Testing a cheap eBay Bitcoin miner from @imsteviesells
The creator introduces a $30 'lottery miner' purchased on eBay, explains the difference between pool and solo mining using a screenshot example, assembles the device's case, powers it on to show the hashrate, and concludes with a verdict on its practicality versus novelty.
Creator: @imsteviesells on Instagram
Transcript
I found this mini Bitcoin miner on eBay for like $30, and today I'm gonna try and set it up. Okay. So this is called a better miner. And from my understanding, they do what's called solo mining. I think with most Bitcoin mining, there's a pool of miners that are all trying to solve a block. And then when they solve a block, all those miners that help get a piece of the profit. This guy works a little bit different. It's trying to solve the block a 100% by itself, which is highly unlikely. But if