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The NerdMiner is where many people take their first step into Bitcoin solo mining. It runs on an ESP32 chip, draws about 1 W and connects to your home Wi-Fi in minutes. No ASIC and no loud fan: a small open-source device that shows you how mining works. Shipped from our EU warehouse.
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−44% What a NerdMiner is, and what it is not
A NerdMiner has no mining chip. Its ESP32 microcontroller computes the hashes itself, at around 250 KH/s. A Bitaxe Gamma does more than 5 million times as much. The chance that a NerdMiner finds a block is therefore tiny, and the honest name for it is a lottery ticket on your desk.
What you get in return: a real miner that talks to a real pool, a colour display with its mining statistics, and almost no electricity, well under 1 kWh a month.
The NerdMiner V4 is the current NerdMiner V2: the same open-source ESP32 board in a case with a colour display. The NerdMiner Quattro is no longer stocked.
Who it is for
- Beginners who want to understand pools, shares and difficulty before they buy an ASIC miner.
- Anyone who wants a piece of Bitcoin on the desk that costs almost nothing to run.
- Gifts: the NerdMiner V4 comes in six case colours and arrives fully assembled.
Setup and power
The miner opens its own Wi-Fi network called NerdMinerAP. You connect, enter your 2.4 GHz home Wi-Fi and your Bitcoin address, and it starts mining on public-pool.io. The NerdMiner Setup Guide shows every screen. Pool list, ports and how to change the pool: NerdMiner pool settings. Power comes over USB-C from a 5 V supply; a weak phone charger causes random restarts. A spare NerdMiner Power Cable is in our accessories.
Ready for more hashrate? A Bitaxe or a NerdAxe is the next step, and Bitcoin Mining for Beginners explains the background.
NerdMiner or Bitaxe? NerdMiner vs Bitaxe puts the V4 and the Bitaxe Gamma side by side, with odds, power cost and setup. Comparing a NerdMiner with Bitaxe and NerdAxe? See the miner comparison. Every solo miner we sell, from the 1 W NerdMiner to the multi-chip ASIC boards, is lined up on our Bitcoin lottery miners page, and our guide to solo mining explains the odds behind the lottery ticket.