Mining Bitcoin on the Game Boy

Mining Bitcoin on the Game Boy

In this video, we attempt to mine Bitcoin on the original Game Boy using the Raspberry Pi Pico as a link-cable to USB adapter!

Links:
– Breakout and ROM cart: https://gumroad.com/stacksmashing#wKdGY
– Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stacksmashing
– Twitter: https://twitter.com/ghidraninja

Code:
– Game Boy code: https://github.com/ghidraninja/game-boy-bitcoin-miner
– ntgbtminer for Game Boy: https://github.com/ghidraninja/game-boy-ntgbtminer
– Raspberry Pi Pico firmware: https://github.com/ghidraninja/game-boy-pico-link
– MVG’s Intro to Game Boy programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzPTK91EJY8

Also check out the NES miner here: http://retrominer.com

Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
01:13 – Bitcoin mining explained
02:27 – Hardware setup
03:13 – Game Boy firmware
04:18 – Link Cable Protocol
05:45 – Raspberry Pi Firmware
06:10 – Host computer
07:00 – Let’s mine Bitcoin!
07:53 – Testchain

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