02 · from the workshop
Buy the Nerdaxe Gamma: solo mining with a screen that shows everything
With the Nerdaxe Gamma you run solo mining from your own home, just like with a Bitaxe Gamma. The difference is in what you see. Where the Bitaxe has a small black and white screen, the Nerdaxe has a 1.9 inch color display. At a glance you see your hashrate, the chip temperature, the power draw and your best share. Handy on your desk, and a nice thing to show someone who has never seen a miner up close.
The Nerdaxe was designed by BitMaker, the maker of the NerdMiner, and is an open-source derivative of the Bitaxe. The design is on GitHub under a GPL-3.0 license. So you are not buying a closed device, but hardware that anyone can verify, improve and build themselves.
What can you expect?
The Nerdaxe Gamma reaches about 1.1 TH/s at roughly 18 watts. The design mentions up to 1.2 TH/s, but in practice that depends on temperature and settings. To be honest: with a single chip, the chance that you find a block yourself is very small. This is not a money machine. It is a way to take real part in the Bitcoin network, to learn how mining works and to hold a ticket in the biggest lottery in the world. Anyone who ever finds a block receives the full block reward.
Setup without hassle
You don't need a monitor, keyboard or computer skills. Connect the power supply, connect the Nerdaxe to your WiFi (2.4 GHz) and open the web interface via the IP address that appears on the screen. There you enter your pool and your bitcoin address. The firmware is called NerdOS and is built on the same ESP-Miner base as AxeOS on the Bitaxe. You also run updates through that web interface.
Nerdaxe Gamma or Bitaxe Gamma?
When it comes to mining they are equal: the same BM1370 chip, the same hashrate, the same power draw. Choose the Bitaxe Gamma if you want the original. Choose the Nerdaxe Gamma if you want the large color display and like to see right away what your miner is doing. Want more hashrate? Then take a look at the NerdQaxe++ with four chips. Still in doubt? Then read our comparison of the Bitaxe Gamma and NerdQaxe++.
The numbers side by side
| Model | Hashrate | Chip | Power consumption |
|---|---|---|---|
| NerdMiner T-Display S3 | about 77 KH/s | ESP32-S3 | about 1 W |
| Bitaxe Supra | about 700 GH/s | BM1368 | about 15 W |
| Bitaxe Gamma | about 1.1 TH/s | BM1370 | about 18 W |
| Bitaxe Gamma Silent | about 1.1 TH/s | BM1370 | about 18 W |
| Nerdaxe Gamma | about 1.1 TH/s | BM1370 | about 18 W |
| Bitaxe Naja Duo | about 4.4 TH/s | 2x BM1373 | about 42 W |
| NerdQaxe++ | about 4.8 TH/s | 4x BM1370 | about 76 to 80 W |
| NerdOctaxe Gamma | approximately 9.6 TH/s | 8x BM1370 | circa 160 W |
This miner is an open-source derivative of Bitaxe, the project of the OSMU community. You can find the original designs, firmware and documentation on the official project site bitaxe.org.
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