FPGA miner for altcoin

[arm_race]

Most importantly, I'd like to hear what you want, give us some ideas from your pipe dream and we will try our best to design it in.   Thanks.

Very good progress.
It would be nice to implement PCI Express x1 at least, and allow the development of third-party firmware.

I hear you. PCIE is on our todo list.

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[arm_race]

I think this is a cool idea and I'm glad this got bumped.  Just like any new invention, the cost of entry will be expensive at first and the results won't be as high as they could be, but you have to crack a few eggs to make an omelette.  I see a lot of people referencing AMD GPUs here.  I'm sure the FPGA idea would be a pipe dream if there was an overabundant supply of RX 580s for $200 each.  Live by the GPU, Die by the GPU.  Smart miners look for ways to diversify.  I would definitely buy one of these.  An idea for OP would be to offer some kind of incentive in the form of future discounts and pre-releases to early adopters.

we will release more info on pre-order once we have the prototype board ready. thanks

[truenortheast]

I think this is a cool idea and I'm glad this got bumped.  Just like any new invention, the cost of entry will be expensive at first and the results won't be as high as they could be, but you have to crack a few eggs to make an omelette.  I see a lot of people referencing AMD GPUs here.  I'm sure the FPGA idea would be a pipe dream if there was an overabundant supply of RX 580s for $200 each.  Live by the GPU, Die by the GPU.  Smart miners look for ways to diversify.  I would definitely buy one of these.  An idea for OP would be to offer some kind of incentive in the form of future discounts and pre-releases to early adopters.

we will release more info on pre-order once we have the prototype board ready. thanks

Please do!  I've been daydreaming about fpga for alts all week and finally decided to look up whether anyone was actually working on it.  Really excited about this. I have a lot of friends mining with asics and gpus and we HATE giving Bitmain our money.

If you get this product up and running, you'll buy a new house with what we'll order!

[whitefire990]

I'm also working on this and will shortly be releasing free bitstreams with a 4% mining fee, supporting Xilinx VCU1525, Bittware XUPP3R, and Avnet KU040.  ROI is around 90-200 days depending on the algorithm.  I have constructed a GPU-style rig with 8 x VCU1525, I will post some pictures soon.

[oomurashin]

I'm also working on this and will shortly be releasing free bitstreams with a 4% mining fee, supporting Xilinx VCU1525, Bittware XUPP3R, and Avnet KU040.  ROI is around 90-200 days depending on the algorithm.  I have constructed a GPU-style rig with 8 x VCU1525, I will post some pictures soon.

awesome,what do i need to prepare? 

[Truthchanter]

I am anxiously awaiting this FPGA mining boom as well 

[LTCMAXMYR]

what algo?

Hello Everyone, sorry for lack of updates. we have been busy working all the time and paid little(no) attention to the public relationship and marketing aspects.  

We have made major breakthrough in both the HW and SW development. it has been found that the power supply circuit on any of the off-the-shelf FPGA development boards is way insufficient to support any crypto mining algorithm running at a decent speed. we made a board modification to use different power supply chip which can deliver up to 25A of current to FPGA device. with this mighty power circuit mod, we managed to achieve the following fpga design goals on our development board:

4/21 - Developed and verified two Altcoin mining algorithms, both can run at 2/3 hashrate of a mid-class GPU (use RX470 as a reference), with only 1/10 of power consumption. The whole board power consumption is measured at 12W. But this is my big hack-up board. Our final slimmed down version board would consume even less power.

Currently, we have been testing on a development board with early Engineering Sample FPGA device. This specific FPGA device is scheduled to be in full production in second half of 2018. We are actively negotiating with the sales and distributors trying to get this chip sooner and at an affordable price for customers.

Remember our design goals are:
1. Affordable(cheap) and accessible to EVERYONE, not the selected few. We'd like to contribute to the decentralization of the crypto, not the other way. because we believe crypto belongs to the people not big mining farms.
2. Active after-launch development to continuously add support for multiple Altcoin mining algorithms based on the crowd demand.
3. Home mining friendly. not an excessive heat radiator or noise generator.. like those antminers (i used to have a few in my basement and traumatized by that experience )
4. Light wight and mobility. plug in and mine anywhere with your laptop.

Most importantly, I'd like to hear what you want, give us some ideas from your pipe dream and we will try our best to design it in.   Thanks.

[tomwrx]

I'm also working on this and will shortly be releasing free bitstreams with a 4% mining fee, supporting Xilinx VCU1525, Bittware XUPP3R, and Avnet KU040.  ROI is around 90-200 days depending on the algorithm.  I have constructed a GPU-style rig with 8 x VCU1525, I will post some pictures soon.

please, do. Very interested in fpga miners too.

[LTCMAXMYR]

I'm also working on this and will shortly be releasing free bitstreams with a 4% mining fee, supporting Xilinx VCU1525, Bittware XUPP3R, and Avnet KU040.  ROI is around 90-200 days depending on the algorithm.  I have constructed a GPU-style rig with 8 x VCU1525, I will post some pictures soon.

very interesting .
It is very demanding for programming.
How much the power consumption?
Did they take 5x advantage compared to GTX 1080 ?

[dhouse]

This sounds pretty cool, keeping a close eye on this.

[U253]

Also very interested.

I believe ROI is the most important factor in general. People rush in when ROI<6 months (GPUs), consider the possible resale value of GPUs, shorter ROI might be anticipated for your miner.

If you continue to support it and make it possible to be adapted to diff algorithms, that will be a huge plus.

[smoolae]

Mining with FPGAs sounds like the best thing that has happened with mining. Everybody is happy: Miners give back GPU stock to gamers/everyday-users and also pay less for electricity/ get less heat and quicker ROI.

[arm_race]

Also very interested.

I believe ROI is the most important factor in general. People rush in when ROI<6 months (GPUs), consider the possible resale value of GPUs, shorter ROI might be anticipated for your miner.

If you continue to support it and make it possible to be adapted to diff algorithms, that will be a huge plus.

Thank you for the good comment.
for the algorithm support, we do plan to continue supporting it, but what i really hope is to build this platform upon which the community can spontaneously kick start their own projects supporting different coins interest them.

[b9ron]

Mining with FPGAs sounds like the best thing that has happened with mining. Everybody is happy: Miners give back GPU stock to gamers/everyday-users and also pay less for electricity/ get less heat and quicker ROI.

Until everyone got a FPGA and the difficulty will explode, it will be only profitable for the first who have tons of money.

If it consume less power, that means miners will buy more of them.

[whitefire990]

If you are interested I created a separate thread on the DIY FPGA mining rig with pics & video of the 8 x VCU1525 rig:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3459858


Eric

[arm_race]

That's very impressive fpga mining rig you have there! but you see this is the problem, not everyone can afford $4000 for a fpga accelerator, we are trying to make a product accessible to everyone at low price with decent performance.

If you are interested I created a separate thread on the DIY FPGA mining rig with pics & video of the 8 x VCU1525 rig:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3459858


Eric

[oomurashin]

That's very impressive fpga mining rig you have there! but you see this is the problem, not everyone can afford $4000 for a fpga accelerator, we are trying to make a product accessible to everyone at low price with decent performance.

If you are interested I created a separate thread on the DIY FPGA mining rig with pics & video of the 8 x VCU1525 rig:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3459858


Eric

how much price target you are planing? 

[arm_race]

the cheapest one should be in $300 price range. with performance close to a gpu but 1/5 to 1/10 power consumption.

That's very impressive fpga mining rig you have there! but you see this is the problem, not everyone can afford $4000 for a fpga accelerator, we are trying to make a product accessible to everyone at low price with decent performance.

If you are interested I created a separate thread on the DIY FPGA mining rig with pics & video of the 8 x VCU1525 rig:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3459858


Eric

how much price target you are planing? 

[Iamtutut]

Eagerly waiting for a release

[B5rb5r5]

I read earlier about a Raspberry Pi version. Something like this?
https://www.crowdsupply.com/alphamax/netv2