#Most efficient usb block erupter drivers

So far, I’ve been running this little USB ASIC device for a day and I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with it and it makes me wish I’d looked for and purchased one months ago when I first got into Bitcoin mining. If you’re interested in giving these devices a try for your own Bitcoin mining then you can find them cheaply on eBay or Bitmit. It’s quite possible to run many of these devices off a USB hub, but the HUB itself needs to be self powered from an AC adapter in order to provide enough power to all the devices.

I’ve since ordered a second device which should turn up in the next day or two and I will be retiring the GPU altogether.

#Most efficient usb block erupter drivers

(It is worth noting though that I am using a Linux operating system for my mining rig and experience may be different on Windows as it will probably need drivers and all manner of stuffing about) They were basically a plug in and play device, with cgminer already running, it picked up the device and added it to the devices list and soon enough it was reading 335Mh/s.

They get hot really quickly, but this is easily controlled using a usb (or other) fan to keep a constant breeze blowing over it. Especially when you compare it to my desktop GPU (ATI HD5770) which was previously mining at a dull ~155Hh/s. The eBay listed I purchased from claimed they mined at a pretty reasonable rate of 335Mh/s, which, for such a small device running from a USB port is pretty impressive. They are a USB device specifically designed for mining Bitcoin.

I’ve just recently purchased one of these ASICMINER USB Block Eruptor devices to use for Bitcoin mining.