09-28, 11:00–11:30 (Europe/Berlin), Community Ampitheatre
The Bitaxe is a compact, open-source Bitcoin mining device designed for individual and small-scale miners. Developed to promote decentralization in Bitcoin mining, this portable ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) miner aims to make Bitcoin mining more accessible to everyday users.
Its open-source nature allows for community-driven improvements and modifications, fostering innovation in the mining hardware space. While not competing with large-scale industrial mining operations in terms of hash rate, the Bitaxe serves as an educational tool and a means for individuals to participate directly in the Bitcoin network's security and transaction verification process.
Bitaxe as a solo/self-sovereign miner has been instaged by Skot and has now transformed into a community called Open-Source-Miners-United (OSMU). While Bitaxe is probably one of the most known home mining devices, OSMU fosters to develop and create more education in the landscape of Bitcoin mining and the core principals attached to it.
I’m a passionate computer scientist with a drive to make a difference. With a focus on helping people, my goal is to find different solutions to problems and share my knowledge with as many as possible.
As someone who has studied computer science, I developed a keen interest in networking, Bitcoin and common computing technologies.
I'm one of the developers of the Bitaxe project and ongoing iterations.