Can You Mine Bitcoin With a Raspberry Pi?

A while ago I did a post on mining cryptocurrency using a Raspberry Pi.

While I was able to mine some CPU based alternative cryptocurrencies like MAGI or Bytecoin, the Raspberry Pi just didn't have enough horsepower to mine major coins like Bitcoin or Litecoin. Those coins needed significant computing power from either a high powered Graphics processor or a dedicated mining machine - something that the Pi didn't have.

While my Raspberry Pi kept chugging away mining MAGI, I kept looking into possible ways to mine something a bit more substantial without busting the budget. I realized that I would definitely not get rich mining on the cheap, but I consider it more of a challenge to see if it could be done.

Project - Building a Raspberry Pi Crypto-currency Miner

Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies have been in the news a fair bit recently. That caused me to start getting a bit curious, (as an IT guy) on what all the hub-bub was about.

As I started reading more about the mechanics behind Bitcoin, I learned that the fundamental backbone of crypto-currencies was the use of block chain - a concept that is becoming important in the IT world these days.

As part of learning about this, I wanted to try my hand at mining some crypto coin for myself. As part of this little experiment, I built a small crypto-currency miner out of a Raspberry Pi.

Of course, as an extra bit of added flair, I also had to build a little mining shack for it

Read about all the details here.