Quote from: n0nce on January 15, 2024, 12:03:51 PM

Quote from: Shir0kuma on January 09, 2024, 01:59:26 PM

On the telegram, i've learned today that they are also working on a bigger version designed for home miners.

That's cool, but in my humble opinion, 100W is a really good sweet spot for home mining.

Quote from: Shir0kuma on January 09, 2024, 01:59:26 PM

can't wait to see the "technological war" between canaan and the bitaxe hex community.

I personally don't hope there will be a 'war' because these are very different products. Canaan has access to latest-gen ASIC chips and provides a finished, but closed-source, possibly pool-locked product at an incredibly affordable price.

Meanwhile Bitaxe is open-source, which creates open access to information / knowledge of how to make your own miner and as such ensures ASIC miner production will not become fully centralized, so ultimately it ensures people will continue to be able to home mine.
Keep in mind that Canaan building a home miner is a first from a big company like that and while it's nice, we don't want to rely / trust them to continue making these devices in the future.

That's why I'd hate for the Bitaxe project to be out-priced or otherwise harmed by big corporations' alternative products. What you get with Bitaxe is not just an ASIC miner, but the knowledge & ability to make it yourself and therefore somewhat secured access to home mining.

It's true that being able to mine and understand how it works and get that knowledge is better. But not everyone wants to understand how it works. I think that the current situation is good competition and allows us to maximize decentralization by addressing as many people as possible.

The heating idea is a really great idea.

I understood that this brand was working on a bigger heater. Could someone give me the address of their Telegram or Discord?