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Bitcoin Mining Blog

Mining knowledge, repair guides, and industry insights from the workshop floor.

Bitcoin mining

Bitaxe Series Explained: The Complete Guide to Open-Source Bitcoin Mining

Bitaxe is the open-source single-board solo Bitcoin miner built to push back against mining centralization. This guide covers every board generation — Max, Ultra, Hex, Supra, Gamma, and the dual-chip GT — plus AxeOS setup, solo vs. pool mining, and how to pick the right one.

ASIC Hardware

The Piaxe: One ASIC, One Vote

The landscape of Bitcoin mining has undergone a remarkable transformation since the inception of this groundbreaking digital currency in 2009.

AI

From S19 to Your First AI Hashcenter

The mining shed is the hardest part of an AI Hashcenter — and you already have it. 240V service, airflow, sound isolation, breaker capacity. A weekend of work converts an S19 shed into a hybrid BTC + sovereign-AI Hashcenter.

Mining Business

Bitcoin Mining Solutions: D-Central’s Complete Hardware Guide

The honest map of every Bitcoin miner D-Central builds – open-source Bitaxe boards, home-tuned ASICs, Bitcoin space heaters, ASIC repair, and parts – plus how to choose the right hardware for your budget, power setup, and goals.

AI

GGUF, Q4, Q8, fp16: A Pleb’s Guide to LLM Quantization

Quantization is lossy compression for LLMs — same idea as JPEG for photos. It’s the reason a used 3090 runs 70B models and an 8 GB laptop runs Phi-3.5. Here’s what the Q4_K_M and GGUF suffixes actually mean, and which quant to pick for your rig.

Bitcoin mining

Announcing #TheBitaxeChallenge

Welcome to a groundbreaking moment in the world of Bitcoin mining – the launch of #TheBitaxeChallenge. This initiative, spearheaded by D-Central Technologies, marks a pivotal shift in the…