You Can Mine Bitcoin Using a Game Boy

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Nobody in their right mind should use a Game Boy to mine bitcoins (BTC), but it’s technically possible. YouTuber stacksmashing demonstrated the 8-bit handheld’s hidden ability over the weekend by publishing a video that shows how the Game Boy can mine the premier cryptocurrency with the help of a Raspberry Pi Pico, which costs just $4. The only problem is that it would take a quadrillion years to mine a single BTC.









The modded Game Boy will manage 0.8H/s off its miniscule Sharp LR35902 CPU. That’s hashes per second and not megahashes per second, by the way. The S19 Pro gobbles up 3,250W, though, so the Game Boy’s four AA batteries may make it just a little less power hungry. It’s not very efficient, though. The Game Boy was at least perfectly capable of mining a custom empty Bitcoin blockchain with a very low difficulty. Success!



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[hubaduba]

Great, now Gameboy prices are going to skyrocket.

 

[Grimlakin]

Great, now Gameboy prices are going to skyrocket.

Far too short sighted. Rasberry Pi Pico's will scyrocket.. now every smart bulb or smart switch in your home can mind for btc. Solar panel array with computer controll.. mine, Nexus smart thermostat? Mine. You name something with logic... MINE..

Next thing you know Rasberry Pi Pico's will be going for 400 a pop and traded on street corners like crack cocain.