Ask HN: Is there any good use for old Bitcoin miners?

4 points by aosmith 7y ago ↗ HN

I have a few old miners sitting around, they're 100% not profitable at this point. Is there any use for this gear beyond BTC? FWIW I have BFL gear, cointerra, knc, and some really old blade erupters.

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phendrenad2 7y ago ↗

They're probably ASICs, and therefore not reprogrammable or reusable for another purpose. See if there are any on ebay, if not, they're probably not worth much to anyone.

aosmith 7y ago ↗

They're all ASICs. Most were $10k+ we made our money back but I'm not about to part with them for $50.

richardknop 7y ago ↗

You can keep them for $0 ;)

yellow_lead 7y ago ↗

You may be able to repurpose them to crack passwords if you have any interest in that.

aosmith 7y ago ↗

Are there any F/OSS for this? I imagine you'd have to run the gross equivalent of a mining pool server.

quickthrower2 7y ago ↗

Fork BTC and use them to get that network going.