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About a year ago, a Museum of Bitcoin Mining History was opened in Caracas, Venezuela:


I think this is a very interesting idea, and I would love to visit a museum like this:

https://i.imgur.com/NOQWJCp.jpg

If anyone is interested in visiting(it's free), here is the actual address: F5R2+633, Final de Av. Libertador, Torre Xerox de Venezuela, PB, Altamira, Mun, Caracas 1060, Miranda, Venezuela

I am wondering why of all places, this good museum opened up in Venezuela...should it not be in El Salvador? Anyway, it is good to have something like this and am hoping that it can be attracting a good number of tourists or visitors to it can stay afloat in case it is not receiving any subsidy either from the government or private sector. This is one way we can be educating people on the many possibilities that Bitcoin is bringing to the humanity.

It's good, looks sleek in the photo. Yes it's perfect considering its first museum for the Bitcoin mining. However it would be interesting if they add up screens and shows the historical mining data. For example with what energy they used to mine, the rate of mining. All that virtual displays and stuff will make this museum very happening.

What do you guys think?

wow now bitcoin can get more attention are they also have USB miner from the 2012.


maybe they are gonna up soon el savador  ;D or the gov should support like this one


Yeah add info like this is also good

I like the museum. The thing is that it looks more like a room than a museum, although it's not bad, I don't think you could fill a museum with things from the short history of bitcoin. I think it makes for a short visit, but hopefully over time more and bigger museums will be made available to the public.


That would be a good idea.

Documenting history. Cool. I have added Venezuela to my bucket list. I would love to see this type of museum open up countries like the United States, Kazakhstan, Russia, Canada because they are the countries where the most bitcoins are mined.

Looks nice the museum and would be a cool visit, unfortunately it's a bit far away for me. At the moment I don't have any plans of travelling to South America. Venezuela sounds like a nice place to make vacation with good weather and cheap food. The problem for me is that I don't speak any Spanish and it could be hard to get around only with English. A friend of mine was in Colombia two years ago and he said that almost nobody spoke English, so without at least a basic level of Spanish it seems impossible to travel there. Maybe the museum could maybe a virtual tour through the history of bitcoin mining? That would could be interesting for the many people who live to far away from Caracas.

Why did it take another year before we saw it today?  But thank you OP for sharing here.

I would have visited the CriptoNoticias site but forbidden is coming out, I just wanted to search and see other photos taken at the museum.

Anyway, I don’t know much about hardware mining but I would be amazed to discover it to see that in front of me and have more knowledge about it.  Those close to that place are very lucky, if I were you, I wouldn't miss going there especially since it's free.

I would like to visit that type of museum too. We can imagine that anyone who visits there is aware of bitcoin and you'll get to have a pal discussing about mining and everything about bitcoin once you're there.

I think those people that want to contribute a lot within their community and neighborhood that has the initiative can do the same. This is actually a good way of educating those folks that are not yet into bitcoin.

It’s a private initiative from a group of established miners in Venezuela. The rather lengthy 2021 article from Criptonoticias gives a thorough description of what to expect from the Museum: cpu motherboards, GPU video cards, fpga, all sorts of asic equipment - there being an area that displays modern mining equipment for sale (probable the ulterior goal), a bitcoin asic miner pool (demo at the time and perhaps still now, since they did not have the state permission to mine there), and a crypto bar …


See (Google Translated):
https://www-criptonoticias-com.translate.goog/mineria/nuevo-museo-venezuela-mirada-historia-mineria-bitcoin/?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=es&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Pretty cool. Surprised the company's been able to continue operating throughout all the mess media seems to have reported Venezuela being in (with exchanges, crypto companies and crypto itself all needing to be part of an authorised government list) unless CriptoAvila themselves are the government ;)

Just saw they're still active too, just released what looks like an Antminer promo: https://www.instagram.com/criptoavila/


I'm really into visiting tiny niche museums in places where most are funded privately... real kooky stuff, incidentally the last two I visited were in Kazahkstan, loads of dino stuff.

Venezuela has lot of interesting ideas. They are like one of pioneers in Bitcoin industry.

When I read your topic, I am doubtful that whether Venezuela just made a first ever Bitcoin Mining Museum. I did not believe it is the first ever in history. After searching, impressively to know, it's an actual the first one, in history. A round of applause for that country and for people who made it.

I wonder if they are going to be able to get a lot of the older miners and ones that had limited production runs.

Things like some of original Mr. Teal Chilis, the original Avalon miners, the USB BEs and so on.
There are probably 100s and 100s of things out there that many of us have seen, played with and forgotten about over the last 10 years.

So many small batch stuff that just never got off the ground or more modern ones that just never made it into the public but were just for industrial miners.

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This is indeed amazing and will serve as another source of confirmation to those who are in doubt as to whether Bitcoin is growing or dying, this is another prove to all that Bitcoin is indeed growing and going places, Bitcoin is creating a lot of new businesses around the world and this is truly a good thing...
Maybe when i become a millionaire which i believe will happen very soon, i will embark on a Bitcoin vacation and will make this place one of the places i will visit with my family.
I love to see Bitcoin centered businesses springing up every where around the world, it shows that true adoption is happening even amid the current bear market.

Actually, this is very interesting.  One thing that jumped straight into my eyes however is that some of this equipment is not covered by a glass frame, which means it gets dusty very shortly.  Annoys the freak out of me.  Please, museum, fix that!

But while this is interesting to see, I imagine it will be so much more interesting to those visiting it decades from now when this will be considered obsolete, very old equipment that was used to mine most of the Bitcoin supply.  Will be interesting for them to know that an equipment so 'weak' from 2013 was able to mine per day more than you will be able to mine even per month or year 50 years from now.  It is already incredible that USB miners and GPU or CPU (can not remember) mining used to be a thing.

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Good to see a picture of this museum they maybe opened the museum a year ago in Venezuela but I just saw an article about a bitcoin museum in Caracas, I was expecting to see these museums in other countries too especially in El Salvador where they have more interest to bitcoin from the government side and maybe this will be happening soon there, opening museums and show the interest to bitcoin in these countries can be because of their economic system and the economic sanctions by the USA and some other countries here bitcoin can be helpful for the countries like Venezuela.

Nice they already build one and obviously, this will gonna be one important history in the making because if I'm not mistaken, they are the ones who first build such an exclusive museum for bitcoin mining history and of course, this community should have some place there. After all, Satoshi Nakamoto was here more than 10 years ago. Anyway, it's good to have such a place after years of bitcoin's existence they are really grateful for what has been accomplished in the past years and there are lots of good things to come.

Seriously? You're using a word spinner on the post just above yours?
I thought we got rid of those plagiarists but seems like they are coming back..


I think it's more like a crypto mining museum, not just bitcoin
I can see a D3 there which mines blake, a Z9  which is equihash, L3 which is scrypt so probably every single thing Bitmain made an ASIC for is over there.


With enough money you can get everything, there is a guy selling a BL Jalapeno for 500$, I saw some Neptunes, a Cointerra might be harder to get  ;D ;D

How cool is that! Just imagine, history is being created right before our eyes, which is now stored in museums, as the very beginning of this history. Very good!

I think, even without that museum, bitcoin mining already has a big museum that won't go away from archived, called a blockchain Block 0 bitcoin (https://www.blockchain.com/btc/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f). without even visiting, all people around the world can see that already on the internet. But thanks, your information is good to us, the old tool of mining is something really necessary to watch for our child and grandchild next future, so they know that using a low-specification laptop can do mining in past.

This is really cool to see, shows the evolution of mining, difficulty, and hash rates.  Amazing how it went from being able to use a laptop, computer, or usb device to mine to a multi-billion dollar industry.

As pointed above by @DdmrDdmr that it's the private initiative of group of miners in Venezuela it's quite good they are doing this to create some awareness among people and visit is free of cost.People can realise that how mining has evolved over all these years like how you were able to mine btc with your laptop also in earlier days and now you have to spend huge amounts on ASIC to have a chance to earn block rewards.If ever got a chance to visit Venezuela will like to see this museum.

This is an awesome idea and I applaud the creators for putting in the time and money for helping advertise BTC and the cryptocurrency world in this manner.

I always knew about the evolution of cryptocurrency mining over time though this museum could help teach me new stuff that I never knew, but I don't think I will ever go to Venezuela at any point in my life.

However, it's still great to see Venezuela trying to improve crypto adoption in various ways in recent times.

must be an interesting place to start seeing how far we've been through though BTC is just running more than a decade. feels like we are already dinosaurs.  Venezuela is the last country i thought of having such museum with advocates on decentralization.

if people are just aware that time when we can mind BTC with just CPU or GPU, we're already having thousands to keep for life. Congrats whoever made this museum!

If you take a good look at Venezuela, they aren't much of a wealthy country, they have also before now invested into Bitcoin mining not been a weak nation financially hasn't stopped them from getting a Bitcoin mining farm in Venezuela.
It's a good push for the Museum honestly, they can eventually start raising some cash from the museum to invest more into their Bitcoin mining farm they are building.

I'd consider a visit also. It's worth the visit.

in reference to this article -  Venezuela opens the first ever Bitcoin mining museum  (https://www.crypto-news-flash.com/venezuela-opens-the-first-ever-bitcoin-mining-museum/) - the admission is free. so they won't be getting income from this museum.

"The museum is located at Chacao’s Torre Xerox in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and admission is free for everyone."

however, maybe in the next years to come, they can charge a lil bit just for maintenance and other purposes.
and i hope to see the gridseeds on display if i happen to visit there. i used to mine from gridseeds.  :P

Yea! I too heard about this museum and even there is no admission fee. The museum is dedicated to the history of bitcoin. This is really amazing.

This is a much needed one. When we talk of bitcoin we don't have anything to show to the upcoming generation. Already it is available virtually and it can't be felt as if like the paper currency. Right now it is the digital generation and kids are much used to smartphones. By the time knowing about bitcoin gets much easier. They'll surely have a question, bitcoin is everywhere and how this is being generated. For this question the museum gives the answer even though there are more other sources through which one can learn about mining.

You're right, they will find information and those who can mine will have an interest as well. I hope someone makes a documentary visit, makes a video, and uploads it to YouTube so, we, are away as if we have already arrived at that museum. Or we can ask them to have at least weekly live streaming for us we can watch on our smartphone for those who can't travel.  I think maybe there are other museums of Bitcoin as well or as a whole cryptocurrency and not just about mining.,

There is something valuable in preserving this part of history (whether crypto goes anywhere from here or it crashes and burns). I would like to see it as more of a general crypto museum than just regarding mining, but it's a good start. It shows an interesting social experiment that had/has more impact than anyone predicted, so a more comprehensive overview is needed and a more detailed look at what cryptocurrencies at the core is. 

Ohh thanks for I really appreciate your efforts.
Hoping that they will get some few little funds when they charge.
Also, it should be made as a form of awareness currently to eventually spread the news about the museum. Also the Capita should be highly recommend and for security purposes.

I think it's a pretty cool idea, I wish there were more places with such museums. From the photos, though, I could only see things but not explanations (information boards). Do they have those? It would be useful to be able to read what is in front of you, when it was actively used for mining, how efficient it was (how much one could mine with it over a certain period of time), what it was replaced by and stuff like that. I remember a time when Venezuela was frequently mentioned in talks about crypto adoption, but then El Salvador overshadowed it when it made Bitcoin a legal tender.

It is really surprising to know that because, in the past, there have been cases of illegal mining in Venezuela because of the maltreatment, incarceration and seizure of mining equipment by authorities. This is really a nice initiative to promote mining, though. Hope for something positive in the future too.

There are not just museums but we also have a lot more interesting things that you can refer to-
Pop up installations made timely by various companies refer to this url -  https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/02/09/inside-the-museum-of-bitcoin-an-interactive-tour-of-crypto-history/ (https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/02/09/inside-the-museum-of-bitcoin-an-interactive-tour-of-crypto-history/) You can always find  alternatives or maybe create one!
There are also wide range of exibitions that usually takes place, you can also find local ones in your country which can serve an alternate to museums.
There are normal museums as well will bitcoins section like the money museum of zurich.
Not only that but in places like the uk you can always explore wide range of books about bitcoins in normal book stores as well.

In an article I linked (https://www-criptonoticias-com.translate.goog/mineria/nuevo-museo-venezuela-mirada-historia-mineria-bitcoin/?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=es&_x_tr_pto=wapp) in a prior post on this thread, the picture of the same room (taken at a later moment I presume) shows that they do have a small technical description besides the miners themselves, depicting a few features.

Nevertheless, one would generally still hardly know what he’s looking at, and that’s why, as per the article, the tour of the premises is conducted by a guide, which should be able to narrate a more captivating story than what a room full of machines will be able to tell on its own …

Haven't been into the discussion arena for a while but would like to chime in with my thoughts on this

Interestingly, Bitcoin or crypto Industry generally has replicated the PC industry since the beginning be it with Bitcoin Development mimicking that of Linux or setting up of crypto museums relating to the early Apple museums ;D. Even today, Apple 1 computers fetch a whooping price tag of $1.5 mill in platforms such as eBay and similar to that in a couple of decades, Antminer S1 might be fetching a good premium as well.

Truly speaking, a proper and a more complete Bitcoin Museum should boast collections ranging from Bitmain first-gen ASICs, The Times newspapers (both Jan 3 2009 & Jan 3 2019), a couple of early magazines from 2009-2010 era explaining about the early days of Bitcoin, forum posts, collectibles ranging from Bitbills to Casascius, tweets like the one which @fiulpro referenced in one of his posts above, the more recent Diario Newspapers, Mt.Gox Yubikey, OTP Cards & none other than Trezor One (Piglet) wallets themselves.

An early prototype of Piglet Trezor One wallet looks something like this :


Personally, I do collect a few of the early cheaper Bitcoin items such as magazines & historically important newspapers but there are quite a few forum users who own a home museum AFAIK.

P.S Can someone good with mining industry in general, post the ballpark figures of an Antminer S1? They are indeed pretty hard to find nowadays!

This is such a magnificent deal. I mean who says museums all have to be about art? For some people art is about machinery and to have such a great product all from the start to end is a great deal. I know another place somewhere (I think it was Greece?) that had all the apple products, from the first ever apple computer, to last iphone they have at whatever time you go to. They always add the new ones and have all the things they created for the past 50 years.

This is about the same feeling, technological and machine related museums make me feel a lot better, much better than the ones with paintings or similar stuff in them, because it is stuff I can understand, my brain can't comprehend the value of a good art.

I like the idea of my country taking some initiative in the crypto community like this, spite of the economical strife against inflation we have had.

However, museums are supposed to document and show art/story as close as reality as possible, keeping this in mind I'd wish them to exhibit newspaper cuts and articles from the time when Bitcoin mining was very persecuted in this country. Back then if one was caught mining, one could get charged with money laundering, electricity theft, tax evasion... any non-sense so one could get thrown in jail.


Source: https://crypto-economy.com/venezuelan-government-announces-new-monetary-cone-pegged-to-petro/