Peter Schiff is now a Bitcoin miner

[NotATether]

https://x.com/EliNagarBrr/status/1927515783518715995



It has happened. Our most famous bear has received a Braiins Mini miner to mine bitcoins in his home as a gift.

I wonder if he will connect it to ckpool and find a block?   

[john_egbert]

That's something like giving Gordon Ramsay a burger in the restaurant, I wonder what will come of it, but still, it's a fun little news 

[BitGoba]

Peter Schiff is actually a bitcoiner He probably owns a significant amount of Bitcoin. Peter is a “gold bug,” which means he understands money and Bitcoin very well, but because of his ego, he doesn’t want to openly acknowledge it.

[peter0425]

Peter Schiff is actually a bitcoiner He probably owns a significant amount of Bitcoin. Peter is a “gold bug,” which means he understands money and Bitcoin very well, but because of his ego, he doesn’t want to openly acknowledge it.

More than his ego, I really do believe he is just dragging the whole skit. He is probably enjoying stirring up the entire community every time he posts. He basically is a definition of what a rage baiter is. And people fall for it every time. I mean just go look at him in the picture, that doesn't look like someone who is so against bitcoin now is he? If he were truly against bitcoin, he would have stood his ground and not accepted it. Man just likes the attention, at this point. Haha.

[NotATether]

More than his ego, I really do believe he is just dragging the whole skit. He is probably enjoying stirring up the entire community every time he posts. He basically is a definition of what a rage baiter is. And people fall for it every time. I mean just go look at him in the picture, that doesn't look like someone who is so against bitcoin now is he? If he were truly against bitcoin, he would have stood his ground and not accepted it. Man just likes the attention, at this point. Haha.

He is making a lot of money from trolling us like this:

[AndrewSter]

https://x.com/EliNagarBrr/status/1927515783518715995

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/08/12/US3tRq.png

It has happened. Our most famous bear has received a Braiins Mini miner to mine bitcoins in his home as a gift.

I wonder if he will connect it to ckpool and find a block?   

This guy's been one of Bitcoin's loudest critics for years, so it’s funny to see him dive into the very thing he’s spent so much time bashing

[nemesis_incarnate]

Peter Schiff is actually a bitcoiner He probably owns a significant amount of Bitcoin. Peter is a “gold bug,” which means he understands money and Bitcoin very well, but because of his ego, he doesn’t want to openly acknowledge it.

More than his ego, I really do believe he is just dragging the whole skit. He is probably enjoying stirring up the entire community every time he posts. He basically is a definition of what a rage baiter is. And people fall for it every time. I mean just go look at him in the picture, that doesn't look like someone who is so against bitcoin now is he? If he were truly against bitcoin, he would have stood his ground and not accepted it. Man just likes the attention, at this point. Haha.

Almost all humans do love such kind of an attention and being in control of it, so it's no wonder

[Japinat]

He doesn’t seem happy… or maybe he actually is, just hiding it. Wouldn’t be surprising if he’s secretly stacking Bitcoin while playing the public bear so people hate on him and he gets the headlines, LOL. Whatever the real reason, we’ll never know if he’s sitting on a big stash in his wallet. Still, getting this as a gift ( for free) isn’t bad. If he’s smart, he’ll just keep it offline as a souvenir or connect it to the internet, whatever.

[mindrust]

What he is doing with bitcoin is the same thing he has been doing with the US stocks for decades. Whenever he opens up his mouth he says only bad things about the tech stocks. He is doing the same thing since the early 2000’s. And yet tech stocks are booming. Whoever listened to his advice on tech stocks stayed poor. You see the parallel right? Same with btc. Whoever listened to his advice on btc, again stayed poor. Gold did pretty good though I must give him that. He is not a complete fool.

The name of that miner is quite ironic as well.

Braiins mini. Huh. Somebody is trying something here

[retreat]

It wouldn’t surprise me if someone eventually uncovered a Bitcoin wallet address tied to him. Remember, Trump used to say Bitcoin was a scam, but now he’s aiming to make America the global hub for crypto. So if he shifts to being more pro-Bitcoin or pro-shitcoin, it’s entirely understandable, that’s just typical american opportunism.

[Free Market Capitalist]

More than his ego, I really do believe he is just dragging the whole skit. He is probably enjoying stirring up the entire community every time he posts. He basically is a definition of what a rage baiter is. And people fall for it every time. I mean just go look at him in the picture, that doesn't look like someone who is so against bitcoin now is he? If he were truly against bitcoin, he would have stood his ground and not accepted it. Man just likes the attention, at this point. Haha.

He event went to the Bitcoin Conference and said that people should thank him, because he was mainly the reason why many people had bought bitcoin. 

It wouldn’t surprise me if someone eventually uncovered a Bitcoin wallet address tied to him.

Me neither. I think he sincerely believed in the past that bitcoin was going to go to zero, as many believed, but at some point he changed his mind. However, he continues to say the same thing because of all the controversy it generates and because it gets him attention.

[Dareo]

What he is doing with bitcoin is the same thing he has been doing with the US stocks for decades. Whenever he opens up his mouth he says only bad things about the tech stocks. He is doing the same thing since the early 2000’s. And yet tech stocks are booming. Whoever listened to his advice on tech stocks stayed poor. You see the parallel right? Same with btc. Whoever listened to his advice on btc, again stayed poor. Gold did pretty good though I must give him that. He is not a complete fool.

The name of that miner is quite ironic as well.

Braiins mini. Huh. Somebody is trying something here

Even new technologies have been criticized by some people over the years and it is history that is proving them wrong every time. It occurred with technology stocks and now its occurring with bitcoing. Admittedly, sure gold has been worth its value but failing to consider innovation has cost many people biggest opportunities. The Braiins mini is sort of funny, even almost seems like it is a jab.

[Sticky Bomb]

It has happened. Our most famous bear has received a Braiins Mini miner to mine bitcoins in his home as a gift.

I wonder if he will connect it to ckpool and find a block?   

One thing that is spectacular about this man is that he is an indirect activist of bitcoin but uses reverse psychology to endorse it. He is also a very staunch on the belief that he would not use his money to buy bitcoin. All bitcoin he owns, they're donations from people to build his so called bitcoin reserves.

He has now acquired a Mini miner and if he connects it and starts mining and finding blocks, he would still have more bitcoins without spending a dime to buy it which is his main standpoint. Who knows if he was the one that secretly requested this gift . Buddy is exploring yet another way to acquire more bitcoin without directly investing money into it.

[Oshosondy]

It has happened. Our most famous bear has received a Braiins Mini miner to mine bitcoins in his home as a gift.

I wonder if he will connect it to ckpool and find a block?   

We do not know yet if he is going to use the miner.

I remember when Warren Buffett was sent bitcoin as a gift, he later said he donated it and still calling bitcoin as scam.

Peter Schiff is a vocal person, we are going to know later if he truly use the miner or not. Or maybe he will sell it.

[betswift]

It has happened. Our most famous bear has received a Braiins Mini miner to mine bitcoins in his home as a gift.

I wonder if he will connect it to ckpool and find a block?   

We do not know yet if he is going to use the miner.

I remember when Warren Buffett was sent bitcoin as a gift, he later said he donated it and still calling bitcoin as scam.

Peter Schiff is a vocal person, we are going to know later if he truly use the miner or not. Or maybe he will sell it.

I think he will be happy either way, telling us that BTC is a ponzi with a smile or showing off his new toy in action, we will see.

[Davidvictorson]

What is the advantage to bitcoin market and the bitcoin community if Mr Schiff becomes a bitcoin miner?
I do not think that there is anything at all.

Well, I say congratulations to him. Not that I care though but I know that a chameleon can change its colour. He will be back with more criticisms and still no one will care.

[ABCbits]

It has happened. Our most famous bear has received a Braiins Mini miner to mine bitcoins in his home as a gift.

I don't really care about what he does. But i just visited https://braiins.com/hardware/mini-miner-bmm-101 and found it use 35W for 1TH/s. It's efficiency is terrible, even compared with oldest type of Bitaxe ASIC. IMO it's not even aimed for solo miner, but rather hobbyist since it also works to show time and Bitcoin price.

[nemesis_incarnate]

What is the advantage to bitcoin market and the bitcoin community if Mr Schiff becomes a bitcoin miner?
I do not think that there is anything at all.

Well, I say congratulations to him. Not that I care though but I know that a chameleon can change its colour. He will be back with more criticisms and still no one will care.

Peeps are just going to sway and brush his words off, but when he will say something about changing his mind - we will be back at it again

It's the nature of the web, to discuss what's happening, minor or not..

[Zlantann]

What is the advantage to bitcoin market and the bitcoin community if Mr Schiff becomes a bitcoin miner?
I do not think that there is anything at all.

We already know him as a next-level troll. His actions and inaction would have no influence on the price of Bitcoin.

I don't really care about what he does. But i just visited https://braiins.com/hardware/mini-miner-bmm-101 and found it use 35W for 1TH/s. It's efficiency is terrible, even compared with oldest type of Bitaxe ASIC. IMO it's not even aimed for solo miner, but rather hobbyist since it also works to show time and Bitcoin price.

Good marketing strategy by braiins. The company just used Peter Schiff to advertise its Bitcoin mini miner. I would have never known about this miner if Eli Nagar, CEO of Braiins and his team didn't present the miner to this Bitcoin critic. Thank you for the advice, I have just researched Bitaxe ASIC and it seems they are better than the Brain Miner.  

[headingnorth]

Haha Peter Schiff has never looked so happy to finally come out of the closet to reveal his true identity as....Satoshi Nakamoto...a true Bitcoiner.  

He looks like someone who just had a crushing 2 ton weight finally lifted off their chest after all these years.