BTCGuild, currently the second largest mining pool with 17 of the network hashpower, started selling ASICMiner’s USB Block Erupter mining devices, but announced that it sold out their 1000 units ...

The name of the game in mining Bitcoins isn’t CPUs, GPUs, or even FPGAs. Now, hardcore miners are moving on to custom ASIC chips like the Block Erupter, For around $100 USD, you too can mine Bitcoins ...

Of course, a Raspberry Pi itself has nowhere near the required computational power to effectively mine bitcoins. However, USB powered Asicminer Block Erupters do. The Raspberry Pi in this example is ...

Ever wonder how long it would take to mine a block into the Bitcoin blockchain by hand? Well, wonder no longer because blogger Ken Shirriff has done the work for you with a pencil and paper. In an ...