit.

And thanks again for replying. --scryptr

My 21 btc computer came with an ac-adapter
i had also plugged in ethernet, wired keyboard & wired mouse, and hdmi (to tv)
it showed me a login prompt, but after i entered my username, it wouldn't allow me to enter a password.
is there a default username and password for the computer, do i need to sign up somewhere, or you still think it won't work? anyone else using one right now? thanks again! Edward

THE OPERATING SYSTEM IS A CLIENT--

And the server has been taken down by 21.co. The unit no longer has any support as-is. I never even powered mine up, I returned it. Further, the ASIC chip used a proprietary protocol to communicate with the server, from what I read from Luke-jr. Luke-jr wrote and maintains BFGminer, an ASIC mining program. He said that the ASIC on the 21 BTC computer could not work with an ordinary pool because it needed to communicate with the 21.co server. This was hard-coded in the ASIC chip.

There are alternatives; GekkoScience has a thumbdrive ASIC that mines at 15+GH/s. Search "GekkoScience + BitCoinTalk" and you will find several message threads. A new thumbdrive ASIC model is planned that has near the same capacity of the 21.co BTC computer, but is fully supported by open source.

--scryptr