About Bitnocher Mining

This started as a passion project.

 

I got into Bitcoin mining during the pandemic - and immediately it was evident that to be competitive, one needed large machines, a large space, and cheap electricity. That's a tall order: it makes it about more than just 'cost of entry' to get into mining - the issue is having high-current breakers and headroom on any given home's breaker panel. In the USA, most residential panels are outfitted with 15A/1P breakers, which at 100-120V allows a maximum draw of 1500-1800 watts (it is not safe to continuously draw more than 80% of that current). Current generation ASIC miners pull approximately 3500-4250 watts and require 208V/240V power - they also generate a tremendous amount of heat and noise which makes them impossibly difficult to deploy at home.

 

There are lots of people trying to build smaller miners now adays, but the vast majority of them will only achieve <5 TH/s, some as high as 9-10 TH/s but at a very high cost. I decided to leverage components from industrial miners along with the LokiKit (designed by Zak Bomsta), which emulates the Power Supply Unit from larger miners and allows the control board to pass the self-checks it runs during initialization. Because these miners only use 1 board rather than 3, they're able to run safely on any US circuit and pull less power than traditional space heaters and some other household appliances do. They can be run between 575-1100 watts (or 4.79-9.15A) while achieving, depending on which model you choose, 27-60 TH/s.

 

Miners are built in the USA

 

I hope this information is helpful, and I hope these products help you along your mining journey.