Crypto Mining on FPGA Board!

I was wondering if I could somehow do some crypto mining on my Arty S7-50 board. I know that it might not be much profitable. ASICs are better for this job. But I want to try it just for education purposes.

What does the members think? Will it be profitable i.e. will it be able to mine enough amount of crypto to cover the electricity cost? Where do I start from?

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jure over 2 years ago +5

I haven't looked deeply into it, but as far as I know, it isn't easy to implement. There is also the fact that you need to connect it to the internet, which could be done through an ethernet module or…
Jan Cumps over 2 years ago +3

If the design fits, it will not be profitable
jc2048 over 2 years ago +3

That's impossible to answer because it depends on how clever you are. 'Hard problems' aren't impossible problems, they just take a long time to accomplish using the algorithms that everyone knows about…

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kevinkeryk over 1 year ago

Hi cbohra00627 at one point, before the custom ASICs came into the picture, crypto mining on FPGAs was the way to go since there was such rapid development underway in this space during the previous decade. There were implementations on several Kintex platforms and even an Open Source project that folks were working on: https://github.com/progranism/Open-Source-FPGA-Bitcoin-Miner

Even if you don't find it profitable to mine with an FPGA, it would be a good learning experience and you could contribute your knowledge back for others to get a head start in this area!
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kevinkeryk over 1 year ago

Hi cbohra00627 at one point, before the custom ASICs came into the picture, crypto mining on FPGAs was the way to go since there was such rapid development underway in this space during the previous decade. There were implementations on several Kintex platforms and even an Open Source project that folks were working on: https://github.com/progranism/Open-Source-FPGA-Bitcoin-Miner

Even if you don't find it profitable to mine with an FPGA, it would be a good learning experience and you could contribute your knowledge back for others to get a head start in this area!
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