Bitaxe Updates, Firmware and Community News
Open-source ASIC Bitcoin mining guides, hardware updates, firmware releases, and community news.
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Bitaxe Community Update: AI, homeHash and Home Mining in a Museum
The past few weeks have brought a few different kinds of progress in open-source home mining. The Bitaxe community has been talking about how AI might fit into…
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Bitaxe Community Update: Copyleft, ESP-Miner 2.15.1, HashWatcher and Mining Economics
Open-source licensing, ESP-Miner 2.15.1, Gamma Hex firmware progress, HashWatcher and tighter mining economics shape the mid-September Bitaxe update.
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Bitaxe Community Update: Naja Duo, ESP-Miner 2.15.0 and the BM1373 Generation
The Naja Duo brings BM1373 silicon to Bitaxe, ESP-Miner 2.15.0 simplifies firmware updates, and Gaia and Gamma Hex show how quickly open-source home mining is expanding.
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Bitaxe Community Update: WallAxe, Firmware and BM1373 – Mid-August 2026
WallAxe brings integrated power and packaging into focus, ESP-Miner 2.14.2 remains the current verified release, and BM1373 parts move toward practical prototyping.
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Bitaxe Community Update: A Gamma Finds Block 957,382
A Bitaxe Gamma finds a full Bitcoin block, ESP-Miner reaches 2.14.2, and the open-hardware home-mining community looks toward its next generation.
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Bitaxe & Friends Update – Mid-July 2026
The last couple of weeks have been more about pool architecture and decentralization than about new boards or flashy firmware drops. The latest Bitaxe townhall dug deep into…
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Bitaxe & Friends Update – Early July 2026
The last month in the Bitaxe and open-hardware mining space has been quieter on the headline-hardware front, but there are still a few threads worth flagging for anyone…
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Bitaxe Town Hall #60: The Libre Board and the Future of Open-Source Mining
A recap of Bitaxe Town Hall #60 featuring Schnitzel and the Libre Board, an open-source control board for Bitcoin miners funded by the 256 Foundation.
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Bitaxe Firmware Update — Corrected June 2026 Timeline
A corrected, primary-source-based timeline of ESP‑Miner releases around June 2026, plus practical guidance for deciding whether to update a Bitaxe.
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Bitaxe Community Update – Mid‑May 2026
Bitaxe community update for mid-May 2026: ESP-Miner firmware progress, overclocking guides, solo mining coverage, and BM1373 hardware speculation.